Correspondence, legal documentation, meeting agendas, and notes regarding the history of Temple Beth Am, the merger between Temple Beth Am and Congregation Adat Ari El to form Temple Sinai.
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The monthly newsletters from Congregation Ner Tamid from 2000, include columns by the Rabbi and President, school news, event announcements, tributes and yahrzeits.
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In this roundtable discussion video, members of Temple Beth Sholom discuss the history of the long-established congregation. Interviewees are Sandy Mallin, Oscar Goodman, Jared Shafer, Joel Goot, Arne Rosencrantz, Jerry Blut, Jackie Boiman, Gene Greenberg, and Flora Mason, with Shelley Berkley joining in later in the interview. Most of the interviewees have been involved in the leadership of the congregation. They discuss relationships with various rabbis over the years, and successful fundraising efforts to build the original synagogue. Other early leaders in the congregation were Edythe Katz-Yarchever, the Goot family, Stuart Mason, Herb Kaufman and Leo Wilner. Until the 1980s, Temple Beth Sholom was the only synagogue in Las Vegas, but after a dispute over the burial of a non-Jew, a new synagogue formed (Shareii Tefilla), and at nearly the same time, Temple Beth Sholom began investigating a move from their site on Oakey Boulevard. Most have nostalgia for the former location, but discuss the changes in the neighborhood that necessitated the move to Summerlin. Then they discuss the other initiatives that were borne out of Temple Beth Sholom, such as bond drives for Israel, B'nai B'rith, and the Kolod Center. They share other memories, and discuss the leadership and Sandy Mallin becoming the first female president of the temple. They credit Mallin with keeping the temple going through lean years, and helping to recruit Rabbi Felipe Goodman. The group goes on to mention other influential members of the Jewish community including Jack Entratter and Lloyd Katz, who helped integrate Las Vegas.
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The Temple Beth Sholom Choir circling a piano and singing music. 4x5 negative.
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Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.
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Various photographs of Rabbi Stephen Weisberg of Congregation Ner Tamid posing in the desert. 120mm negatives.
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Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.
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Congregation Ner Tamid is located at the I-215 interchange at Valley Verde in Henderson, Nevada. The second oldest synagogue in Southern Nevada, Ner Tamid's current location opened in February 2007.
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Congregation Ner Tamid is located at the I-215 interchange at Valley Verde in Henderson, Nevada. The second oldest synagogue in Southern Nevada, Ner Tamid's current location opened in February 2007.
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Congregation Ner Tamid is located at the I-215 interchange at Valley Verde in Henderson, Nevada. The second oldest synagogue in Southern Nevada, Ner Tamid's current location opened in February 2007.
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