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Newsletters from Congregation Ner Tamid (Henderson, Nev.), 2000

Date

2000

Description

The monthly newsletters from Congregation Ner Tamid from 2000, include columns by the Rabbi and President, school news, event announcements, tributes and yahrzeits.

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Transcript from interview with Mike Unger by Barbara Tabach, January 21, 2016

Date

2016-01-21

Archival Collection

Description

In this interview, Unger reflects upon his long and successful career in hotel management in Las Vegas and also in Arizona and Pennsylvania. He shares stories as a local celebrity, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s when he worked at Caesars Palace, as well as the big projects he oversaw, including organizing the first big fight nights, World Series of Tavern Poker and Grand Prix race. He talks about working with Morris Shenker, Moe Dalitz, Cliff Perlman and Billy Weinberger, and the role of the Jewish community in the city, and specifically in the gaming industry. Unger also discusses his non-gaming industry ventures which have included a satellite communications business and a bagel business.

Mike Unger was born in Queens, New York in 1947, and spent most of his childhood in Long Island, growing up in a predominantly Jewish and Italian community. As a young adult, Unger was already working hard, running one of his family?s restaurant after school. When he was in high school, his family moved to Los Angeles to accommodate his father?s health needs, and eventually end up in Las Vegas by 1967. Over the next two decades, Unger would work at nine properties in the city. Unger is one of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas? first hotel management graduates, and started his career with Summa Corporation in its management training program at the Frontier Hotel and Casino. After a brief stint at the Airport Marina Hotel in Los Angeles in 1972, Unger returned to Las Vegas, serving in management capacities at the Aladdin Hotel and Casino, Summa Corporation headquarters and Landmark Hotel and Casino. In 1978, he joined Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino management team, and was integral in creating the city?s first large boxing events, the World Series of Tavern Pool, and the Grand Prix race. Unger also ran properties for the White Mountain Apache and Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona, as well as the Showboat Hotel and Casino. In this interview, Unger reflects upon his long and successful career in hotel management in Las Vegas and also in Arizona and Pennsylvania. He shares stories as a local celebrity, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s when he worked at Caesars Palace, as well as the big projects he oversaw, including organizing the first big fight nights, World Series of Tavern Poker and Grand Prix race. He talks about working with Morris Shenker, Moe Dalitz, Cliff Perlman and Billy Weinberger, and the role of the Jewish community in the city, and specifically in the gaming industry. Unger also discusses his non-gaming industry ventures which have included a satellite communications business and a bagel business.

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Audio clip from interview with Rabbi Malcolm Cohen, December 16, 2015

Date

2015-12-16

Description

In this audio clip, Rabbi Cohen discusses how he came to Las Vegas from London, and increasing the Temple Sinai membership to over 300 families.

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Newsletters from Adat Ari El (Las Vegas, Nev.), 2000

Date

2000

Description

Kol Ari El, The Lion's Voice newsletters from Adat Ari El Synagogue, 2000. The monthly newsletters include columns from the Rabbi, general interest information, announcements and birthday listings and yahrzeits.

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Newsletters from Ahavat Torah Synagogue (Las Vegas, Nev.), 2000

Date

2000

Description

Ahavat's Nu? newsletters from Ahavat Torah Synagogue, 2000. The newsletters feature columns from the Rabbi and President, as well as Bar and Bat Mitzvah announcements, yahrzeits, and advertisements.

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Newsletters from Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City (Las Vegas, Nev.), 2000

Date

2000

Description

Monthly newsletters from Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City for 2000. The newsletters include general interest information, columns by the congregation President and Rabbi, announcements and tribues.

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Photographs of miscellaneous events hosted by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, 2000-2001, and undated

Date

2000 to 2001

Archival Collection

Description

Group of photographs of events hosted by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.

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Annual report from Congregation Ner Tamid, 2006

Date

2006

Archival Collection

Description

Annual report from Congregation Ner Tamid, 2006

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Photographs of Mason family special occasions, including a bar mitzvah, bris, and graduation, 1973-1998

Date

1973 to 1998

Description

Group of photographs of special occasions for the Mason family, 1973-1998.

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Kraft-Sussman business ephemera and clippings, 2009-2013

Date

2009 to 2013

Description

Newspaper clippings and business collateral for Kraft-Sussman Funeral Home. Kraft-Sussman is the only Jewish-owned and operated funeral home in southern Nevada.

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