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Names etched in stone at the Congregation Ner Tamid Palm Mortuary / King David Memorial Garden, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph, 2016 May 24
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Jewish Community Center, J.D.C., Jewish Family Service Agency, Jewish community lecture series, Super Sunday, United Israel Appeal, JFLV, Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Combined Jewish Appeal, Temple Beth Sholom, Congregation Ner Tamid, Temple Beth Am, 1977-1987
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 66 (Restrictions apply)
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Gil Shaw Photograph Collection
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The collection is primarily comprised of photographs shot by photo enthusiast and Congregation Ner Tamid member, Gil Shaw. Photographs primarily depict events such as annual meetings, social events, and High Holy Day services held at and by Congregation Ner Tamid from 2004 to 2014. Also included are photographs depicting the 1983 construction of Congregation Ner Tamid's new campus in Henderson, Nevada.
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Janellen Radoff oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Janellen Radoff conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 26, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Radoff discusses training in interior design and architecture, finding employment as a commercial designer, and working at Wynn properties. She also talks about her involvement in the interior design for Congregation Ner Tamid.
Archival Collection
Marilyn Glovinsky and Melissa Lemoine oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marilyn Glovinsky and Melissa Lemoine conducted by Barbara Tabach on April 02, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Glovinsky and Lemoine recall moving from Salt Lake City, Utah to Las Vegas, Nevada. They discuss helping start Congregation Ner Tamid, and their involvement with the Jewish community.
Archival Collection
Gilbert Shaw oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Gilbert "Gil" Shaw conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 03, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Shaw discusses founding group of Congregation Ner Tamid in 1974 that includes himself. He also talks about being a photographer and journalist for the Navy and the Coast Guard during the Korean War and Vietnam War.
Archival Collection
Sanford Akselrad oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Rabbi Sanford Akselrad conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 29, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview Rabbi Akselrad describes his rabbinical training, coming to Las Vegas, Nevada, becoming the rabbi at Congregation Ner Tamid in 1988, and the growth of the congregation.
Archival Collection
Dr. David R. Wasserman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with David Wasserman conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 21, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Wasserman discusses inventing, with his father-in-law, the "Sani-Tip" a dental product that revolutionized dentistry infection control at the onset of the AIDS epidemic. He also talks about being involved within the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community and the Congregation Ner Tamid.
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Jon Sparer oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jon Sparer conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 04, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Sparer discusses his career as an architect of many major Las Vegas, Nevada hotels and casinos. He also talks about designing the Congregation Ner Tamid and The Center for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) community.
Archival Collection