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Photograph of Robert D. "Bob" Fisher, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15, 2016

Date

2016-05-15

Description

Longtime Las Vegas broadcaster Robert D. "Bob" Fisher works during the taping of his weekly radio show "America's Diabetes Hour" broadcast from the Beasley Group's 2920 S Durango Drive location on KDWN AM 720. Fisher came to Las Vegas in 1992 to become the founding president and CEO of the Nevada Broadcasters Association (NVBA). He held that position for 22 years.

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Photograph of Robert D. "Bob" Fisher, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 15, 2016

Date

2016-05-15

Description

Longtime Las Vegas broadcaster Robert D. "Bob" Fisher works during the taping of his weekly radio show "America's Diabetes Hour" broadcast from the Beasley Group's 2920 S Durango Drive location on KDWN AM 720. Fisher came to Las Vegas in 1992 to become the founding president and CEO of the Nevada Broadcasters Association (NVBA). He held that position for 22 years.

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Photograph of Raymonde Fiol, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 17, 2016

Date

2016-05-17

Description

Raymonde "Ray" Fiol at her Summerlin neighborhood home. A Jewish Holocaust survivor whose parents were killed in Auschwitz, Fiol was hidden by a Christian family of resistance fighters during her childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, France. She married an American service member, Phil Fiol, in 1957. Upon retirement, the couple moved to Las Vegas around 2003 and Raymonde became active in the local Holocaust Survivors Group.

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Photograph of Sisterhood Wall at Temple Beth Sholom's former facility on Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19, 2016

Date

2016-05-19

Description

Constructed as decorative fundraiser for the Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood, the wall has remained a fixture in the former temple building at 1600 E. Oakey Blvd. The facility now houses the Innovations International Charter School of Nevada.

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Photograph of Sisterhood Wall at Temple Beth Sholom's former facility on Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19, 2016

Date

2016-05-19

Description

Constructed as decorative fundraiser for the Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood, the wall has remained a fixture in the former temple building at 1600 E. Oakey Blvd. The facility now houses the Innovations International Charter School of Nevada.

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Photograph of Star of David on door of the former Temple Beth Sholom building on Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19, 2016

Date

2016-05-19

Description

Artifacts from the building's former use as Temple Beth Sholom, like this door adorned with the Star of David, are few as the building at 1600 E. Oakey Boulevard now houses the Innovations International Charter School of Nevada.

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Photograph of Stain glass windows at the former Temple Beth Sholom building on Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19, 2016

Date

2016-05-19

Description

A room at the former Temple Beth Sholom facility at 1600 E. Oakey Boulevard now serve as a classroom for the Innovations International Charter School of Nevada. They are still adorned with the original stain glass windows.

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Photograph of "Faye's Kitchen" at former Temple Beth Sholom building on Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19, 2016

Date

2016-05-19

Description

Dubbed "Faye's Kitchen," the cooking facility at the former Temple Beth Sholom at 1600 E. Oakey Boulevard now serves students at the Innovations International Charter School of Nevada. "Faye" refers to Faye Steinberg.

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Photograph of Names etched in stone at the Congregation Ner Tamid Palm Mortuary / King David Memorial Garden, Henderson, Nevada, May 24, 2016

Date

2016-05-24

Description

Names etched in stone adorn the Palm Mortuary / King David Memorial Garden at Congregation Ner Tamid on the Greenspun Campus for Jewish Life, Learning & Spiritual Renewal.

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Photograph of Emerson Avenue front doors in the Joyce & Jerome Mack Sanctuary of Congregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, Nevada, May 24, 2016

Date

2016-05-24

Description

The Emerson Avenue front doors were saved from the previous location, refurbished, and installed in Congregation Ner Tamid's Joyce & Jerome Mack Sanctuary on the Greenspun Campus for Jewish Life, Learning & Spiritual Renewal.

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