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Lynn Leshgold Rosencrantz oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02529

Abstract

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.

Archival Collection

Photographs of Jewish Federation Leaders, image 01

Description

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."

Photograph of the first adult B'nai Mitzvah group at Temple Beth Sholom

Description

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 correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 23

Description

Jewish Federation of Las Vegas (JFLV) Board of Directors meeting minutes, September 7, 1988.

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 07

Description

Board meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, April 22, 1987.

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 22

Description

Letter from Arne Rosencrantz, President of Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, to the Board of Directors, August 25, 1988.

List of past presidents of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, 2015

Date

2015

Archival Collection

Description

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.

Text

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 19

Description

Jewish Federation of Las Vegas (JFLV) Board of Directors' Meeting minutes, June 8, 1988.

Rosencrantz, Lynn Leshgold, 1949-

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.

Person