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Brian Greenspun oral history interviews

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OH-03377

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Taglit--Birthright Israel (Organization)

Taglit-Birthright Israel is an international organization that organizes all expenses paid 10-day tours of Israel for Jewish young adults. The Hillel chapter at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a local collaborator with Taglit-Birthright Israel. In 2015 about 100 Jews from Las Vegas, Nevada participated. Sheldon Adelson is a major supporter of the program.

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Alpha Epsilon Pi

Alpha Epsilon Pi is a Jewish fraternity established in 1913 to provide a Jewish social and cultural organization for Jewish men, but is also "non-discriminatory and open to all who are willing to espouse its purpose and values." A Nu Sigma chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi at University of Nevada, Las Vegas was chartered in 1968. Sheldon Adelson is an honorary member of the fraternity, and Michael Cherry was a member and two-time president of the chapter at the University of Missouri.

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"Alpha Epsilon Pi." Alpha Epsilon Pi. Accessed May 6, 2015. http://www.aepi.org/.

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Alpha Epsilon Pi. Nu Sigma Chapter (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Alpha Epsilon Pi is a Jewish fraternity established in 1913 to provide a Jewish social and cultural organization for Jewish men, but is also "non-discriminatory and open to all who are willing to espouse its purpose and values." A Nu Sigma chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi at University of Nevada, Las Vegas was chartered in 1968. Sheldon Adelson is an honorary member of the fraternity, and Michael Cherry was a member and two-time president of the chapter at the University of Missouri.

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Stein, Melody Hope

Melody Hope Stein was born March 26, 1948 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York. She got her education from SUNY Binghamton, Harpur College, and Hofstra University. She taught art education for 46 years, in New York before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1996. She served for fourteen years as the arts director and art teacher at the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Educational Campus (formerly Milton I Schwartz Hebrew Academy) in Summerlin, Nevada.

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