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Audio clip from interview with Marilyn Glovinsky and Melissa Lemoine, April 2, 2015
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Archival Collection
Description
Marilyn Glovinsky talks about growing up Jewish in New York "without thinking about it," and the decision to send her daughter to Hebrew School in Las Vegas.
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Audio clip from interview with Ron Lurie, June 5, 2015
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Ron Lurie talks about winning a seat on the Las Vegas City Council, and the voting population of the city.
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Audio clips from interview with Marla Letizia, August 26, 2015
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Archival Collection
Description
Marla Letizia discusses how she became president of Congregation Ner Tamid after being part of the board of the Meadows School. She also talks about growing up in Las Vegas and going to the Sahara to see performers.
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Audio clip from interview with Sonja Saltman, August 18, 2015
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Archival Collection
Description
In this audio clip, Sonja Saltman describes coming to the United States, and to Las Vegas, in the 1970s.
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Audio clip from interview with Rabbi Malcolm Cohen, December 16, 2015
Date
Archival Collection
Description
In this audio clip, Rabbi Cohen discusses how he came to Las Vegas from London, and increasing the Temple Sinai membership to over 300 families.
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Audio clip from interview with Phyllis Friedman, March 2, 2015
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Phyllis Friedman discusses the local productions of "The Laramie Project" play performed at area high schools. She talks about the different reactions from the community to the production, and the involvement of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
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Audio clip from interview with Arlene Blut, May 28, 2015
Date
Archival Collection
Description
In this clip, Arlene Blut discusses the Meadows Theater, a professional theater that she and Joan Snyder established in Las Vegas.
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Audio clip from interview with Andy Katz, February 16, 2016
Date
Archival Collection
Description
In this clip, Andy Katz discusses the programs at Manpower, an employment agency franchise that his parents established in Las Vegas in the 1960s, and still exists today. Katz became involved at an early age, and talks about employment opportunities he had growing up.
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Audio clip from interview with Raymonde Fiol, August 12, 2015
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Archival Collection
Description
In this clip, Raymonde "Ray" Fiol talks about visiting the town in which she and her family were interned in France during the Nazi occupation, and the local woman who helped her tell her story.
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Audio clip from interview with Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, October 29, 2014
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Rabbi Sanford Akselrad discusses Project Ezra, an employment program he established during the recession in conjunction with the Jewish Family Service Agency.
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