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Jack Weinstein and Polly Weinstein interview, April 12, 2018: transcript

Date

2018-04-12

Description

Tower of Jewels is one of those iconic Las Vegas businesses that continues to thrive. At the time of this interview, Jack Weinstein is in his nineties and “retired.” With him is his daughter Polly Weinstein, who in addition to being involved in the business management has her own custom designed jewelry line, aptly named The Jeweler’s Daughter. As the youngest of six children born to Jewish Russian immigrants Joseph and Pauline (Polly is named for her grandmother), Jack was raised in a dangerous neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. His youthful enterprise included collaborating and then splitting up with his brothers in a jewelry business, before eventually moving west to Los Angles in the early 1960s. On his own, Jack became a wholesale salesperson representing lines of watches to other businesses. Included in his list of clients was Al Sanford’s Tower of Jewels in Las Vegas. The two became friends and Al suggested setting up a partnership between Al’s son and Jack in 1964. Eventually

Text

Goodman, Cara, 1973-

No description.

Person

Blut, Jerome L., 1939-

Jerome "Jerry" Blut (1939- ) is a retired attorney and an active member of the Jewish community in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blut served as president of Temple Beth Sholom from 1995 to 1996.

“Mission and History of Temple Beth Sholom." Temple Beth Sholom Las Vegas. Accessed September 1, 2015.

Person

NNA powerpoint presentations, syllabus pieces, and fliers, 2006 October 01

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project Records
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Collection Number: MS-00784
Collection Name: History of Nursing in Southern Nevada Oral History Project Records
Box/Folder: Box 03, Digital File 00

Archival Component

Photographs of Rabbi Bradley Tecktiel, circa 2016

Date

2015 to 2017

Description

Portraits of Rabbi Bradley Tecktiel of Midbar Kodesh Temple in Henderson, Nevada.

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T-Shirt Color: Navy Blue; Front: Fire Odessa Dept., Fire Emblem W/Fire Equip; Back: Paramedic OFD; Handwritten Text: HC (Ret) Cotton #76 J.T. Cotton #22 JS Cotton #76 Damien Martel #125 B. Amonett #132 Tony Reyes #73 Curtis Sydow #50 Wayne Mass #16 Philip Tally #120 Odessa, TX, approximately 2001-2012

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00459
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 406

Archival Component

Welt, Gerald "Jerry"

oral history interview for Jewish Heritage project; lawyer who joined firm of Harry Reid, then later firm of Oscar Goodman

Person

Alphabetical subject files, 1955-1997

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Series

Scope and Contents

The alphabetical subject files (1955-1997) contains newspaper clippings articles, business information, conference materials, and community organizational materials related to the Las Vegas, Nevada Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) community. Subjects include HIV, LGBTQ businesses, censorship, conferences, education, entertainment, human rights, publications, religion, rodeo, and social events.

Archival Collection

Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00251
Collection Name: Las Vegas, Nevada LGBTQ Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component