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Photograph of Louis Wiener, Jr., 1980s - 1990s

Date

1980 to 1996

Description

A portrait of Louis Wiener, Jr. Louis Wiener, Jr., Valerie Wiener?s father, arrived in Las Vegas, NV, in 1931. He, like his daughter, graduated from Las Vegas High School. After graduating from the University of California/Berkeley Boalt School of Law, Louis practiced law in Las Vegas for 55 years until the day he died in 1996.

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Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, June 1996 - May 1997

Date

1996 to 1997

Archival Collection

Description

Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.

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Invitation, response card, and appeal from Frank Sinatra for a Tribute to Jack Entratter, 1965

Date

1965

Archival Collection

Description

Items related to a tribute event for Jack Entratter to benefit Temple Beth Sholom and the Dorothy Entratter School in Israel.

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Transcript of interview with Martin, Linda, and Robert Wilner by Barbara Tabach, May 10 & 24, 2016

Date

2016-05-10
2016-05-24

Description

During the early 1970s, the boom of Las Vegas included many single people following family who had already settled there. Among those was Martin (Marty) Wilner. Marty?s parents were Leo and Mickey Wilner. Leo moved to Las Vegas to become the Executive Director at Temple Beth Sholom, the only synagogue in town. Marty, who was born and raised in California, had recently earned his doctorate in psychology at the University of Houston. He became a counselor at UNLV. Not long after, Marty met Linda at a Jewish Singles event. Linda was a divorced, mother of three children, who had moved from California to find comfort in living near her parents. Robert Wilner is one of her three children. He was adopted by Marty and works with his mother in the real estate business. In this interview, they recall together the Las Vegas of the 1970s. For Robert, he remembers his bar mitzvah, and growing up with Jewish friends under the careful eye of his grandparents. As an adult, he has enjoyed a successful career as a real estate agents working with his mother. For Linda, the success of real estate was being part of one of the most robust housing markets in the country. She and Robert recall an extensive list of visionaries who developed the valley, as well as the inherent challenges of water, unions and maintaining their high level of ethics.

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Transcript for speech delivered by Eileen Brookman at gathering of B'nai B'rith, 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

There are several versions of the same speech included in this transcript, which was delivered by Eileen Brookman at a gathering of B'nai B'rith, where Eileen's "Aunt Daisy" was installed as the President of the chapter.

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Photograph of "Faye's Kitchen" at former Temple Beth Sholom building on Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19, 2016

Date

2016-05-19

Description

Dubbed "Faye's Kitchen," the cooking facility at the former Temple Beth Sholom at 1600 E. Oakey Boulevard now serves students at the Innovations International Charter School of Nevada. "Faye" refers to Faye Steinberg.

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Photograph of Holocaust Resource Center's Myra Berkovits, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 31, 2016

Date

2016-05-31

Description

Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center of Las Vegas education specialist Myra Berkovits poses in the center with a portrait of her late husband David.

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Photograph of Holocaust Resource Center books, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 31, 2016

Date

2016-05-31

Description

Class sets of books on display at the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center of Las Vegas. The center provides materials for classes focusing on Holocaust education.

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Biographical essay by Shirley Weiss, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Shirley Weiss describes her childhood housed in army barracks in the ghetto in Beregszasz (Berehove), Hungary. She was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and several other camps, and eventually liberated from Terez?n in 1945. She came to the United States via Sweden.

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Photograph of Sisterhood Wall at Temple Beth Sholom's former facility on Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19, 2016

Date

2016-05-19

Description

Constructed as decorative fundraiser for the Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood, the wall has remained a fixture in the former temple building at 1600 E. Oakey Blvd. The facility now houses the Innovations International Charter School of Nevada.

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