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Polikoff, Todd S.
Todd S. Polikoff was born on September 8, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2015, he was named president and chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas (Jewish Nevada).
Todd S. Polikoff served as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Nevada (formerly Jewish Federation of Las Vegas) from 2015 to 2018. Todd is a graduate of Stockton University and earned his MBA at Cleveland State University. He has three children: Samuel, Shira and Jordan.
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Evaluation of the Holocaust and Human Rights Nevada Student Conference in Reno (Nev.), March 16, 1984
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Evaluation of the Holocaust and Human Rights Nevada Student Conference held in Reno, Nevada on March 15, 1984.
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Brooks, Marion C., 1913-1995
Marion Brooks was born January 2, 1913 in Santa Ana, California. He moved to Nevada in 1932 to work as a miner in the Blue Diamond Mine and later enrolled at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1933. Brooks gained experience in mining silver, zinc, and gold during this time. Later, the Blue Diamond Corporation offered Brooks a position in production due to his engineering qualifications and construction experience. Brooks retired in 1973 due to health complications.
Brooks died on April 13, 1995.
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Laub, Mary M., 1924-
Mary Laub and husband William “Bill” Laub first came to Las Vegas in 1954, eventually establishing permanent residency with their five children four years later. Mary founded the Las Vegas Assistance League chapter in 1976, serving her community through this organization for decades after. Her concern for the viability of Assistance League led her to start a thrift store to finance organizational operations, as well as solicit donations from entities like the Reynolds Foundation and Andre Agassi Foundation.
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Billman, Tomoko
Tomoko Sekiya Katsuko was born in Japan. She was a dancer in the Holiday in Japan stage show and came to the United States in 1960. The group performed the show at the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, Desert Inn Hotel and Casino, and Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1960s. After the show concluded, she stayed in the United States and eventually married Larry Billman in 1967. The couple went on to have two children, Sekiya Billman and Saadia Billman.
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