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UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada
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Abstract
The UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Jewish Community of Southern Nevada (2015-2018) are comprised of digital images captured as part of the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. The photographs include members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community, synagogues Temple Beth Sholom (current and original site), Congregation Ner Tamid (including aerials), Chabad of Las Vegas, Temple Sinai, and Midbar Kodesh Temple. There are also photographs of The Desert Torah Academy's Robert Cohen Educational Campus, the future site of Chabad of Green Valley, the Holocaust Resource Center, Manpower Las Vegas’s 50th anniversary celebration, and the House of Straus.
Archival Collection
Unger, Doug, 1950-
1976 arrived in Las Vegas; bought Supreme Mattress Co.; 1999 Jewish Federation president; 2012 becomes active with Holocaust Resource Center
Person
Nevada. Governor’s Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust
The Governor’s Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust was established by the Nevada Legislature in 1989 under Nevada Revised Statute 233G. The duties of the Council are to develop educational programs for children and adults on issues related to the Holocaust, to create reports, and to advise public and private bodies throughout Nevada on Holocaust education. It is also responsible for its own fundraising, although some money is allocated by the legislature. The Council consists of eleven members appointed by the governor.
Corporate Body
Mack, Judith "Judy", 1937-
udy Mack is a Las Vegas, Nevada philanthropist and a Holocaust survivor. Judy Mack was born Judith Szrut on December 11, 1937 in Warsaw, Poland. She left Germany in 1949 and went to San Francisco, California with her grandmother. She married Ronald Mack (originally Makovsky) in 1956 and moved to Reno, Nevada with him in 1959. In 1990 the couple moved to Las Vegas. Judy Mack is a major supporter of the Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center in Las Vegas, which is named in part after her and her husband.
Person
Newspaper clippings, 1982 to 2009
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 04
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Poster boards of photographs, 1979-2000s
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 05
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"Voices of the Holocaust," "Nevada Youth Discover the Holocaust" DVDs, undated
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center Records
Box/Folder: Box 03
Archival Component
Israeli flag, approximately 2000 to 2010
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 10
Archival Component