The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection is comprised of organizational records, photographs, event programs, and ephemera donated by members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community as part of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries’ Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Materials document the history of the Jewish community and Southern Nevada from 1941 to 2017. The collection provides information about family life, religious rituals, community events, and local businesses and organizations.
The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Web Archive contains archived websites that were captured between 2016 to 2018 that are related to UNLV University Libraries community documentation project, the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Archived websites of religious institutions and community organizations are primarily represented. The collection also includes archived websites of organizations such as Jewish Nevada, Jewish Family Service Agency, the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival, and David Magazine. Archived websites for religious institutions include synagogues such as Temple Beth Sholom, Congregation Ner Tamid, Temple Bet Knesset Bamidbar, and Pnai Tikvah.
Oral history interview with Jackie Boiman conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 27, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Boiman discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985, working in administrative and youth programs positions at local synagogues, and her administrative position at Touro University.
Oral history interview with Lyn Robinson conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 18, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Robinson talks about her participation with the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center as an official photographer of survivors for the Center.
Oral history interview with Hershel Brooks conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 08, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Brooks tells of his conservative rabbinical career, growing up Orthodox in Brooklyn, New York, and offers insights about the Jewish community in Summerlin, Nevada.
Oral history interview with Carolyn Goodman conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 18, 2016 and August 31, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Goodman talks about her Jewish ancestry, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada; raising her children, and entering into politics in the city.