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Audio clip from interview with Mark Fine, November 18, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Mark Fine on November 18, 2014. In this clip, Fine talks his relationship with his former father-in-law, Hank Greenspun.
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Kirsh, Barbara
Barbara Kirsh was born in 1957 and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was involved in the Jewish community, attending Hebrew School and teaching at the United Synagogue Youth as a teenager. Kirsch went to college in Colorado and Boston and after her education moved back to Las Vegas to get involved with the family business, Ideal Office Equipment. When she moved back to Las Vegas she got involved with the Jewish Federation and was in the Young Leadership group. She has been an active member of Midbar Kodesh since its founding.
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Boiman, Jackie B.
Jackie Boiman (née Brooks) was born July 21, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Levittown, New York. Her religious connection began in the Levittown Jewish Center Sunday School and under the close relationship she had with her grandmother, who kept kosher and inspired her to do so.
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 29
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Letter from William Feldman, ACSW Executive Director, to Norman Kaufman, the Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, March 29, 1988.
Transcript of interview with Victor Givens by LeGary Stowers, March 15, 1981
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Archival Collection
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On March 15, 1981, LeGary Stowers interviewed Victor Givens (born 1958 in Las Vegas, Nevada) about his profession in the gaming industry, specifically as a table games dealer. Givens first talks about his family background and then talks about his educational, occupational, and residential histories. He then talks about the various qualities required of individuals who work in the casino industry, his beliefs regarding religion and gambling, and some of the motivations and goals that are present for those within the field of gaming.
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Goldfarb, Ruth
She attended the Temple Beth Sholom construction celebration in Las Vegas, circa 1996.
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Michael Green oral history interview: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Oral history interviews with Michael Green conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 26, 2018 and April 04, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In the first interview, Green discusses his family background and growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He talks about his Jewish ancestry and the significance of religious communities in Las Vegas. In the second interview, Green discusses the growth of the Jewish community in Las Vegas, and the history of the Jewish heritage in Southern Nevada.
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