The JCA[3] recruited a new director, Rabbi J. M. Cohen, and devised a new membership structure that would ensure the center's financial stability.
And in September 1934, they celebrated the grand re-opening of the new Jewish Community Center in Boyle Heights, commonly known as the Soto-Michigan JCC.
In 1938, the Soto-Michigan JCC[5] decided to rebuild their facility from the ground up with the help of a generous donation from Ida Latz in honor of the memory of her husband George.
The two became fast friends, Shulman photographing many of Soriano's most famous works and later hiring him to design his own home and studio in the Hollywood Hills.
After World War II, the demographics of the city began to change, and by 1958 Boyle Heights was primarily a Mexican-American neighborhood.
At his direction, the center added art-oriented services, including photography equipment and gallery space for budding local artists, in addition to the usual athletics based activities.