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Audio clip from interview with Susan Molasky, March 11, 2014

Date

2014-03-11

Description

Part of an interview with Susan Molasky on March 11, 2014. In this clip, Molasky talks about a fundraiser held for Nathan Adelson Hospice at MGM, in which community members participated in a show, replacing the regular performers.

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Audio clip from interview with Joyce Mack, February 23, 2015

Date

2015-02-23

Archival Collection

Description

Part of an interview with Joyce Mack on February 23, 2015. In this clip, Mack recalls when her father-in-law, Nate Mack, shared his vision of Las Vegas with her while looking at the landscape of the Las Vegas Valley.

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Audio clip from interview with Louis Wiener, Jr., February 1, 1990

Date

1990-02-01

Description

Part of an interview with Louis Wiener, Jr. on February 1, 1990. In this clip, Wiener talks about how he became the attorney for Bugsy Siegel in the 1940s, and Siegel's desire to protect Wiener from criticism.

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Audio clips from interview with Renee Diamond, November 20, 2014

Date

2014-11-20

Description

Parts of an interview with Renee Diamond on November 20, 2014. In these clips, Diamond talks about her involvement with politics from the moment she and her family arrived in Las Vegas in the 1970s.

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Audio clip from interview with Michael Saltman, December 16, 2014

Date

2014-12-16

Description

Part of an interview with Michael Saltman on December 16, 2014. In this clip, Saltman talks about his business partner, Larry Larkin, and their development of shopping centers and apartment complexes in Las Vegas.

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Audio clip from interview with Elaine Galatz, April 23, 2015

Date

2015-04-23

Description

Part of an interview with Elaine Galatz on April 23, 2015. In this clip, Galatz describes how she became involved with the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas as president.

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Correspondence from Henry and Anita Schuster regarding Holocaust Survivors' Group of Southern Nevada, 2003-2011

Date

2003 to 2011

Archival Collection

Description

Group of letters about the activities and concerns of the Holocaust Survivors' Group of Southern Nevada.

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Essays on the Holocaust by Henry Schuster, undated

Date

2000

Archival Collection

Description

Group of essays written by Henry Schuster about his experiences in Europe during the Holocaust and his life in the United States. Schuster was placed in an orphanage after his father died and came to the United States via France and the kindertransport with hopes of being reunited with his family.

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Programs and meeting minutes from the Holocaust Survivors' Group and Yom Hashoah events, 2003-2011

Date

2003 to 2011

Archival Collection

Description

This group of documents from the Holocaust Survivors' Group of Southern Nevada includes meeting minutes, programs from Yom Hashoah events, and Holocaust Education Conference.

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Transcript of bus tour of "Jewish Las Vegas" by Temple Beth Sholom, May 17, 2015

Date

2015-05-17

Description

Temple Beth Sholom organized and led a bus tour of parts of Las Vegas that are significant in local Jewish history. 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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