The materials in the 2016-064 accession is primarily comprised of administrative files of the Executive Committee, United Jewish Appeal, Jewish Family Services Agency, Women's Division, Business and Professional Division, and the Community Relations Committee (CRC) from approximately 1978 to 2012. The accession includes photographs used to create editions of the Jewish Reporter newspaper. The accession also includes various audiovisual formats throughout the materials including photographs, audiocassettes, video tapes, and optical disks.
In this essay, Jerry Countess provides narrative context for a demographic study of the Jewish population in Las Vegas, and addresses the services and community needs revealed by the study and the growing Jewish population.