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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada

Identifier

PH-00389

Abstract

The UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada (2015-2018) are comprised of digital images captured as part of the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. The photographs include members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community, synagogues Temple Beth Sholom (current and original site), Congregation Ner Tamid (including aerials), Chabad of Las Vegas, Temple Sinai, and Midbar Kodesh Temple. There are also photographs of The Desert Torah Academy's Robert Cohen Educational Campus, the future site of Chabad of Green Valley, the Holocaust Resource Center, Manpower Las Vegas’s 50th anniversary celebration, and the House of Straus.

Archival Collection

Photographs of Tu B'Shevat Celebration, January 23, 2000

Date

2000-01-23

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of people celebrating Tu B'Shevat.

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Photographs of a Chanukah celebration, 1999

Date

1999

Archival Collection

Description

Group of photographs of an office Chanukah celebration.

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Photographs of Yom Ha'Shoah at Midbar Kodesh Temple, 2000

Date

2000

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of people during Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Doris Welt, Gerald Welt, and Marcy Welt oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02190

Abstract

Oral history interview with Doris, Jerry, and Marcy Welt conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 30, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, the Welts discuss how they came to Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1970s from California. They also discuss Eli Welt's pawnshop, Stoney's, which he acquired from Doris Welt's father, Jerry Fox. Jerry and Marcy Welt talk about how they met and came to Las Vegas. They also talk about the community that existed in Las Vegas at the time, and their involvement with B'nai B'rith.

Archival Collection

Photographs from Growing Up Jewish in Las Vegas oral history panel interview, January 31, 2016

Date

2016-01-31

Description

Photographs from the oral history panel event held by UNLV Libraries for the Southern Nevada Jewish Community Project in January 2016.

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Digital images from trip to Israel, 2007

Date

2007

Archival Collection

Description

Group of photographs of a trip to Israel.

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