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Countess, Jerome D.
Jerome Countess was born on December 22, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother raised him as a single mother, making ends meet with her job in a clothing factory. Countess's father rarely held a job, and his mother divorced him when Countess was three-years-old. Countess grew up in the borough's Jewish neighborhood, and he developed a reputation for being a skillful handball player and a great dancer.
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Countess, Jerome D.
Jerome Countess was born on December 22, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother raised him as a single mother, making ends meet with her job in a clothing factory. Countess's father rarely held a job, and his mother divorced him when Countess was three-years-old. Countess grew up in the borough's Jewish neighborhood, and he developed a reputation for being a skillful handball player and a great dancer.
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JFLV event photographs, 1990s
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 91 (Restrictions apply)
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Israel Independence Day, Total Woman, Women's Division, Israel's 33rd Anniversary, new programs, National Women's Division program highlights, Women's Division $1250 and up luncheon, 1978-1985
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 45 (Restrictions apply)
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Jewish leaders in Las Vegas photos (1950s-1990s), A Guide to Jewish Life publications (1999-2001), Operation Exodus, B'nai B'rith scrapbook (1955-1956), miscellaneous photographs, 1950s-2001
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 92 (Restrictions apply)
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Clint Holmes and Buddy Greco, 2002 March 03
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 14, Digital File 00
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Russian resettlement program, immigration info, Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS), Super Sunday, Development Committee, Leadership Development Committee, Temple Beth Sholom, Leadership Development, Young leadership development, CJA, Board of Directors, 1970s-1991
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 41 (Restrictions apply)
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Budget information - Jewish Family Service Agency, board member manual, Soviet Jewry, fund raising membership, USO, fund raising 1990 Super Bowl, 1991 fund raising, 1992 "Yakity Yak" dinner, 1989 picnic, 1989-1994
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 46 (Restrictions apply)
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