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Survey from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, August 1992
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Archival Collection
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United States Holocaust Memorial Council survey of organizations that provide resources and services for teaching about the Holocaust, filled out by the Holocaust Education Committee of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
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Daryl Alterwitz oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Daryl Alterwitz conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 08, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Alterwitz discusses being an attorney and active in the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community, including volunteering in organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League. He also talks about his family owning the Walker Furniture business.
Archival Collection
Stanley and Sandra Mallin oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Stanley and Sandy Mallin conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 07, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview the Mallins discuss Stanley's college roommate, Jay Sarno, how they joined him in his casino development endeavors, and about the various business projects Stanley participated in. They also discuss the Jewish community in Las Vegas, Nevada through the ages, how Las Vegas has changed, and their volunteer work in the community.
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Audio clip from interview with Marilyn Glovinsky and Melissa Lemoine, April 2, 2015
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Archival Collection
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Marilyn Glovinsky talks about growing up Jewish in New York "without thinking about it," and the decision to send her daughter to Hebrew School in Las Vegas.
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Ann-Marja Lander oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ann-Marja Lander conducted by Claytee D. White on August 14, 2023 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Lander tells the history of her family living in Europe, getting visas for the United States in 1953, and migratng to Seattle. The family then moved to Souther California, and Lander worked in a department store in high school and joined B'nai B'rith as she began to feel closer to her Jewish heritage. After college, Lander recalls following family moving to Las Vegas, Nevada and joined the Westside Newcomers Club and worked as a certified financial planner. Lander discusses being a member of the Second Generation organization, which is composed of children of Holocaust survivors.
Archival Collection
Video of interview with Renee Diamond, Dorothy Eisenberg, and Roberta Gang by Adat Ari El Sisterhood, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2007
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Archival Collection
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Renee Diamond, Dorothy Eisenberg, and Roberta (Bobby) Gang discuss their early lives in Las Vegas, including their experiences as a Jewish women and social activists in Southern Nevada.
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Video of interview with Faye Steinberg by Adat Ari El Sisterhood, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2007
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Archival Collection
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Faye Steinberg discusses her early life in Las Vegas, including her experience as a Jewish woman and social activist in Southern Nevada.
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Video of interview with Jayn Marshall by Adat Ari El Sisterhood, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2007
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Archival Collection
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Jayn Marshall discusses her early life in Las Vegas, including her experience as a Jewish woman and social activist in Southern Nevada.
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Photograph of Rabbi Sanford Akselrad, Henderson (Nev.), June 08, 2016
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Rabbi Sanford Akselrad in the Joyce & Jerome Mack Sanctuary at Congregation Ner Tamid on the Greenspun Campus for Jewish Life, Learning & Spiritual Renewal.
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Transcript of interview with Andrew and Debbie Levy by Barbara Tabach, September 12, 2016
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Andrew (Drew) Levy was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, where his family became prominent civic and real estate leaders. His grandfather was Harry Levy, a former Las Vegas City Commissioner, and his father Alvin Levy was a former councilman. Drew is always proud to say that he never left Las Vegas and of partnering with his father in the Levy Realty Company. While growing up, Drew it was easy for a teenager to enjoy the perks that could accompany his family?s civic persona?such as casino shows, events and meeting early Las Vegas casino executives like Moe Dalitz. After graduation from Clark High School, Drew attended Arizona State University. It was in Tempe that he met Debbie Cheek, his future wife. When Debbie arrived in Las Vegas, she enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she finished her degree and started her accounting practice. She ran her business for ten years before opening Art Starts Here, an art school. In the 1990s, Debbie?s passion for art led her to be involved in the creation of First Friday, a local monthly art festival. She also teaches a summer art camp for the Adelson Educational Campus. Drew and Debbie became deeply involved in the many Jewish congregations in Las Vegas. Blossoming first at Temple Beth Sholom where they were married in 1980, Debbie sat on the preschool board and oversaw the temple board, while Drew was the advisor for the youth group. The couple later joined Congregation Ner Tamid where Drew was congregation president from 1999 to 2000 and Debbie was board treasurer in 2001. Debbie includes stories of her conversion to Judaism and keeping kosher. In this interview, Drew and Debbie Levy reflect on changes they see in Las Vegas, from when Drew was a kid to the times they raised their own daughters, Sarah and Jenna, here. Looking at the larger picture of the city, they describe booms in the real estate market and growth in the artistic and cultural aspects of Las Vegas. They provide a perspective of the growth of the local Jewish community.
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