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Sanford Akselrad oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Rabbi Sanford Akselrad conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 29, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview Rabbi Akselrad describes his rabbinical training, coming to Las Vegas, Nevada, becoming the rabbi at Congregation Ner Tamid in 1988, and the growth of the congregation.
Archival Collection
Dr. Leonard Kreisler oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Leonard Kreisler conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 23, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Kreisler talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973, working at the Nevada Test Site, his involvement with the University Medical Center, and other medical community topics.
Archival Collection
Todd S. Polikoff oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Todd Polikoff conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 30, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. He discusses investing over twenty years in leadership for the Jewish Federation and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in states that include New Jersey, Delaware, Texas, Ohio, and Nevada.
Archival Collection
Miriam (Mimi) Katz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Miriam "Mimi" Katz conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 10, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Katz discusses working for the Jewish Federation for ten years and living in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1957.
Archival Collection
Kenny Epstein oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Kenny Epstein conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 01, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Epstein discusses arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada as a teenager, working in casinos as a dealer, and owning the El Cortez Hotel and Casino.
Archival Collection
Bob Arum oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Bob Arum conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 20, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Arum talks about growing up Orthodox in New York City and how through his career as a promoter for boxers he developed personal relationships with people such as Muhammed Ali and George Foreman.
Archival Collection
Marla Letizia oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marla Letizia conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 26, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Letizia discusses living in Las Vegas, Nevada since the age of two. She talks about her activity in the Jewish community, owning the Letizia Agency with her husband, and the mobile billboards business.
Archival Collection
Michael Tell oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Michael Tell conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 06, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Tell discusses growing up around anti-Semitism in Las Vegas, Nevada, the
Archival Collection
Harry Kogan oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Harry Kogan conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 12, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. As he nears his 100th birthday, Kogan discusses his Jewish heritage, growing up the son of Russian immigrants, being in the commercial refrigeration business with his brothers, and his philanthropy.
Archival Collection
Bobby Morris oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Bobby Morris conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 24, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Morris talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada and many of the people he played with, for and managed. He also mentions being a musical director for Elvis Presley at International Hotel and Casino when it opened.
Archival Collection