White and pink note cards indicating who had pledged to donate money to the Las Vegas Combined Jewish Appeal. In 1979, the Las Vegas Combined Jewish Appeal changed its name to the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
Oral history interview with Jerome Countess conducted by Dorothy Eisenberg on October 28, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Countess discusses coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 to take a job with what became the Jewish Federation. He then talks about starting the local Jewish Reporter, a newspaper, and creating a community among fellow Jews in Las Vegas.
Karin Sporn is the founder of Glaxo Pharma and was chairwoman of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Women’s Philanthropy council from 2012-2014. She is a 2016 award winner from the International Lion of Judah Conference for her work with the Jewish community. While chairwoman of the Jewish Federation she took a trip to the Ukraine and saw firsthand how the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency for Israel work to help members of the Jewish community.
In 2015, Todd S. Polikoff was named the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. (The organization is now known as Jewish Nevada). Todd is a graduate of Stockton University and earned his MBA at Cleveland State University. He has three children: Samuel, Shira and Jordan. Born in 1971 to a steelworker and hairdresser, Jack and Judy Polikoff, Todd grew up in Philadelphia, became a bar mitzvah there, and shocked his mother when he explained he was putting college on hold to move to Israel. In addition to stories about these life memories, Todd also traces his career path to decision-making to a meaningful trip to Moscow a where a defining moment helped him understand his own relationship with Judaism. To the time of this interview, Todd has invested over twenty years in leadership of Jewish Federation and AIPAC in states that include New Jersey, Delaware, Texas, Ohio and Nevada.
Elizabeth Ackerman was the second President of the Las Vegas Jewish Federation Women's Division from 1976-1978.
Source "Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Past Presidents and Chairman of the Board," 2015, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Records, MS-00602. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Accessed October 20, 2016, http://d.library.unlv.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/jhp/id/4214/rec/43.
Michael J. Novick is a financial advisor in Las Vegas, Nevada. He served as president of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas from 2003 to 2005. He has also served as a member of the Jewish Federation board of directors, the Meadows School board of trustees, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Foundation advisory board.
Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Records, 1978-2012. MS-00602. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Nevada, Nevada.