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Transcript of interview with Norma Friedman by Barbara Tabach, November 19, 2015 and April 06, 2016
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It was a scorching Fourth of July, when Norma (n?e Adler) and Leon Friedman rolled into their new home of Las Vegas in 1973. Nevertheless, they were content with leaving Gary, Indiana behind, and starting fresh with the family?s new ownership of Walker Furniture. Norma recalls her first stop in checking out Las Vegas was to visit the synagogue ? Temple Beth Sholom being the only option. Her oldest son would soon become a bar mitzvah. Feeling good about that, she and her sister-in-law who was also relocating to Las Vegas for the furniture business, searched for new homes. Norma settled into the community through volunteer work as well as through employment outside the family business. She worked in the real estate briefly and in a jewelry store at the Dunes. A natural organizer, she immersed herself in religious and civic organizations including the Jewish Federation, Jewish Family Service Agency, and volunteering at Selma Bartlett Elementary School in Henderson. Norma shares stories of her Jewish heritage and upbringing in Pittsburgh, the decision to move to Las Vegas, making fast friendships during her life in Las Vegas and the joy she has in traveling the world with Leon, who passed in 2004. In 2017, Norma was honored by the Jewish Family Service Agency.
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Photograph of the Copa Girls performing in feathered skirts, Las Vegas, April 1963
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Archival Collection
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Copa Girls performing onstage at the Sands Hotel in April of 1963. In cartouche from left to right, Charlotte Nort, Rowena Buttenweiser, Barbara. Seated from left to right, unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Marlene, Jane and Joan Ryba (the Ryba Twins), Jackie Lee, Diane Marlow (Diane Holladay), unidentified woman, Lee Temple.
Site Name: Sands Hotel and Casino
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Zucker, Jeffrey P.
Jeffrey P. Zucker is an attorney and the director of Fennemore Craig Attorneys in Las Vegas, Nevada. He received his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Yale University. He served as president of the Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas from 2002 to 2005.
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Events photo album, 2000
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Events depicted include: religious school and preschool fashion show and brunch, April 16; New And Prospective Member Wine And Cheese at Amy C. May's house; Men's Club Breakfast, May 7.
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Collection Name: Temple Beth Sholom Records
Box/Folder: Oversized Box 4
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Events photo album pages, 1998-1999
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Events depicted include: Purim, 1998; Robbo, 1998; Family "Noah" Shabbat, 1999; Men's Club Breakfast-Coach Robinson, 1999; Women's League at Blanche Meisel's, 1999.
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Collection Name: Temple Beth Sholom Records
Box/Folder: Box 6
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Events photo album, 1999-2000
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Events depicted include: Tu B'Shuat, 1999; Purim, 2000; Mommy And Me, 2000; 55+ Brunch, 2000; New Member Wine And Cheese at Amy C. May's house, 2000.
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Collection Name: Temple Beth Sholom Records
Box/Folder: Box 7
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Growing Up Jewish roundtable oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with the Growing Up Jewish roundtable conducted by Barbara Tabach on January 31, 2016 and February 28, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In these interviews, Jewish residents of Las Vegas, Nevada describe their experiences growing up Jewish in the developing city. The interviewees describe their early lives, the cultural differences they faced, and how they stayed connected with their Jewish identities.
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