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Photographs of Tu B'Shevat Celebration, January 23, 2000
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Archival Collection
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Photographs of people celebrating Tu B'Shevat.
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Photographs of a Chanukah celebration, 1999
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs of an office Chanukah celebration.
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Photographs of Yom Ha'Shoah at Midbar Kodesh Temple, 2000
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Archival Collection
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Photographs of people during Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Digital images from trip to Israel, 2007
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs of a trip to Israel.
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Photographs from Growing Up Jewish in Las Vegas oral history panel interview, January 31, 2016
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Photographs from the oral history panel event held by UNLV Libraries for the Southern Nevada Jewish Community Project in January 2016.
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Transcript of interview with Rabbi Malcolm Cohen by Barbara Tabach, December 16, 2015
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Archival Collection
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In this interview, Rabbi Malcolm Cohen speaks about observed differences between British and American Jewish communities as well as new Temple Sinai initiatives to build community and engage younger congregants. Rabbi Cohen and his wife have two children, Elijah and Rachel.
Rabbi Malcolm Cohen was born on October 7, 1973 in London, England. He describes having the typical Reform Jewish upbringing of a second generation Londoner. His mother worked as an office assistant, and his father ran a bookshop and also prepared youth for their bar and bat mitzvahs. It was his father?s dedication to Jewish education and service that greatly influenced his career path. After earning a degree in psychology from Southampton University, Rabbi Cohen went on to get a professional qualification in youth and community work. He subsequently became the British Reform movement?s first outreach officer, leading the efforts to engage 20- and 30-year-olds to Judaism. At his wife, Sarah?s, encouragement, Rabbi Cohen enrolled in Leo Baeck College to become a rabbi. Upon finishing his studies in 2006, he got a job at West London Synagogue, a large Reform congregation, where he worked with a team of rabbis. In 2009, Rabbi Cohen took the position as Temple Sinai?s rabbi, where he has served ever since. In this interview, he speaks about observed differences between British and American Jewish communities as well as new Temple Sinai initiatives to build community and engage younger congregants. Rabbi Cohen and his wife have two children, Elijah and Rachel.
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Newsletters from Temple Beth Am (Las Vegas, Nev.), 2000-2001
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Archival Collection
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The Shofar monthly newsletter from Temple Beth Am, 2000-2001, includes a column from the Rabbi, announcements, monthly calendars, yahrzeits, and advertisements.
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Transcript of interview with Robert D. "Bob" Fisher by Barbara Tabach, January 8, 2015
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Archival Collection
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Robert D. "Bob" Fisher is a Las Vegas, Nevada broadcast personality and lobbyist. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and moved to Las Vegas in 1994 when he was hired to be the founding president and CEO of the Nevada Broadcasters Association (NVBA). During his 22 years as head of the NVBA, he produced and hosted Observations, a public affairs program broadcasted on radio and television throughout the state of Nevada. Soon after, he began producing and hosting the only weekly live television program about diabetes in the United States; in 2015 his weekly live radio program The Diabetes Show was the only one of its kind to be aired over commercial radio in the U.S. Fisher helped bring the AMBER Alert program to Nevada in 2003, and served as its chairman and coordinator for ten years. His other lobbying successes include the classification of certified broadcasters as First Responders and the elimination of Broadcaster Non-Compete contracts in 2013. He served on the Nevada Homeland Security Commission for 13 years, the Nevada Crime Commission, and the Governor's Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. Fisher is a founding clergy member of Midbar Kodesh Temple in Henderson, Nevada and served as its cantor for over a decade. After his retirement from NVBA at the end of 2014, he established Bob Fisher Weddings to provide his services as a wedding officiant. In this interview, conducted shortly after his retirement from NVBA, Fisher discusses his childhood in Twin Cities, and the large role Judaism played in his upbringing. He speaks at length about his involvement with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism over the years, including as regional director of the United Synagogue Youth Far West Region, which took him from Minnesota to California. He talks about his time in Los Angeles, and later, about his life in Las Vegas, including his broadcasting career as well as involvement with Midbar Kodesh Temple.
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Chabad Times newspaper of Chabad of Southern Nevada, 2003-2004
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Archival Collection
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Issues of Chabad Times, a publication of Chabad of Southern Nevada for the years 2003 and 2004. The newspaper includes local interest stories, advertisements, and advice columns.
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Photographs of Israel Independence Day concert, 2007
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs of various events celebrating Israel Independence Day, 2007.
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