A pamphlet for the Jean Weinberger Museum, presented by The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
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It was a scorching Fourth of July, when Norma (n?e Adler) and Leon Friedman rolled into their new home of Las Vegas in 1973. Nevertheless, they were content with leaving Gary, Indiana behind, and starting fresh with the family?s new ownership of Walker Furniture. Norma recalls her first stop in checking out Las Vegas was to visit the synagogue ? Temple Beth Sholom being the only option. Her oldest son would soon become a bar mitzvah. Feeling good about that, she and her sister-in-law who was also relocating to Las Vegas for the furniture business, searched for new homes. Norma settled into the community through volunteer work as well as through employment outside the family business. She worked in the real estate briefly and in a jewelry store at the Dunes. A natural organizer, she immersed herself in religious and civic organizations including the Jewish Federation, Jewish Family Service Agency, and volunteering at Selma Bartlett Elementary School in Henderson. Norma shares stories of her Jewish heritage and upbringing in Pittsburgh, the decision to move to Las Vegas, making fast friendships during her life in Las Vegas and the joy she has in traveling the world with Leon, who passed in 2004. In 2017, Norma was honored by the Jewish Family Service Agency.
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Photographs of people attending the Combined Jewish Appeal's yearly fundraising event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. 120mm negatives.
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Various photographs of people speaking at the Combined Jewish Appeal "Bonds of Israel" event honoring Jean and Billy Weinberger. 120mm negatives.
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Members of the Combined Jewish Appeal attending an event held in Frank Cohen's apartment. 120mm negatives.
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In these clips Ruth Urban discusses how she came to live in Las Vegas, Nevada and her time as the Jewish Family Services President.
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This scrapbook for the years 1964 and 1965 documents the Las Vegas Chapter of Hadassah, which was established in 1964. The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper clippings and other ephemera at the beginning of the group's existence in Las Vegas.
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This scrapbook includes clippings, photographs, notecards and other ephemera documenting the activity of the Las Vegas Chapter of Hadassah in its second year, from 1965 to 1966.
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This series consists of collages of photographs mounted on oversize poster boards. Several collages depict different groups within the Jewish Federation (Hillel, Women's Division, and Young Adult Division) and two collages depict the events and accomplishments of the Jewish Federation as a whole during specific years. The photographs date from 2001 to 2009.
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