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Transcript of interview with Jay Poster by Barbara Tabach, August 26, 2016

Date

2016-08-26

Archival Collection

Description

Music brought Jay Poster to Las Vegas for a brief time in 1974. Jay wanted to pursue a musical career and his cousin was a professional musician with the Nat Brandwynne Orchestra at Caesars Palace. To Jay?s disappointment, within a few months his cousin Jack Poster left Las Vegas for a road tour. So Jay decided his best strategy was to return home to San Diego and his studies at San Diego State University. It would be over a decade later before Jay returned to Las Vegas to live and this time it became permanent. This time it was not for music. For beyond his musical talent, Jay had a gift for connecting with people of all of ages and walks of life. He was good at sales and his day job selling office furniture offered him the opportunity to transfer to Las Vegas in 1986. Within a few years, however, it was a recruiter for Palm Mortuaries who introduced Jay to his defining career moment and to Allen Brewster, a prominent Jewish leader and founder of King David Cemetery and Mortuary. It was 2001. Jay has been King David?s ever since and is the General Manager. In this interview, Jay describes his personal and spiritual growth through his career in funeral services and his respect for the Jewish traditions of burial and grieving. In addition, his passion for music has also soared and he talks about his participation in the Shabbatones at Congregation Ner Tamid and Desert Winds, a community based performance organization. He shares his love of traditional Jewish klezmer music and the Meshugginah Klezmorim.

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Photograph of Holocaust Resource Center's Myra Berkovits, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 31, 2016

Date

2016-05-31

Description

Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center of Las Vegas education specialist Myra Berkovits.

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Photograph of Midbar Kodesh Temple library, Henderson (Nev.), November 10, 2016

Date

2016-11-10

Description

The library at the David L. Simon Center for Education and Tikkum Olam at the Midbar Kodesh Temple.

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Photograph of Midbar Kodesh Temple library, Henderson (Nev.), November 10, 2016

Date

2016-11-10

Description

The library at the David L. Simon Center for Education and Tikkum Olam at the Midbar Kodesh Temple.

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Photograph of Midbar Kodesh Temple library, Henderson (Nev.), November 10, 2016

Date

2016-11-10

Description

The library at the David L. Simon Center for Education and Tikkum Olam at the Midbar Kodesh Temple.

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Photograph of Midbar Kodesh Temple library, Henderson (Nev.), November 10, 2016

Date

2016-11-10

Description

The library at the David L. Simon Center for Education and Tikkum Olam at the Midbar Kodesh Temple.

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Long Range Planning Study for Temple Beth Sholom, July 1988

Date

1988-07

Archival Collection

Description

This report provides the results of a study conducted by CITYWEST, Inc., to "determine whether the synagogue should remain in its current location and be renovated, remain in its current location and rebuild, or move." The report addresses leadership and staff development, as well as programming recommendations.

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Testimony by Shelley Bristol for National Association for People with AIDS, February 1994

Date

1994-02

Archival Collection

Description

Transcript of testimony given by Shelley Bristol in which she discusses her lifestyle as a legal prostitute, her relationships, and being tested regularly for HIV.

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Documents related to the Clark County School District School-Business Partnership Program, 1983-1986

Date

1983 to 1986

Archival Collection

Description

These documents describe the need for the Clark County School District School-Business Partnership and a schedule for accomplishing specific activities. Mark Fine was the chairman for the partnership advisory board.

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Transcript of interview with Max Goot by Charles Collins, March 22, 1976

Date

1976-03-22

Archival Collection

Description

Interview with Max Goot by Charles Collins, March 22, 1976. In this interview, Goot talks about how he came to Las Vegas in 1945 and purchased Stoney's Jewelry, which he sold in 1951, and then bought Tinch Furniture Store. He was friends with Hank Greenspun and active in local politics and community affairs, including Temple Beth Sholom. He talks about selling the former Beth Sholom building at 13th and Carson Streets to the Greek church, and other fund raising activities. He speaks briefly about atomic tests, and the growth of the city.

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