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Photographs, videos, and transcript of "Jewish Las Vegas" bus tour, May 17, 2015
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Temple Beth Sholom organized and led a bus tour of parts of Las Vegas that are significant in local Jewish history. UNLV Special Collections and Archives staff took photos and video on this tour, and the video was later transcribed. Stops on the tour included Woodlawn Cemetery and the former Temple Beth Sholom campus on Oakey Boulevard. Narrator Arlene Blut gives the overview of the Jewish community, and Rabbi Felipe Goodman talks to tour participants at the cemetery. Former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman speaks at the old synagogue along with Josh Abbey, whose mother created the stained glass windows at the temple.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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International Belly Dancers Convention Aladdin Hotel, image 3
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Handwritten description provided on back of photo: "Belly Dance Show at Temple Beth Sholom, Rochelle on left, Marliya Pors on right, 1974, Marliya gave a belly dance class at the Temple."
Temple Beth Am (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Temple Beth Am was a Jewish Reform congregation founded by Rabbi Mel Hecht in 1984 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1992, some members of the congregation, unhappy with Rabbi Hecht's leadership, broke off to form Congregation Adat Ari El. Construction on Beth Am's campus began in Summerlin in 2001. In 2007 Temple Beth Am and Adat Ari El merged to form Temple Sinai.
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Photographs of Tu B'Shevat Celebration, January 23, 2000
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Archival Collection
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Photographs of people celebrating Tu B'Shevat.
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Photographs of a Chanukah celebration, 1999
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Archival Collection
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Group of photographs of an office Chanukah celebration.
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