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Meeting Minutes from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Holocaust Education Committee Educators' Conference Subcommittee, March 22, 1994
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Meeting Minutes from the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Holocaust Education Committee Educators' Conference Subcommittee.
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Holocaust Education Conference program, 1997
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Booklet program from the Holocaust Education Conference, 1997.
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Transcript from "Five Minutes with Flora" regarding education funding, 1964
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Flora Dungan on the record of Senator Howard Cannon on education issues.
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Holocaust Education Committee letters and meeting minutes, 1980-1981
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Archival Collection
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Letters, meeting minutes, and committee members list from the Holocaust Education Committee.
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Correspondence to Flora Dungan regarding redistribution of education funding, 1963-1964
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Letters to Flora Dungan request and thank her for her efforts in the redistribution of education funding during the special legislative session.
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Photographs from the Holocaust Education Seder event at the Rio Hotel, April 6, 2014
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An essay by Esther Toporek Finder accompanying the photographs describes the event: "Holocaust survivors, along with Clark County students and teachers, sat down to break matzo and bread together at Las Vegas? first Holocaust Education Seder Sunday (April 6) at the Rio Hotel. Three generations from the survivor community gathered with middle and high school students and teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools. The leader for the traditional portion of the service was Rabbi Sanford Akselrad and the Shoah segments were led by Professor Esther Finder. Kevin Janison, from MyNews3, served as host and MC. Both Finder and Janison are children of Holocaust survivors. Ray Fiol lit candles on behalf of the approximately six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and a 7th candle to represent the non-Jewish victims of Nazi atrocity. Music was provided by Cantorial Soloist Lola Rivera. Educator and librarian Susan Dubin shared original poetry as part of the blessing after the meal. Participants dined on foods traditional for Passover: matzo ball soup, roasted chicken with matzo kugel, tsimmis and a non-dairy chocolate dessert."
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Letter to G. Paul, Editor of the Jewish Chronicle Newspaper from Edythe Katz, Chairman od the Nevada Holocaust Education Committee regarding "Las Vegas choice now," August 8, 1989
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Letter from Edythe Katz of the Nevada Holocaust Education Committee to Jewish Chronicle Newspaper, Ltd.'s editor G. Paul about the article "Las Vegas Choice Now," published June 30, 1989, "questioning the advisability of holding an international conference here in Las Vegas."
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Ephemera documenting Dorothy Eisenberg's involvement with Clark County education and the Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School, 1969-1999
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Newspaper clippings and ephemera from Dorothy Eisenberg including the program and invitation for the opening of the Dorothy Eisenberg Elementary School.
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Transcript of interview with Judith D. Steele by Barbara Tabach, November 24, 2014
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In this interview she talks about student teaching in East Harlem, her teaching experiences in Providence, Rhode Island and the decision to reside in Las Vegas. When she was finally able to be promoted outside of the classroom, among her highlights was being Director of Special Education Programs and Services for the Clark County School District. In 1991, she served in a dual role as Manager of the Office of Development and Education Improvement for CCSD and Executive Director of the newly incorporated Clark County Public Education Foundation, an independent, non-profit organization established to improve public education in Southern Nevada. Among her many community activities is serving on numerous board and founder of the Henderson Arts Council.
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Transcript of interview with Myra Berkovits by Barbara Tabach, August 21, 2014
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Interview with Myra Berkovits by Barbara Tabach on August 21, 2014. In this interview, Berkovits talks about growing up and starting her teaching career in Chicago. When she moves to Las Vegas, Berkovits eventually purchases a dining concierge business, but returned to teaching, and is now involved with the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center.
Myra Berkovits was born Myra Mosse in 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. She became an elementary school teacher in Chicago before moving to Las Vegas in 1980. Myra has made contributions to Las Vegas in the public and private sectors. She owned several businesses then returned to teaching, heading to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to renew her teaching license and later received her master's degree. After a year of teaching in multicultural education, Myra was then in charge of the school district's homeless program, seeing its growth from serving 1,200 to 6,000 students. Myra's other passion was for Holocaust education and she became one of six interviewers in the city for the Shoah Foundation, documenting survivors' stories. One interviewee, David Berkovits, would later become her husband of fifteen years. Myra's own Holocaust education was aided by powerful trips to Israel and Poland. She used these experiences to develop and lead student-teacher conferences and classroom curriculum for the whole state. Myra still serves at the Education Specialist at the Holocaust Resource Center.
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