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Las Vegas United Jewish Appeal "Meet A Friendly Machine-Gun Crew!" poster, 1953-1959

Date

1953 to 1959

Description

Meet A Friendly Machine-Gun Crew! poster from the Las Vegas United Jewish Appeal asking for contributions to aid Jewish refugees. The text across the the front reads: "MEET A FRIENDLY MACHINE-GUN CREW! "America will lose the entire near East -- except for Israel! As long as ISRAEL is HELPED BY AMERICAN JEWRY, Israel can survive as our ONE FRIENDLY OUTPOST in the Near East!" - a statement made by General "Lightening Joe" Collins, former Chief of Staff, United States Army, at the Army and Navy Club, Washington, D.C., on July 1. 1958. TODAY IS AN EMERGENCY!! 80,000 persecuted Jewish refugees from Poland and Moslem lands must be helped to get to Israel - and quickly! Your contribution to the UNITED JEWISH APPEAL will help the emergency SPECIAL RESCUE FUND of $100,000,000 - and will help build up the newborn state of Israel - to remain strong - well-armed -- fiercely proud of its freedom - ready and able to remain YOUR ONE FRIENDLY OUTPOST IN A HOSTILE PART OF THE WORLD! -wouldn't you feel a little more secure with a friendly outpost guarding your freedom in the Near East? Las Vegas United Jewish Appeal Post Office Box 1981 Las Vegas, Nevada. Carl Cohen, chairman/Co-chairmen: Moe Dalitz and Jacob Kozloff/Nevada State Chairman: Edward Levinson"

Mixed Content

Certificates for members of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada West, 1999

Date

1999

Description

Two certificates given by the Jewish Genealogy Society of Nevada to members in 1999.

Text

Photograph of Donn Arden with women, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Donn Arden surrounded by nine unidentified women.

Image

Video, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas "Imagine" commercial, circa 1995

Date

2005-05-31

Archival Collection

Description

Public relations video for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.

Moving Image

Landman, Leo. Jewish Attitudes Toward Gambling: Individual and communal efforts to curb gambling, Jewish Quarterly Review 58(1), 1967

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics

Archival Component

Photograph of event hosted by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, 1998-2000

Description

Group of children lighting a menorah with Oscar Goodman at an event for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, undated.

Nevada Women's Lobby, Women's Summit, co-sponsors, 1996

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frontier Girl Scouts Records

Archival Component

Nevada Women's Lobby, Women's Summit directory draft, 1998

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frontier Girl Scouts Records

Archival Component

Nevada Women's Lobby, Women's Summit, Art Exhibit, 1998

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frontier Girl Scouts Records

Archival Component