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Audio clip from interview with Arlene Blut, May 28, 2015

Date

2015-05-28

Description

In this clip, Arlene Blut discusses the Meadows Theater, a professional theater that she and Joan Snyder established in Las Vegas.

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Audio clip from interview with Andy Katz, February 16, 2016

Date

2016-02-16

Archival Collection

Description

In this clip, Andy Katz discusses the programs at Manpower, an employment agency franchise that his parents established in Las Vegas in the 1960s, and still exists today. Katz became involved at an early age, and talks about employment opportunities he had growing up.

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Audio clip from interview with Raymonde Fiol, August 12, 2015

Date

2015-08-12

Description

In this clip, Raymonde "Ray" Fiol talks about visiting the town in which she and her family were interned in France during the Nazi occupation, and the local woman who helped her tell her story.

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Audio clip from interview with Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, October 29, 2014

Date

2014-10-29

Description

Rabbi Sanford Akselrad discusses Project Ezra, an employment program he established during the recession in conjunction with the Jewish Family Service Agency.

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Audio clip from interview with Suzie Chenin, September 29, 2015

Date

2015-09-25

Description

In this audio clip, Chenin discusses her father's career as a dentist in Las Vegas.

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Audio clip from interview with David and Iris Torjman, November 12, 2015

Date

2015-11-12

Archival Collection

Description

In this audio clip, Iris and David speak about going to shows at the hotels in Las Vegas in the 1960s through the 1990s. David Torjman was the Hebrew School teacher at Temple Beth Sholom and taught the children and grandchildren of many hotel owners and operators. They speak about their wedding reception during which Sasha Semenoff played.

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Audio clip from interview with Jerry Fox, November 12, 2014

Date

2014-11-12

Archival Collection

Description

Part of an interview with Jerry Fox on November 12, 2014. In this clip, Fox talks about arriving in Las Vegas in 1955, and how his father came to own a delicatessen on the Las Vegas strip.

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Audio clip from interview with Rabbi Shea Harlig, March 5, 2014

Date

2014-03-05

Description

Part of an interview with Rabbi Shea Harlig on March 5, 2014. In this clip, Rabbi Harlig discusses the property where he established a Chabad center in the west valley, and the zoning issues he faced in the neighborhood.

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Audio clip from interview with Margo Mink Colbert, November 11, 2014

Date

2014-11-11

Description

Part of an interview with Margo Mink Colbert on November 11, 2014. In this clip, Colbert discusses the inspiration for the ballet trilogy she conceived and choreographed while teaching at UNLV.

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Audio clip from interview with Jerome "Jerry" Countess, October 28, 2014

Date

2014-10-28

Description

Part of an interview with Jerrry Countess and Dorothy Eisenberg on October 28, 2014. In this clip, Countess talks about the early days of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and an event held by B'nai B'rith.

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