Oral history interview with Roberta Sabbath conducted by Barbara Tabach on April 27, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Sabbath discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the late 1960s, her involvement with organizing University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) Hillel chapter, and the Hebrew Day School. She also talks about her husband’s, Dennis Sabbath, career as a union attorney, and her career as an UNLV literature professor.
Archival Collection
Jewish Federation of Las Vegas (JFLV) Board of Directors meeting minutes, September 7, 1988.
Memo from Arne Rosencrantz to the Board of Directors for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada.
A letter to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Board of Directors from Gerald Welt, the Nominating Committee Chairman, May 6, 1991
Letter from Hal Ober, President of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, to the Board of Directors, January 26, 1989.
Letter from Hal Ober, President of Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, to Barry D. Eisen, President of Jewish Family Service Agency, March 19, 1989.
Letter from Arne Rosencrantz, President of Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, to the Board of Directors, August 25, 1988.
Board of Directors meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, November 5, 1986.
A letter to the Jewish Federation Board of Directors from President Dr. Marvin A. Perer, May 21, 1991.
Dennis Sabbath (1943-2000) was a prominent lawyer and community leader in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born July 17, 1943 in New York City, he grew up in Washington, D.C. He attended the University of Maryland and the University of Chicago Law School. In 1967 he married Roberta Sterman. The couple moved to Kodiak, Alaska in 1969 where Dennis performed legal services such as marriages, guardianships, and adoptions through the programs Legal Aid and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). After about two years in Alaska, the Sabbaths moved to Las Vegas.
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