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Transcript of interview with Norma Friedman by Barbara Tabach, November 19, 2015 and April 06, 2016
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It was a scorching Fourth of July, when Norma (n?e Adler) and Leon Friedman rolled into their new home of Las Vegas in 1973. Nevertheless, they were content with leaving Gary, Indiana behind, and starting fresh with the family?s new ownership of Walker Furniture. Norma recalls her first stop in checking out Las Vegas was to visit the synagogue ? Temple Beth Sholom being the only option. Her oldest son would soon become a bar mitzvah. Feeling good about that, she and her sister-in-law who was also relocating to Las Vegas for the furniture business, searched for new homes. Norma settled into the community through volunteer work as well as through employment outside the family business. She worked in the real estate briefly and in a jewelry store at the Dunes. A natural organizer, she immersed herself in religious and civic organizations including the Jewish Federation, Jewish Family Service Agency, and volunteering at Selma Bartlett Elementary School in Henderson. Norma shares stories of her Jewish heritage and upbringing in Pittsburgh, the decision to move to Las Vegas, making fast friendships during her life in Las Vegas and the joy she has in traveling the world with Leon, who passed in 2004. In 2017, Norma was honored by the Jewish Family Service Agency.
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Biographical essay by Eva Peters, 2014
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Peters' essay describes her family's journey to escape the Nazis and Communism, remaining in Hungary until 1956. She and her husband were part of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters group, and escaped to Vienna, and then to the U.S.
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Photograph of Desert Torah Academy gymnasium, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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The gym inside the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.
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Photograph of Library at Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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The Multimedia Library inside the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.
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Photograph of Library at Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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The Multimedia Library inside the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.
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Photograph of science classroom at Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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A science classroom at the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.
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Photograph of science classroom at Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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A science classroom at the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.
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Newsletter from Congregation Ner Tamid (Las Vegas, Nev.), November 1988
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Congregation Ner Tamid's bulletin for November 1988. The bulletin contains pictures, notes, and news.
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Transcript of interview with Jackie Boiman by Barbara Tabach, March 27, 2015
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Jackie, n?e Brooks, Boiman was born in Brooklyn and raised in Levittown, New York. Although Jackie recalls her family?s Jewish observance as far less than strict, her religious connection began in the Levittown Jewish Center Sunday School and under the close relationship she had with her grandmother, who kept kosher and inspired her to do so. In her early twenties, Jackie worked in data reduction at Grumman Aerospace Corporation and the space program; was married and had her only child, Andee. After twelve years of marriage, Jackie divorced and relocated to Las Vegas, where her parents had moved earlier. In Las Vegas, job opportunities for a single mother were scant. Then after months of searching, she found her first job as a part time secretary for Temple Beth Sholom. Over the course of the next nearly fifteen years, Jackie would go on to work with almost every congregation and temple in Las Vegas, developing their youth programs and contributing to the growth of each one for 15 years. After a brief retirement, she had gone back to work as the first administration person for Touro University. In this interview, Jackie discusses at length her involvement with each of the temples, her experiences with being a single mother and living below the poverty line. She shares how her life has been changed through trials and tribulations but how her faithfulness and commitment to her mission had led her to the success she has today.
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Photograph of computer science classroom at Desert Torah Academy, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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A computer science class at the Desert Torah Academy on the Robert Cohen Educational Campus at 1312 Vista Drive.
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