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Photograph of Marla Letizia, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 02, 2017

Date

2017-03-02

Description

Longtime Las Vegas resident and Jewish community member Marla Letizia is interviewed at home for Jewish Family services.

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Audio clip from interview with Elliot Karp, December 17, 2014

Date

2014-12-17

Description

Part of an interview with Elliot Karp on December 17, 2014. In this clip, Karp talks about his vision of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas as a tent under which all Jewish people can find a place to thrive.

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Ron Lurie campaign materials and resume, item 13

Description

Invitation for The American's Jewish Committee's Institute of Human Relation's Award Dinner honoring Ron Lurie

Audio clip from interview with Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, October 29, 2014

Date

2014-10-29

Description

Rabbi Sanford Akselrad discusses Project Ezra, an employment program he established during the recession in conjunction with the Jewish Family Service Agency.

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Audio clip from interview with Suzie Chenin, September 29, 2015

Date

2015-09-25

Description

In this audio clip, Chenin discusses her father's career as a dentist in Las Vegas.

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Transcript of interview with Mindy Unger-Wadkins by Barbara Tabach, October 28, 2015

Date

2015-10-28

Description

In this interview, Unger-Wadkins discusses growing up in Las Vegas? close-knit Jewish community in the 1960s and 1970s, and involvement with various Jewish youth organizations and activities. She also describes her career in public relations, reflecting upon the unique challenges faced when interacting with the public, and with politics, in her positions. Unger-Wadkins ends by describing her current work in land development, particularly the history of the Three Kids Mine and the technical and political process of ensuring the land is suitable as a residential area.

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Arne Rosencrantz oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03157

Abstract

Oral history interview with Arne Rosencrantz conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 18, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Rosencrantz discusses his family’s immigration story, him moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, and growing up within the Jewish community. Rosencrantz also discusses his involvement in the Las Vegas Jewish community over the decades.

Archival Collection

Transcript of interview with Norma Friedman by Barbara Tabach, November 19, 2015 and April 06, 2016

Date

2015-11-19 to 2016-04-06

Description

It was a scorching Fourth of July, when Norma (n?e Adler) and Leon Friedman rolled into their new home of Las Vegas in 1973. Nevertheless, they were content with leaving Gary, Indiana behind, and starting fresh with the family?s new ownership of Walker Furniture. Norma recalls her first stop in checking out Las Vegas was to visit the synagogue ? Temple Beth Sholom being the only option. Her oldest son would soon become a bar mitzvah. Feeling good about that, she and her sister-in-law who was also relocating to Las Vegas for the furniture business, searched for new homes. Norma settled into the community through volunteer work as well as through employment outside the family business. She worked in the real estate briefly and in a jewelry store at the Dunes. A natural organizer, she immersed herself in religious and civic organizations including the Jewish Federation, Jewish Family Service Agency, and volunteering at Selma Bartlett Elementary School in Henderson. Norma shares stories of her Jewish heritage and upbringing in Pittsburgh, the decision to move to Las Vegas, making fast friendships during her life in Las Vegas and the joy she has in traveling the world with Leon, who passed in 2004. In 2017, Norma was honored by the Jewish Family Service Agency.

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Members of Midbar Kodesh Temple roundtable oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02461

Abstract

Oral history interview with Midbar Kodesh Temple members conducted by Bradley Tecktiel on April 19, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Two groups of early members of Midbar Kodesh Temple in Henderson, Nevada discuss the founding of the congregation and how it serves the Jewish community. They also discuss other aspects of being Jewish in Southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Michael and Susan Baller oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02634

Abstract

Oral history interview with Michael and Susan Baller conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 16, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Michael discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada as a teenager in the 1950s, and opening Deluxe Hand Laundry and Cleaners on Main Street. The Ballers share stories about working in the dry cleaning industry and growing up in the Las Vegas Jewish community.

Archival Collection