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Bet Knesset Bamidbar

Congregation Bet Knesset Bamidbar or ‘Congregation in the Desert” is the largest age 50-and-over Jewish congregation in the Las Vegas Valley. It was founded in 1990 and meets in Sun City, Summerlin.  BKB is a traditional reform temple.
 
With services in the heart of community, BKB grew under the leadership of Rabbi Hershel Brooks. Its membership peaked to over 1,100 members in 1999.

Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, May 30, 1991

Date
1991-05-30
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes along with additional information about bylaws.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 5, 1990

Date
1990-04-05
Description
Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 20 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Correspondence and synopsis for Good Ole Hank, television series proposal, June 1955

Date
1955-06-22
Archival Collection
Description

The manuscript synopsis for the television series Good Ole Hank is accompanied by a letter from Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures (Hollywood, Calif.), rejecting the proposal.

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Transcript of interview with Rowena Gonzalez by Michael Boyd, March 1, 1977

Date
1977-03-01
Description

On March 1, 1977, Michael Boyd interviewed Rowena Gonzalez (born 1946 in Wichita Falls, Texas) about her life in Nevada. Gonzalez first talks about her family background and residential history before discussing the way of life in Texas and eventually in Las Vegas. Several topics covered in the interview include Gonzalez’s recollections of the atomic testing, the building of the Hoover Dam, and Howard Hughes. The two also discuss tourism, the properties on the Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas, and early means of transportation.

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