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Marla Letizia oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marla Letizia conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 26, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Letizia discusses living in Las Vegas, Nevada since the age of two. She talks about her activity in the Jewish community, owning the Letizia Agency with her husband, and the mobile billboards business.
Archival Collection
Collection on the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish Community
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The Collection on the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish Community spans from 1964 to 2006 and is comprised of scrapbooks, genealogies, ephemera, and other material produced by or for the community. The Hadassah scrapbooks date from 1964 through 1971 and contain invitations, photographs, and records of events and fundraising efforts. Material related to various congregations includes bulletins, fliers, correspondence (form letters), photographs, newspaper clippings, and recorded media. The Jewish Genealogy Society records include bulletins, newsletters, and meeting agendas. Also included is a family genealogy.
Archival Collection
Kideckel, Earl
Taken from Temple Beth Torah's website: "Rabbi Earl Kideckel joined the Temple Beth Torah family in the summer of 2001. He is a graduate of both the Rabbinical School of the Jewish TheologRabbi Earl Kideckelical Seminary and its undergraduate Joint Program, as well as Columbia University, holding Bachelor degrees from both institutions. He also has a certificate in Advanced Pastoral Counseling for the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute in New York. With his many years of rabbinical experience, Rabbi K.
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Photograph of Gilbert "Gil" Shaw, Henderson, Nevada, May 25, 2016
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Archival Collection
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Gilbert "Gil" Shaw in his Henderson home office. Retired from a military career with the US Navy and the US Coast Guard, Shaw photographed the construction of Congregation Ner Tamid facilities on Emerson Avenue and its current location at 55 N. Valle Verde Drive.
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Midbar Kodesh Temple (Henderson, Nev.)
Midbar Kodesh is a Conservative Jewish temple founded in Henderson, Nevada in 1995 by former members of Temple Beth Sholom. Population growth and physical expansion of real estate warranted the establishment of the second Conservative congregation in Southern Nevada, whose name means “Holy Desert.” Temple Beth Sholom was moving to the west side of the valley, and a group of families- the Kaminskys, Goldmans, Rothmans, Simons, Goldsteins, and Feldmans, decided to start a new temple on the east side.
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