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Transcript of interview with Raya Meron by Claytee White, July 14, 2014

Date

2014-07-14

Archival Collection

Description

Raya was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel on July 8, 1935 to Edith and Gerhard Munzner. Her Mother was the daughter of Elsa and David Flachs from Berlin, Germany and her father was the son of Rachel and Zvi Munzner from Mannheim, Germany. Raya's father was jailed in 1931 as a 23 year old attorney, for being "out of the ordinary intelligent, and, therefore, highly dangerous," he was accused of being a communist because he defended social welfare cases. On the day of his release, he fled Germany, crossing the border overnight into Czechoslovakia and onward to Paris to reunite with his then fiancee (Raya's mother) and await immigration papers to the then Palestine, today's Israel. Raya's parents married upon their arrival in Jerusalem and settled in Tel Aviv in 1933. Raya's father obtained his doctorate in Economics and Law at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Upon arrival in Israel, he got a job counting the out-of-circulation money in the basement of "Bank Yaffet" in Tel Aviv an

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Photograph of a teacher and students in Las Vegas, circa 1905-1906

Date

1905 to 1906

Description

Black and white image of fifth and sixth grade students at a school located on Second and Lewis Streets. Back row, from left to right: Teacher (Mrs. Schultz), Mary Bishop, Ernest Lake, Micky Black, Frank Black, unidentified, Nannie Rhodes, and Alice Lake. Middle row, from left to right: Jessie Bishop, Edith Alpin, Julia Westlake, Willa Cotrell, unidentified, Olive Lake, unidenified, unidentified. Front row, from left to right: unidentified, Leland Ronnow, Harold Clayton, unidentified, Walter Manuel, unidentified.

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Temple Beth Sholom 40th Anniversary Celebration invitation, April 23, 1988

Date

1988-04-23

Archival Collection

Description

An invitation to Temple Beth Sholom's 40th anniversary celebration at the Alexis Park Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 07

Description

Board meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, April 22, 1987.

Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, June 1988 - May 1989

Date

1988 to 1989

Archival Collection

Description

Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.

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