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Audio recording clip of interview with Louis Vitale by Mary Palevsky, May 19, 2004

Date

2004-05-19

Description

Narrator affiliation: Franciscan Priest, Co-Founder, Nevada Desert Experience

Sound

Transcript of interview with Dr. Jacob Paz by Claytee White, September 15, 2014

Date

2014-09-15

Archival Collection

Description

During the 1950s, Dr. Jacob Paz grew up in an agricultural environment in Israel where he attended a very famous high school in Israel called Kadoorie where Yitzhak Rabin was a student. After his graduation, Jacob joined the Israeli army building his skills so that he could get into technical school after he fulfilled his army service. For two years he attended technical school and then started working for the Israel Atomic Energy Commission in Dimona, Israel making atomic bombs in the 1960’s. After working in Dimona, Jacob was accepted into UC Davis and moved to the United States to study veterinary medicine. After one semester, he realized that he preferred history and left California for New York City, There he earned degrees in Jewish history and chemistry from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He quickly moved onto graduate school and earned his master’s degree in marine science and environment from CW Post, Long Island University in Greenvale, New York. In 1972, he returned to I

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Mass holy union ceremony performed at Gay pride, image 001: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Mass holy union ceremony performed by Metropolitan Community Church Rev. Beau McDaniels. (4-25-98)

Image

Mass holy union ceremony performed at Gay pride, image 002: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Mass holy union ceremony performed by Metropolitan Community Church Rev. Beau McDaniels. (4-25-98).

Image

Rabbi Shea Harlig oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00792

Abstract

Oral history interview with Rabbi Shea Harlig conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 05, 2014 for West Charleston Neighborhoods: An Oral History Project of Ward 1. In his interview Rabbi Harlig discusses creating a Chabad movement in Southern Nevada. Rabbi Harlig also discusses the story of the moving to Las Vegas, founding the Chabad school, and the current Chabad expansion in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Glenn Tredwell oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-02626

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Glenn Tredwell conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 04, 2016 and April 14, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In the first interview, Tredwell discusses his family ancestry and his Orthodox Judaism upbringing. He talks about his childhood in Atlantic City, New Jersey and describes his family’s Christmas tree farm, potato farm, and wholesale produce business. He talks about his move to Florida, working at Lum’s, a hot dog restaurant, and further explains the company’s franchise success. Tredwell recalls attending the University of Miami, becoming a landscape artist, and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976. He describes going to dealer school, card dealing at El Cortez and Caesars Palace, and co-founding the Spina Bifida Association of Nevada. In the second interview, Tredwell discusses being the Director of Marketing at Caesars Palace and compares gambling from the 1980s to the 1990s. He talks about his involvement in casino boat operations and his partnership with Millennium Displays. Lastly, Tredwell discusses the progress of his most recent projects.

Archival Collection

Events, friends and celebrities photos from Irwin and Susan Molasky, image 55

Description

Elaine Wynn, Lovee Arum, Lillian Kromberg, Reba Seger, Shirley Engler, and Susan Molasky at a Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood event.