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Barbara Raben oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02278

Abstract

Oral history interview with Barbara Raben conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 24, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview Raben discusses her involvement with Hadassah, a women's Jewish organization, in Southern Nevada, and the various groups within that organization. She also talks about her family, her relationship to Judaism, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1991. Raben discusses the business she built in Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada called the Candy Factory. She then talks about the formation of Midbar Kodesh Temple with other families from Temple Beth Sholom.

Archival Collection

David and Heidi Straus oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02526

Abstract

Oral history interview with David and Heidi Straus conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 06, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. The Straus family talks about growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Rancho Nevada Estates neighborhood, and changes in the city since the 1960s. David and Heidi talk about their parents and their careers as a lawyer and business owner, respectively.

Archival Collection

Lovee duBoef Arum oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02884

Abstract

Oral history interview with Lovee duBoef Arum conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 01, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Arum discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada with her first husband, raising her children within the local Jewish community, and her various philanthropic activities in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Yocheved Mintz oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02284

Abstract

Oral history interview with Yocheved Mintz conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 11, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Rabbi Mintz discusses arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1997 with her husband, the founder of Cenegenics. She also talks about becoming a spiritual leader of what is now known as Congregation P'nai Tikvah in 2005.

Archival Collection

Ike Lawrence Epstein in his office, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-05-02

Description

Ike Lawrence Epstein, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) photographed in his office for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

Image

Ike Lawrence Epstein in his office, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-05-02

Description

Ike Lawrence Epstein, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) photographed in his office for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

Image

Ike Lawrence Epstein in his office, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-05-02

Description

Ike Lawrence Epstein, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) photographed in his office for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

Image

David and Iris Torjman oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02527

Abstract

Oral history interview with David and Iris Torjman conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 12, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Iris discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from the Bronx in New York and meeting her husband. David discusses being a Jewish educator for Temple Beth Sholom. David also talks about working as a card dealer and investing in land.

Archival Collection

Freed Bakery Family, Joni Fried, Max Jacobson-Fried, and Sarah Fried oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02146

Abstract

Oral history interview with Joni, Sarah, and Max Fried conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 04, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Joni Fried, her daughter Sarah Fried, and nephew Max Jacobson-Fried share stories of working in the family business, Freed’s Bakery, started by Joni's parents Milton and Esther Fried. They also discuss how computer technologies and social media marketing impacted their early business.

Archival Collection

Karin Sporn oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03903

Abstract

Oral history interview with Karin Sporn conducted by Claytee D. White on May 25, 2023 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Karin Sporn grew up in Germany when her father was a member of Hitler's army. As a young woman, she converted to Judaism, and she shares how it was a difficult path. Much of her study and sacred rituals were done in Israel, and she shares that many signs along the way gave her encouragement, and she learned from others around her in Israel who shared their stories with Sporn. Eventually, her travel business brought her to Las Vegas, Nevada. After selling her and her husband's business, Sporn discusses how she was then free to volunteer for Jewish and civic organizations, and the leisure to sculp and to write her memoir, Just Peek Over the Fence.

Archival Collection