Arne and Lynn Rosencrantz
Oral history interview with Lynn Rosencrantz conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 07, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Rosencrantz discusses her various job changes including: jeweler designer and multi-media artist; teacher of deaf children; buyer at her family’s business, Garrett's furniture store. She also talks about being a longtime member of the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community.
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Handwritten description provided with image: "Left to right: Arne Rosencrantz; Lynn Rosencrantz; ? Susan Fine (hiding Mark) ?; Hank Greenspun; Evelyn Bittker; Paul Eisenberg; Shirley Kravitz; Dorothy Eisenberg; ?; Flora Mason; Shimon Peres."
Front row, left to right: Cantor Simon Bergman, Melanie Greenberg, unknown, Lynn Rosencrantz, Sharon Rosenberg, Faye Steinberg; Back row, left to right: Rabbi Kalman Appel, Janice Riceberg, unknown, Elaine Houlick, unknown, Roberta Sabbath, Iris Torjman
Jewish Federation of Las Vegas (JFLV) Board of Directors meeting minutes, September 7, 1988.
Board meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, April 22, 1987.
Letter from Arne Rosencrantz, President of Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, to the Board of Directors, August 25, 1988.
The list includes the past presidents and chairs of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, the Women's Division leadership, and the Jewish Emerging Leaders chairs.
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Jewish Federation of Las Vegas (JFLV) Board of Directors' Meeting minutes, June 8, 1988.
Lynn Rosencrantz was born September 15, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, and spent her childhood there as a member of a vibrant Jewish community. In 1973, Rosencrantz married Arne Rosencrantz and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada to join her husband. He was working at Garrett’s Furniture, a company they would later own together. Her first job in the city was teaching hearing impaired students at Ruby Thomas Elementary School.
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