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Photograph of Valerie Wiener, Jeanne Baret, and Brenda Erdoes, 2011
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Archival Collection
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During Senator Valerie Wiener?s eighth and final legislative session in 2011, she honors Jeanne Baret, her legislative assistant, on Jeanne?s 75th birthday. During that session, Senator Wiener served as the first female Assistant Majority Leader. Also celebrating Jeanne?s birthday is Brenda Erdoes, Legal Counsel for the Nevada Legislature.
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Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s
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Archival Collection
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Valerie Wiener tells first-graders a whale of a tale at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School. She is wearing a school shirt.
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Photograph of Valerie Wiener at Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Las Vegas (Nev.), late 1990s - early 2000s
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Archival Collection
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During a visit to Louis Wiener Jr. Elementary School, Valerie Wiener talks with students about friendship choices and promises to be their friend and support them each day. She is wearing a school shirt.
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Photograph of Valerie Wiener and Larry Johnson, 1990
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Archival Collection
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Valerie Wiener celebrates a UNLV basketball victory with Larry Johnson in 1990. She served as the media coach for the UNLV Runnin? Rebels, including the 1989-1990 season when the team won the national championship.
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Video, Jewish University: Kosher Nostra, A Conversation with Mayor Oscar Goodman at the Mob Museum, January 7, 2016
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Archival Collection
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Dayvid Figler interviews Mayor Oscar Goodman about his role in the history of Las Vegas, including the clients he represented and his time as mayor. This was the inaugural event for the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada's "Jewish University" programming.
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Photograph of the Danny Kolod Building at Temple Beth Sholom during construction.
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Archival Collection
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Black and white photograph during the construction of the Danny Kolod building at Temple Beth Sholom. Members pictured: Al Benedict, Stan Irwin, Jerry Mack, Irving Devine, Ruby Kolod, Rabbi Aaron Gold, Max Goot and Yale Cohen.
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Photograph of Miranda Rosen in Washington, D. C., 2016
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Archival Collection
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Miranda Rosen, a mentee of Senator Valerie Wiener (retired), traveled to Washington, D.C., during her junior year at Princeton University in 2016, to demonstrate her support for women?s rights. The sign reads: "Women's rights are human rights."
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Marta Sorkin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marta Sorkin conducted by Claytee D. White on March 02, 2009 for the UNLV @ 50 Oral History Project. In this interview Marta Sorkin discusses her family and her experience moving to California, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. Sorkin talks about working at the James R. Dickinson Library at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and later in Lied Library, and helping to implement and update various databases. She briefly discusses her involvement with Hillel and the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Torjman, Iris Schwartz (1947 June 22-)
Iris Torjman was born June 22, 1947 in the Bronx of New York. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1966 to live with relatives as a young woman. She met her husband, David, in Las Vegas when they actually lived within blocks of each other in New York. Torjman worked for the Clark County School District as a health aide. She and her husband have been successful in investing in local property and enjoying their retirement.
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Wallerstein, Harry
Harry Wallerstein (?-1971) was a Las Vegas, Nevada businessman who owned Tinch Furniture on South Main Street with Max Goot. Wallerstein served as president of Temple Beth Sholom from 1963 to 1964 and helped come up with the idea of holding a gin rummy tournament sponsored by local casinos to raise money for the temple.
"Former leader of LV Jewish community Wallerstein dies." Las Vegas Sun. July 2, 2003. Accessed July 25, 2016.
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