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Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood scrapbook, image 34

Description

Newspaper clippings and an invitation to a cocktail party by the New Las Vegas Jewish Community Center for Sunday, May 20, 1956.

Photograph of the Nate Mack Lodge of B'nai B'rith (Lodge 2525) members, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

A group photograph of Nate Mack Lodge of B'nai B'rith (Lodge 2525) members at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. 120mm negative.

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Photograph of Rabbi Appel at Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 22, 1978

Date

1978-01-22

Archival Collection

Description

Portrait photograph of Rabbi Appel at Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada. 120mm negative.

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Photograph of men dressed in western wear, 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Standing, back row, L-R: James Bilbray, William "Bill" Galloway, unknown, unknown, unknown; Standing, middle row, L-R: Louis Mack, Bill Mendelson, Moe Sedway, Les Goldring, Nate Mack; Seated, front row, L-R: Dick Saxe, Lester (?) Goldring, Al Schulman, Ira Goldring, unknown, Mike Gordon

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Jessica Hutchings oral history interview: transcript

Date

2018-03-21

Description

Oral history interview with Jessica Hutchings conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 21, 2018 for the Remembering 1 October Oral History Project. In this interview, Jessica Hutchings discusses her experience flying to Las Vegas, Nevada on the night of the October 1, 2017 mass shooting. She speaks of her flight's detour to Phoenix, Arizona, and her discovery of the shooting. Hutchings explains how Congregation Ner Tamid, where she is a cantor, contributed to the community healing after the tragedy, including their organization of vigils, a music fundraiser called "Vegas Strong in Song," and discussing the event with teenage Hebrew School students who had questions and concerns about the shooting.

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Video of interview with Adele Baratz by Adat Ari El Sisterhood, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2007

Date

2006 to 2008

Archival Collection

Description

Adele Baratz discusses her history, her family, moving to Las Vegas when she was young, the early Las Vegas community, and the Las Vegas Jewish community.

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Transcript of interview with Marian Wojciechowski by Claytee White, June 16, 2009

Date

2009-06-16

Description

At age 95, Marian Wojciechowski recalls his personal story of being born a region called called Poland in 1914, just as World War I was beginning. This narrative gives special attention to his Polish background at a time when the country did not technically exist, and their language was forbidden. By the late 1930s and the dawning of World War II, Marian is a young man struggling to understand what is transpiring, but knowing that he must participate in the Polish underground resistance against the Germans His activism gets him arrested and sentenced to Auschwitz as a non-Jew and without penalty of death. He recalls the Gestapo beatings which have left him without feeling in his fingers and a loss of hearing. He shares historical perspectives of the war era, agricultural coops, goal of Germans to sell Jews to the United States and other countries, and a story about a woman who helped save 2500 Jewish children during war.

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Title XX Grant Proposal, item 01

Description

Title XX Grant Presentation, April 1993. Information on "Housing Options Counseling," "Homesharing Placements," and "Title XX Commitments in Past."

Photograph of Tony Curtis and Lillian Kronberg, March 20, 1978

Date

1978-03-20

Archival Collection

Description

Tony Curtis and Lillian Kronberg read a brochure.

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