Oral history interview with Karin Sporn conducted by Claytee D. White on May 25, 2023 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Karin Sporn grew up in Germany when her father was a member of Hitler's army. As a young woman, she converted to Judaism, and she shares how it was a difficult path. Much of her study and sacred rituals were done in Israel, and she shares that many signs along the way gave her encouragement, and she learned from others around her in Israel who shared their stories with Sporn. Eventually, her travel business brought her to Las Vegas, Nevada. After selling her and her husband's business, Sporn discusses how she was then free to volunteer for Jewish and civic organizations, and the leisure to sculp and to write her memoir, Just Peek Over the Fence.
Oral history interview with Robin and Danny Greenspun conducted by Michael Geeser on June 28, 1995 for the I Remember When: Recollections from Las Vegas Jewish Leaders oral history project. The Greenspuns discuss their different childhood experiences growing up Jewish in Las Vegas, Nevada. Robin and Danny each discuss their family histories briefly. They also discuss their philanthropy, specifically the CineVegas film festival. Finally, they discuss how they feel the Jewish community in Las Vegas is at the time of the interview, and how the next generation will grow and change the city.
Oral history interview with Mindy Unger-Wadkins conducted by Barbara Tabach on October 28, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Unger-Wadkins discusses her childhood in Las Vegas, Nevada, working in Yucca Mountain, Nevada Power, land development with her brothers, and her leadership in the Jewish community.
Oral history interview with Gene Greenberg conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 12, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Gene Greenberg discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, working in television ad sales, and becoming executive vice president and general manager of KVBC-TV. He also talks about his ties to the Jewish community, his parents being holocaust survivors, and about his family life.
Part of an interview with Lynn Leshgold Rosencrantz on January 7, 2016. In this clip, Rosencrantz discusses relocating to Las Vegas and teaching education.
Newspaper clippings and business collateral for Kraft-Sussman Funeral Home. Kraft-Sussman is the only Jewish-owned and operated funeral home in southern Nevada.
Oral history interview with Valerie Wiener conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 20, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Wiener discusses her childhood and being raised in Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1950s as well as the academic path that led her career into politics. Throughout Wiener’s interview, she highlights the traditions of the small, but growing Las Vegas Jewish population in the 1960s. Wiener also discusses her community service work and her life mantra of giving.
Oral history interview with Lori Chenin Frankl conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 07, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Frankl talks about Judaism, her love of teaching children and her devotion to family and music. She talks about growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada and becoming a bat mitzvah.
Oral history interview with Shelley Berkley conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 13, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Berkley shares her family history, from her great-grandparents’ immigration to the United States to her immediate family’s migration from New York to Las Vegas, Nevada. She reflects upon her childhood experience in Las Vegas, including her varied leadership positions with Jewish organizations as well as at school, from junior high school through college. Berkley also talks about her involvement as an adult within the Jewish community and more broadly as a public servant, in all levels of government.