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Jewish Family Service Agency
The Jewish Family Service Agency (JFSA), founded in 1977, provides professional social services to clients in need, including counseling, senior services, adoption, a food pantry, and emergency financial aid. Its focus is on the Jewish community, but the JFSA serves families and individuals regardless of their religion, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, or national origin. Services are provided in a confidential setting, and many are offered free of charge or on a sliding scale.
Corporate Body
Todd S. Polikoff oral history interview
Oral history interview with Todd Polikoff conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 30, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. He discusses investing over twenty years in leadership for the Jewish Federation and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in states that include New Jersey, Delaware, Texas, Ohio, and Nevada.
Archival Collection
Survey from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, August 1992
United States Holocaust Memorial Council survey of organizations that provide resources and services for teaching about the Holocaust, filled out by the Holocaust Education Committee of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
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Holocaust Education Committee letters and meeting minutes, document 08
Letter from Edythe Katz to the Holocaust Education Committee on August 06, 1980.
Jerome Countess oral history interview
Oral history interview with Jerome Countess conducted by Dorothy Eisenberg on October 28, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Countess discusses coming to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 to take a job with what became the Jewish Federation. He then talks about starting the local Jewish Reporter, a newspaper, and creating a community among fellow Jews in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Countess, Jerome "Jerry"
Former director of Combined Jewish Appeal, which became the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas
Person
Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection is comprised of organizational records, photographs, event programs, and ephemera donated by members of the Southern Nevada Jewish community as part of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries’ Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Materials document the history of the Jewish community and Southern Nevada from 1941 to 2017. The collection provides information about family life, religious rituals, community events, and local businesses and organizations.
Archival Collection