L-R: Eli and Aziza Elyavoubi, Iris Torjman, Fortune and Felix Torjman, David's brother, and David Torjman.
Oral history interview with David and Iris Torjman conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 12, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Iris discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from the Bronx in New York and meeting her husband. David discusses being a Jewish educator for Temple Beth Sholom. David also talks about working as a card dealer and investing in land.
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Shopping in Gaza, L-R: Iris, Marie, Eli, David's brother and Esther, David's sister.
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Inscribed on reverse: Property of Iris and David Torjman, Wedding at TBS July 1966, Rabbi Gold
Group of photographs from a family album show the students at Sunderland Talmudical College in England, the wedding reception of David and Iris Torjman at Temple Beth Sholom's Ruby Kolod Center, and the Torjman family traveling in Israel and Morocco.
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Left: Babs Schwartz; Right, front to back: Rita and Rabbi Gold, Iris Torjman, Harry Schwartz (father of the bride), Anne Schwartz (mother of the bride), Fay and Sol Shapiro (aunt and uncle)
The reception was hosted by Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood in the Ruby Kolod Center. Seated (L-R): Iris and David Torjman. Standing (L-R): Avrum Schwartz (Temple Beth Sholom principal), Cantor Joseph Cohen, Rabbi Aaron Gold, and Joe Moss.
