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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 2, 1987

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1987-04-02

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Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Records

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Includes meeting agenda and minutes along with additional information about bylaws. CSUN Session 17 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Chabad East- Or Bamidbar

Or Bamidbar Chabad – East concentrates on the Jewish education, while providing care, inspirations, hospitality and knowledge to people in the Las Vegas Valley. Under the guidance of Rabbi Yossi and his wife Miriam Shuchat, there objective is to inspire every Jew to find more joy and meaning in their own personal observance of Judaism, in their personal connection to their Jewish heritage.
 

Or Bamidbar Chabad holds many events, classes and programs to help create community within the Las Vegas Jewish Community.

Salton, Alexander "Al", 1894-1948

Alexander “Al” Salton (1894-1948) was a founding member of the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community. Salton moved to Las Vegas in 1928 with his wife Rebecca and his children, Adele and Charles. He worked for a grocery store that sold bootlegging supplies, and he invested in real estate. After Prohibition ended in 1933, Salton opened Al’s Bar on South First Street. Al’s Bar was the first bar in the area to have guaranteed jackpots and was very popular among the Union Pacific Railroad workers.

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Moss, Melvin S.

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Salton, Al

Alexander “Al” Salton (1894-1948) was a founding member of the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community. Salton moved to Las Vegas in 1928 with his wife Rebecca and his children, Adele and Charles. He worked for a grocery store that sold bootlegging supplies, and he invested in real estate. After Prohibition ended in 1933, Salton opened Al’s Bar on South First Street. Al’s Bar was the first bar in the area to have guaranteed jackpots and was very popular among the Union Pacific Railroad workers.

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Kaufman, Herb, 1930-2010

Herb Kaufman (February 18, 1930 – April 6, 2010) was a Las Vegas, Nevada businessman and president of Temple Beth Sholom from 1979 to 1983. He was born in St. Louis and moved to Las Vegas in 1965, where his career included operating Wonderworld Stores, partnering with Johnny Carson to purchase KVVU TV-5, and pursuing several independent business ventures. Kaufman served on many philanthropic boards, including: the American Cancer Society, Sunrise Hospital, Easter Seals, and the Clark County Housing Authority.

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Friedman, Leon, 1933-2004

Leon and Norma Friedman, who were married in Pittsburg in 1957, enjoyed civic work, travel and raising their two children, Jodi and Brad. Leon kept active until his passing in 2004.

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Gang, Roberta, 1940-

Bobbie Gang was born on April 6, 1940 in New York, New York.

Gang married a young future attorney, Leonard Gang, in 1961. Two years later the couple was living in Nevada. She only agreed to move upon finding a welcoming synagogue, in this case Temple Beth Sholom. The couple and their three children spent time in both Carson City and Las Vegas.

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Arum, Lovee duBoef

Lovee duBoef Arum is the Chief Financial Officer of the Morris A. Hazan Family Foundation and Director of Hospitality for her husband Bob Arum’s boxing promotion company Top Rank. She holds a Nevada Real Estate Broker Sales License and was a partner in Western Linen (a Las Vegas linen rental and laundry company) for many years. Arum is a volunteer and philanthropist in the Las Vegas, Nevada community and works with organizations such as Temple Beth Sholom and the Nathan Adelson Hospice.

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Levine, George, 1925-

George Levine is a former maître d' of the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born on February 28, 1925 in Sommerville, New Jersey, Levine began waiting tables at the Sands shortly after he moved to Las Vegas in 1963. He worked his way up the ranks and was maître d' of the Sands from 1979 until the hotel closed in 1996. Levine's daughter is former United States Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley.

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