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Blut, Jerome L., 1939-

Jerome "Jerry" Blut (1939- ) is a retired attorney and an active member of the Jewish community in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blut served as president of Temple Beth Sholom from 1995 to 1996.

“Mission and History of Temple Beth Sholom." Temple Beth Sholom Las Vegas. Accessed September 1, 2015.

Person

Gilbert Yarchever and Edythe Katz Yarchever oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02040

Abstract

Oral history interview with Gilbert and Edythe Katz Yarchever conducted on February 13, 2006 by Michael Geeser for the I Remember When: Recollections from Jewish Las Vegas Leaders Oral History Project sponsored by the Congregation Ner Tamid and the Las Vegas, Nevada Centennial Committee. In this interview, the Yarchevers talk about their roles in World War II and their involvement in the early history of Jewish temples in Las Vegas, Nevada. Edythe discusses her first husband's work on desegregation and her efforts in Holocaust education.

Archival Collection

Eisenberg, Bernice

Bernice Eisenberg has been a Las Vegas resident since 1955 and was a part of the formation of Midbar Kodesh Temple. Eisenberg was a teacher and has taught at many Las Vegas schools. She met her husband, Ivan, at the Jewish Community Centers’ social club for young adults and married him in 1956. During the mid 1990s Las Vegas was a growing and Temple Beth Sholom was the only synagogue and Eisenberg worked to help form Midbar Kodesh Temple to serve the growing Henderson community. Bernice has two children.

Person

Telegrams congratulating officers of Hadassah on their installation, June 1965

Description

Telegram from Mrs. David Wohl to Mrs. Murray Posin, June 14, 1965; Telegram from Malonia T. Berry to Fran Cohen, June 9, 1965; Telegram from Sisterhood of Temple Beth Sholom to Fran Cohen, June 13, 1965

Postcard of Las Vegas from depot, 1910

Date

1910

Description

A view from a depot of Las Vegas, Nevada. The three buildings identified include: 1) Overland Hotel; 2) Nevada Hotel; and 3) Masonic Temple and Opera House.

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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in the Venus Show, Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1963

Date

1963

Archival Collection

Description

An image of Copa Girls performing in "Venus Show" at the Sands Hotel and Casino. The showgirls from left to right are: Shelby Young, Lee Temple, Barbara, unidentified, Charlotte Nort, Mary Marx, Sharon Gollings, Rowena Buttenweiser, Jeanie Gardner, and Mary Baglan.

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Script for Mothers of Jews, 1964-2006

Date

1964 to 2006

Description

Typed script titled "Mothers of Jews" with handwritten notes and edits. Script is undated and is located in folder with Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada newsletter Family Legacies from 1998-2006 .

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Photograph of Midbar Kodesh Social Hall, Henderson (Nev.), November 10, 2016

Date

2016-11-10

Description

Housed in the first building constructed at Midbar Kodesh Temple, the Social Hall provides space for gatherings. The Social hall was dedicated to the Feldman Family.

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