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.
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
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.
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.