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Ike Lawrence Epstein in his office, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-05-02

Description

Ike Lawrence Epstein, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) photographed in his office for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

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Ike Lawrence Epstein in his office, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2018-05-02

Description

Ike Lawrence Epstein, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) photographed in his office for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.

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Photograph of "The Gang" at Ronzone's Department Store, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1940s -1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A group photograph of "The Gang" or "Mob" at Ronzone's Department Store in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "L - R: 1) Sam Diamond 2) Gus Greenbaum 3) Willy Alderman 4) Davie Berman 5) Jack Prcras (sp?) 6) "Bowser" Joe Rosenberg 7) Sam Belkin 8) Ed Barrick 9) Sam Prcras (sp?)."

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Photograph of Congregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, Nevada, March 23, 2016

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Congregation Ner Tamid is located at the I-215 interchange at Valley Verde in Henderson, Nevada. The second oldest synagogue in Southern Nevada, Ner Tamid's current location opened in February 2007.

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Photograph of Congregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, Nevada, March 23, 2016

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Congregation Ner Tamid is located at the I-215 interchange at Valley Verde in Henderson, Nevada. The second oldest synagogue in Southern Nevada, Ner Tamid's current location opened in February 2007.

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Photograph of Congregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, Nevada, March 23, 2016

Date

2016-03-23

Description

Congregation Ner Tamid is located at the I-215 interchange at Valley Verde in Henderson, Nevada. The second oldest synagogue in Southern Nevada, Ner Tamid's current location opened in February 2007.

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Biographical essay by Sabina Callwood, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays describe Sabina Callwood's experience during the Holocaust and being separated from her family.

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Biographical essay by Tom Figueras, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays by Tom Figueras give details about his brother, Ladizlav or "Laci," who was a prodigy violin player in Germany during the Holocaust, and eventually ended up in a sub-camp of Buchenwald and then in Bergen-Belsen where he perished. Figueras survived the Holocaust, but his parents did not. He came to the United States in 1960 and became a marketing manager for a telecommunications company.

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Biographical essay by Esther Toporek Finder, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays by Esther Finder describe her parents surviving the Holocaust, and her own visit to the town where they grew up in Poland.

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Biographical essay by Tamas Foldes, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Essays by Tamas Foldes describe a series of events he and his family endured and survived the Holocaust.

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