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Gary Sternberg Papers
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The Gary Sternberg Papers are comprised of correspondence, publications, and videos documenting Sternberg's involvement with the Las Vegas Jewish community from 1983 to 2015. Organizations represented in the collection include Congregation Ner Tamid and the Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada. Also included are digital photographs of Sternberg in 2015 wearing his Caesars Palace dealer's uniform.
Archival Collection
Michael Green oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Dr. Michael Green conducted by Michael Geeser on October 10, 2005 for the I Remember When: Recollections from Las Vegas Jewish Leaders Oral History Project. Green talks about the history of Jewish people in Las Vegas, their social clubs and religious temples, and their involvement in the running of casinos and in organized crime in Las Vegas. Dr. Green also answers questions from the audience.
Archival Collection
Transcript of interview with Lori Chenin-Frankl by Barbara Tabach, June 7, 2016
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Archival Collection
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Lori provides a wonderful narrative of her Judaism, her love of teaching children and her devotion to family and music. She talks about growing up in Las Vegas and becoming a bat mitzvah, a rarity for girls in 1973. Throughout her life, including the period where she moved around with her Air Force husband, she sought Jewish connections to help her feel at home no matter where she was.
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Photograph of Las Vegas Valley, 1994
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Archival Collection
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Handwritten description provided on back of image: "A view of the entire Valley from the future home of TBS (Temple Beth Sholom)."
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Photograph of Fremont street, Las Vegas, circa 1930s
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Archival Collection
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 08
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Board meeting minutes for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, June 10, 1987.
