Oral history interview with Gene Greenberg conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 12, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Gene Greenberg discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, working in television ad sales, and becoming executive vice president and general manager of KVBC-TV. He also talks about his ties to the Jewish community, his parents being holocaust survivors, and about his family life.
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Portrait photographs of Jewish Federation member Gene Greenberg. 120mm negatives.
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Temple President Gene Greenberg's records include board minutes, correspondence, organization charts, reports, materials from United Synagogue of America biennial weekend, and resources for selecting a rabbi.
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In 1976, Gene Greenberg decided to accept a job transfer with Donrey Media Group and relocated from Laredo, Texas to Las Vegas. Las Vegas was comfortable fit and for the next 30 years, he primarily worked in television ad sales. He rose to become executive vice president and general manager of KVBC-TV. Significant to Gene’s ties to Las Vegas have been his ties to the Jewish community. This oral history includes reminiscences of connecting with the Jewish community and meeting many of the Jewish leaders through Young Leadership, Jewish Federation, and being on the board for Temple Beth Sholom. The most poignant aspect to his Jewish roots is the survival of both his parents during Holocaust. Both Helen and Abe Greenberg were from Lodz, Poland and interred in concentration camps. Gene is a frequent presenter of their story for his commitment to Holocaust education and as a member of the next generation. Gene and his wife Melanie both spent their childhoods in Kansas City, Missouri and are graduates of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. They married in 1970 and have three children: Sari Mann, Elissa Burda, and Jaron Greenberg.
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Melanie and Gene Greenberg
The Organizational Records series consists mainly of Temple Beth Sholom (Las Vegas, Nevada) Board of Directors records such as meeting minutes, by-laws, policies, correspondence, memos, and budgets from 1952 to 2006. The Men's Club records in this series include correspondence, meeting minutes, by-laws, and documents related to the contruction of the Summerlin temple building and the Warsaw Ghetto Remembrance Garden. Temple president Gene Greenberg's records date from 1985 to 1988 and include board minutes, correspondence, organization charts, reports, materials from United Synagogue of America biennial weekend, and resources for selecting a rabbi.
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Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Board of Directors meeting minutes, June 7, 1989.