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International Belly Dancers Convention Aladdin Hotel, image 3
Description
Handwritten description provided on back of photo: "Belly Dance Show at Temple Beth Sholom, Rochelle on left, Marliya Pors on right, 1974, Marliya gave a belly dance class at the Temple."
Lori Chenin-Frankl papers, 1964-1978, 2016
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Scope and Contents
The Lori Chenin-Frankl papers consist of Chenin-Frankl's Jewish Community Preschool report card from 1964 to 1965; three photographs of her Bat Mitzvah in 1973; her certificate of confirmation from Temple Beth Sholom on June 10, 1977; a Temple Beth Sholom Confirmation Exercises event program from 1978; two undated news clippings about the Temple Beth Sholom Junior Choir; and her panelist name tag from a 2016 UNLV University Libraries Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project event.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-035
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Photographs, videos, and transcript of "Jewish Las Vegas" bus tour, May 17, 2015
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Temple Beth Sholom organized and led a bus tour of parts of Las Vegas that are significant in local Jewish history. UNLV Special Collections and Archives staff took photos and video on this tour, and the video was later transcribed. Stops on the tour included Woodlawn Cemetery and the former Temple Beth Sholom campus on Oakey Boulevard. Narrator Arlene Blut gives the overview of the Jewish community, and Rabbi Felipe Goodman talks to tour participants at the cemetery. Former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman speaks at the old synagogue along with Josh Abbey, whose mother created the stained glass windows at the temple.
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Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Box/Folder: N/A
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Danit Farwell oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Danit Farwell conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 27, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Farwell discusses her early life in Morocco, antisemitism she experienced there, and being sent to Israel as a young girl. She recalls the hardships she faced while traveling to Israel, living in a kibbutz, and completing a teaching seminar to become a grade school teacher. Farwell talks about arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974, her first impression of the city, and her decision to stay. Farwell describes becoming a member of Temple Beth Sholom, being a teacher there, and going to card dealing school. Lastly, Farwell talks about being a part-time card dealer at different casinos on the Strip.
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Rabbi Felipé Goodman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Rabbi Felipé Goodman conducted by Barbara Tabach and Monserrath Hernandez on April 01, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Goodman discusses his upbringing in Mexico City, Mexico and growing up in the Jewish neighborhood of Polanco. He recalls trips to the United States, differences between Mexican Judaism and American Judaism, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998. Later, Goodman talks about being Rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom, his connection to the Latinx community, and his story of becoming a United States citizen. Lastly, Goodman discusses his observations of anti-Semitism and attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in 2019.
Archival Collection
Temple Beth Am (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Temple Beth Am was a Jewish Reform congregation founded by Rabbi Mel Hecht in 1984 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1992, some members of the congregation, unhappy with Rabbi Hecht's leadership, broke off to form Congregation Adat Ari El. Construction on Beth Am's campus began in Summerlin in 2001. In 2007 Temple Beth Am and Adat Ari El merged to form Temple Sinai.
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Rochelle Hornsby oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Rochelle Hornsby conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 30, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Hornsby arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1962 when her former husband Len took a position with a local radio station. Her sales talent led her into promotional sales for conventions and she talks about her former husband's and her careers in Las Vegas. For over twenty years she has been a residential real estate agent. She also talks about volunteering with the Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood, and the 25th Anniversary celebration of Israel.
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