Oral history interview with Dr. Edward Goldman conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 22, 2016 and April 04, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Goldman discusses his career as a Clark County School District teacher, negotiator, and regional superintendent over the span of thirty years. He also talks about his activity in the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community at Temple Beth Sholom and being a founding member of Midbar Kodesh Temple.
Oral history interview with Michael A. Cherry conducted by Barbara Tabach on September 19, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Justice Michael Cherry talks about how he came to Las Vegas, Nevada and his work as a public defender and as a lawyer in private practice. He also discusses his involvement with Jewish organizations in various capacities, and his involvement with high-profile cases such as the MGM Grand and Las Vegas Hilton fires, earning him the nickname "master of disaster."
Oral history interview with Laura Sussman and Wendy Kraft conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 17, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Sussman and Kraft talk about being business partners in Kraft-Sussman Funeral Home, which caters to the Jewish community. They also talk about the local LGBT community as a lesbian couple.
Oral history interview with Mike Unger conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 21, 2016, February 03, 2016, and February 24, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Unger discusses his long career in hotel management in the 1970s-1980s, including general manager of Caesars Palace from 1978-1983 and working at Frontier Hotel and Aladdin Hotel. He also talks about being active in the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community with B'nai Brith and charities.
Oral history interview with Dr. Jacob Paz conducted by Claytee D. White on September 15, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Paz discusses growing up in Israel and obtaining a green card to attend New York University in 1974. He then talks about his sense of community within the Jewish part of Las Vegas, Nevada and his affirmations on the Holocaust.
Oral history interview with Norma Morrow Zuckerman conducted by Barbara Tabach on April 18, 2016 and March 13, 2017 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Zuckerman discusses growing up in the Los Angeles, California Jewish community and finding a profession in acting. She also talks about co-founding the Jewish Repertory Theatre of Nevada, the numerous plays that she has directed and performed in, and being a fashion designer.
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.
Oral history interview with Gary Sternberg conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 12, 2015, April 07 2015, and October 20, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Gary Sternberg discusses how his family came to live in the United States. He also discusses his wife Noreen in 1957, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, his repair business, and his importing business with his wife. Sternberg also discusses his entrepreneurial nature and his ownership of three patents.
Oral history interview with Rabbi Mel Hecht conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 17, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Hecht discusses being a Rabbi in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1980. He also talks about his involvement in the Engelstad event at Imperial Palace Hotel, where the gaming board claimed that Ralph Engelstad glorified the image of Hitler and the Third Reich on the Las Vegas Strip.