David Torjman was born March 4, 1939 and raised in Fez, Morocco and was educated in trades at the ORT Vocational School. He then studied at Sunderland Talmudical College in England before immigrating to the United States. In 1964, he was recruited to teach at Temple Beth Sholom. Soon after, Torjman met Iris Schwartz who had moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to live with her aunt. Less than two years later, they had a New York wedding and then a local wedding thrown by the Sisterhood at Temple Beth Sholom. Torjman was a Hebrew school teacher until 1975.

Shirley Mudra was born on December 22, 1934. She met her husband Paul when they were both in the airforce. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada because Paul Mudra started work at the Nevada Test Site. As of 2011, she was a management analyst and was part of the Daughters of the American Revolution.