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Schachet, Richard

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Harlig, Mendy, Rabbi

Rabbi Mendy Harlig was born and raised in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. He was ordained as a rabbi in 1996. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998. Rabbi Mendy Harlig is the spiritual leader of the Chabad of Green Valley, later renamed Chabad of Henderson. He was introduced to the Las Vegas community in 1990 by his brother Rabbi Shea Harlig. Hasidic Judaism has surrounded Mendy since his youth in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. He seemed destined to become a Chabad rabbi.

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Gold, Aaron S., Rabbi, 1920-2001

Aaron S. Gold (May 13, 1920-June 13, 2001) was a rabbi who served many congregations including ones in Las Vegas, Wisconsin, and San Diego.
Gold was born in Poland, the son of a rabbi, and the tenth of eleven children.  While living in Poland, Gold faced anti-Semitic sentiments and
was once beaten so bad he went into a coma. When he was a child his father and brother emigrated to the United States and sent for the rest of
the family in 1928. After his move to the United States, Rabbi Gold trained as a rabbi and cantor as well as being a certified shochet and moehl.

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Temple Sinai (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Temple Beth Am (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Adat Ari El (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Temple Sinai is a Jewish Reform congregation in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded in 2007 when Temple Beth Am and Congregation Adat Ari El merged. Temple Sinai has over 300 member families and its sub-groups include a Sisterhood, Men’s Club, Chavurah, Youth Group, and committees. Kenneth Segel was the first rabbi of Temple Sinai and was succeeded by Rabbi Malcolm Cohen in 2009.

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Ruth Urban oral history interview

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OH-02480

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Second Baptist Church (Las Vegas, Nev.)

"The congregation of Second Baptist Church began on February 22, 1942..."

http://secondbaptistlv.org/about/

 

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