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Mara Braun oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Mara Braun conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 09, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Braun discusses growing up in Puerto Rico, family life, and moving to Indiana in the 1960s. She describes summer visits to Mexico City, Mexico, meeting her husband there, and converting to Judaism. Braun talks about her experiences as a Puerto Rican Jewish convert living in Mexico City, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1975. Later, Braun discusses how she got started in catering and opening her catering business, Le Royal Dreams. Lastly, Braun talks about her diverse clientele.
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Postcard of Saint-Sauveur Chapel in Saint-Malo, Brittany (FR.), 1930
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Photographs from Growing Up Jewish in Las Vegas oral history panel interview, February 28, 2016
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Photographs from the oral history panel event held by UNLV Libraries for the Southern Nevada Jewish Community Project in February 2016. Panel participants are David Cherry, Michelle Dahan, Jessica Hutchins, Marty Weinberg, Cara Goodman and Heather Klein.
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Audio clips from interview with Barbara Raben, February 24, 2015
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Audio clips from an interview with Barbara Raben. In these clips, Raben discusses moving to Las Vegas in 1991 and discovering the Jewish community here.
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Family photographs from Irwin and Susan Molasky, 1970s-2000s
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Group of family photographs from Irwin and Susan Molasky, including portraits and bar and bat Mitzvahs of grandchildren.
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Group of protestors praying: photographic print
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Protest sign in the desert: photographic print
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Audio clip from interview with Beverly Mason, December 21, 2012
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Part of an interview with Beverly Mason, December 21, 2012. In this audio clip, Mason discusses the importance of church in her upbringing and in the African American community.
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