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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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Photographs of Yom Ha'Shoah at Midbar Kodesh Temple, 2000
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Archival Collection
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Photographs of people during Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Doug Unger oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Doug Unger conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 26, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Unger discusses his upbringing in Cleveland, Ohio, working at a family-owned mattress factory, and attending boarding school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He recalls joining Jewish youth groups in Cleveland, his employment with Sealy Corporation, and buying his own mattress factory in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unger then talks about being invited to a Jewish Federation meeting, attending Temple Beth Sholom and Congregation Ner Tamid, and becoming more involved with the Jewish Federation (currently known as Jewish Nevada). Lastly, Unger discusses being co-chair of the Holocaust Library committee, fundraising for the Jewish Federation, and obtaining funding from Governor Brian Sandoval for the Jewish Federation.
Archival Collection
Doris Welt, Gerald Welt, and Marcy Welt oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Doris, Jerry, and Marcy Welt conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 30, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, the Welts discuss how they came to Las Vegas, Nevada in the early 1970s from California. They also discuss Eli Welt's pawnshop, Stoney's, which he acquired from Doris Welt's father, Jerry Fox. Jerry and Marcy Welt talk about how they met and came to Las Vegas. They also talk about the community that existed in Las Vegas at the time, and their involvement with B'nai B'rith.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Mustafa Richards by Claytee D. White, March 10, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Mustafa Richards by Claytee D. White on March 10, 2013. Richards arrived in Las Vegas in 1976 and worked for 25 years at the Imperial Palace, where at one time he was the only black bellman. He is the imam at the Masjid as-Sabur in Las Vegas.
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Photographs from Growing Up Jewish in Las Vegas oral history panel interview, January 31, 2016
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Photographs from the oral history panel event held by UNLV Libraries for the Southern Nevada Jewish Community Project in January 2016.
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