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Marcy and Jack Simon oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marcy and Jack Simon conducted by Barbara Tabach on May 16, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Marcy and Jack discuss their personal backgrounds and meeting one another in Los Angeles, California in 1964. Jack talks about his work building homes in the San Fernando Valley, earning a contractors license, and how Marcy became involved in the contracting business. The two then recall the formation of their electrical company, Expo-Tech Electrical and Plumbing, being the electrical contractors for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and moving their business headquarters to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994. Later, Marcy and Jack recall their involvement in the Las Vegas Jewish community and the Jewish Federation (now known as Jewish Nevada). The two describe purchasing Commercial Casino in Elko, Nevada and selling their casino operations in 2005. Lastly, they discuss their involvement with the Jewish Family Services Agency.
Archival Collection
Business and Professional Division photographs, 1999-2004
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The materials comprise photographs of events and meetings held by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas' Business and Professionals Division from 1999 to 2004.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
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Archival Component
Event and conference photographs, 1983-2007
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This series is comprised of event and conference photographs and photographic negatives of events and conferences attended or organized by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas from 1983 to 2007.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
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Archival Component
Women's Division photographs, 1998-2005
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Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of photographs and photographic negatives of events, philanthropic work, and conferences organized by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas' Women's Division from 1998 to 2005.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
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Archival Component
Elliot B. Karp oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Elliot B. Karp conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 17, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Karp talks about coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2008, the local Jewish community, and being CEO of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Video recordings, 1988-2006
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Scope and Contents
Materials comprise video recordings of events, interviews, and conferences organized by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas from 1988 to 2006. The recordings are formatted as VHS, Betacam SP, and U-Matic videotapes.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
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Archival Component
Guides to Jewish life in Southern Nevada and community resources, 1996-2010
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Archival Collection
Description
Group of guides to the Las Vegas Jewish community and resources provided by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
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Photograph of Sasha Semenoff, 1990s
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Archival Collection
Description
Sasha Semenoff playing the violin at a Jewish Federation event.
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