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Todd S. Polikoff oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Todd Polikoff conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 30, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. He discusses investing over twenty years in leadership for the Jewish Federation and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in states that include New Jersey, Delaware, Texas, Ohio, and Nevada.
Archival Collection
Rabbi Bradley Tecktiel oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Rabbi Bradley Tecktiel conducted by Barbara Tabach on April 19, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Tecktiel discusses being a rabbi of Midbar Kodesh Temple since 2008, his involvement with the Board of Rabbis, and Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish Federation's Community Relations.
Archival Collection
Countess, Jerome "Jerry"
Former director of Combined Jewish Appeal, which became the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas
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Survey from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, August 1992
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Archival Collection
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United States Holocaust Memorial Council survey of organizations that provide resources and services for teaching about the Holocaust, filled out by the Holocaust Education Committee of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
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Holocaust Education Committee letters and meeting minutes, document 08
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Letter from Edythe Katz to the Holocaust Education Committee on August 06, 1980.
LVCJA Ball programs and planning documents, item 01
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White and pink note cards indicating who had pledged to donate money to the Las Vegas Combined Jewish Appeal. In 1979, the Las Vegas Combined Jewish Appeal changed its name to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
Perer, Marvin A., M.D.
Dr. Marvin A. Perer, M.D. served as chairman of the board of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1990 to 1992. He is a gastroenterologist who received his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 1965. Dr. Perer specializes in disorders affecting the digestive system and has an office located in Los Angeles, California.
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“Dr. Marvin Perer” U.S. News & World Report. Accessed March 18, 2016. http://health.usnews.com/doctors/marvin-perer-702106".
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Jerome Countess oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Jerome Countess conducted by Dorothy Eisenberg on October 28, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Countess discusses coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 to take a job with what became the Jewish Federation. He then talks about starting the local Jewish Reporter, a newspaper, and creating a community among fellow Jews in Las Vegas.
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Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection is comprised of organizational records, photographs, event programs, and ephemera donated by members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community as part of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries’ Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Materials document the history of the Jewish community and Southern Nevada from 1941 to 2017. The collection provides information about family life, religious rituals, community events, and local businesses and organizations.
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