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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.
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Transcript of interview with Todd S. Polikoff by Barbara Tabach, August 30, 2016
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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.
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Administrative files, 1954-2012
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The materials that comprise the administrative files of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas from 1954 to 2012. Materials include annual reports, meeting minutes, guides to community resources, planning studies, marketing files, awards, and donation materials. Materials also include audio cassettes of board meetings and executive committee meetings.
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Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
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Photograph of event, undated
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Girls Town/Or Chadash welcomes the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas
Photograph of Jayn Marshall and Jerry Countess, 1990s
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Archival Collection
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Jayn Marshall, left, and Jerry Countess, right, at an event for the Jewish Federation.
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Photograph of Jerry Countess and Allan Borouszak, 1990s
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Archival Collection
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Jerry Countess, left, and Allan Borouszak, right, at an event for the Jewish Federation.
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