A portrait of Robert Fisher, Department of Chemistry, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Identifications on reverse of photograph: Seated, L-R: David Kaye, Ami Flushman and Mark Kirshbaum; Standing L-R: Rabbi Louis Lederman, Jerry Welt, Jeff Bernstein, Sharlene Flushman, Ira Goldberg, Isabel Goldberg, Ateret Cohn, Robert Fisher and Howard Greenspon
Oral history interview with Robert Fisher conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 08, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Fisher discusses his childhood in Minnesota, and the large role Judaism played in his upbringing. He speaks at length about his involvement with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism over the years, including as regional director of the United Synagogue Youth Far West Region, which took him from Minnesota to California. He talks about his time in Los Angeles, California, and later, about his life in Las Vegas, Nevada, including his broadcasting career as well as involvement with Midbar Kodesh Temple.
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