[3] In 1942, in the midst of World War II, he escaped from the Nazis by trekking across Europe to Israel with his brother, Avram Goldrich.
[2][4] Changing his surname to Goldrich, he started his career as a window screen installer in Los Angeles.
[6] They also developed Sutton Terrance, another residential building located at 6251 Coldwater Canyon Avenue in North Hollywood.
[1] They also owned Kings Villages, a 313 unit federally subsidized low-income housing project in Pasadena which they later sold to Thomas Pottmeyer & Co.
[2] He was recognized as one of four "philanthropic visionaries" alongside Guilford Glazer, Izak Parviz Nazarian and Max Webb by the American Friends of Tel Aviv University at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in 2013.
[1] He served on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Police Crime Prevention Advisory Council.
Jona Goldrich's life story has been turned into a public sculpture[16] in the lobby of this space, by British artist Nicola Anthony.
The text sculpture[17] was commissioned by Melinda Goldrich and gifted to USC Shoah Foundation where it is on permanent display inside the Leavey Library, University of Southern California.
The couple had two daughters: Andrea, who is married to businessman Barry Cayton,[4] owner of Audio Command Systems, and Melinda.