Oral history interview with Robin and Danny Greenspun conducted by Michael Geeser on June 28, 1995 for the I Remember When: Recollections from Las Vegas Jewish Leaders oral history project. The Greenspuns discuss their different childhood experiences growing up Jewish in Las Vegas, Nevada. Robin and Danny each discuss their family histories briefly. They also discuss their philanthropy, specifically the CineVegas film festival. Finally, they discuss how they feel the Jewish community in Las Vegas is at the time of the interview, and how the next generation will grow and change the city.
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Daniel "Danny" A. Greenspun is the founder of Vegas.Com, a Las Vegas, Nevada tourism website. The son of Hank and Barbara Greenspun, Danny Greenspun was involved with the family's company, Greenspun Media Group (GMG), until 2014 when his brother Brian Greenspun took full ownership. Danny Greenspun previously served as chairman of GMG, vice chairman of the Greenspun Corporation, and vice president of the Las Vegas Sun, the newspaper established by his parents.
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Robin Greenspun is a film and television producer and director in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2015 she directed and produced the film Semicolon; The Adventures of Ostomy Girl, a documentary about Dana Marshall-Bernstein, a young Las Vegas woman living with Crohn's disease. In the 1970s and early 1980s Greenspun worked as an assistant director for Trans American Video and other production companies before starting her advertising and public relations firm.
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Oral history project conducted through the Oral History Research Center (OHRC) at the UNLV University Libraries.
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