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Miriam (Mimi) Katz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Miriam "Mimi" Katz conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 10, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Katz discusses working for the Jewish Federation for ten years and living in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1957.
Archival Collection
Photographs of Gene Greenberg, November 23, 1981
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Archival Collection
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Portrait photographs of Jewish Federation member Gene Greenberg. 120mm negatives.
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Biographical essay by Eva Peters, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Peters' essay describes her family's journey to escape the Nazis and Communism, remaining in Hungary until 1956. She and her husband were part of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters group, and escaped to Vienna, and then to the U.S.
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Biographical essay by Miriam Zaidman Borowsky, 2014
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Miriam Ziadman Borowsky's family moved from Palenstine to France in 1938, where her father surrendered to the Nazis and was sent to the Drancy internment camp. She recounts the rift in her family after she realized her father was not returning. Her essay includes photographs of her family and documents related to her father's military career.
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Video of interview with Edythe Katz Yarchever by Adat Ari El Sisterhood, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2007
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Edythe Katz-Yarchever discusses her early life in Las Vegas, including her experience as a Jewish woman and social activist in Southern Nevada.
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Sabina and Antonio E. Callwood oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sabina and Antonio E. Callwood conducted by Claytee D. White on October 13, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. This interview begins with Sabina Callwood's ordeal in the Holocaust in Belgium and her family's various experiences with the persecution. She recalls her adjustment to life after the war and talks about her family's history with Judaism, also giving some insight into Jewish culture, law, traditions, and customs. Antonio Callwood discusses his family genealogy and his career as a musician. The couple delve into their marriage in 1990 and their extensive travels for Antonio's music career as well as their eventual settlement in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2007. The Callwoods end the interview with a discussion of the Jewish community in Las Vegas and an awareness of how the new environment allowed them to explore their Jewish identities.
Archival Collection
Audio clip from interview with Jerome "Jerry" Countess, October 28, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Jerrry Countess and Dorothy Eisenberg on October 28, 2014. In this clip, Countess talks about the early days of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and an event held by B'nai B'rith.
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Biographical essay by Samuel Newman, 2014
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Samuel Newman describes his experience during the Holocaust and being separated from his siblings at different orphanages. He was in Kyrgyzstan from 1943 to 1946, and at an orphanage in Poland until 1951. Newman trained in graphic arts and spent some time in the military in Israel. He came to the United States in 1968.
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Photograph of Marla Letizia, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 02, 2017
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Archival Collection
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Longtime Las Vegas resident and Jewish community member Marla Letizia at home.
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Melanie Greenberg oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Melanie Greenberg conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 14, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Melanie Greenberg describes moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband Gene and daughter. She talks about raising a family, and the Jewish community in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection