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Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood scrapbook, image 34
Newspaper clippings and an invitation to a cocktail party by the New Las Vegas Jewish Community Center for Sunday, May 20, 1956.
Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood scrapbook, image 96
Newspaper clippings and an invitation for the Installation of Officers from The Sisterhood of Las Vegas Jewish Community Center, December 20, 1956
Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood scrapbook, image 97
Newspaper clippings and an invitation for the Installation of Officers from The Sisterhood of Las Vegas Jewish Community Center, December 20, 1956
Photograph of Names etched in stone at the Congregation Ner Tamid Palm Mortuary / King David Memorial Garden, Henderson, Nevada, May 24, 2016
Names etched in stone adorn the Palm Mortuary / King David Memorial Garden at Congregation Ner Tamid on the Greenspun Campus for Jewish Life, Learning & Spiritual Renewal.
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Shelley Berkley photographs, 1950s and 1999
Group of photographs show Shelley Berkley (nee Levine) with her parents, and on the occasion of her wedding with Dr. Lawrence Lehrner.
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Holocaust Education Committee letters and meeting minutes, document 11
Memo from Edythe Katz on June 09, 1980 and minutes from the Holocaust Education Meeting on June 4, 1980.
Transcript of interview with Stella Butterfield by Joanne Goodwin, October 14 & October 25, 2005
Interviewed by Joanne L. Goodwin. Stella Butterfield's family, the Goldbergs, was Jewish, and she was born in the Bronx. During World War II she worked for the Coast Guard in the steno pool in Washington, D.C. Stella moved to Santa Monica a few years later while the war was still going on and worked briefly as a riveter for Douglas Aircraft and then as a teletype operator for the Air Force but at Douglas Aircraft. Because she had a hard time getting a job because of antisemitism, she changed her name to Gilbert. In December of 1948 she went to the Canal Zone in Panama to be the secretary of the commanding officer of the Panama Supply Depot. Stella was also a law reporter for court martials. She met Frank Butterfield, who was stationed there, and married him in 1952. He was transferred back to the United States, and they lived in Massachusetts. Then they moved to Los Angeles, and in 1953 they moved to Las Vegas, where she was a court reporter at Nellis Air Force Base. Then they moved to Mexico City, then back to California where she worked as a legal secretary. In early 1955 they moved back to Las Vegas, and Stella worked as a federal court reporter for Judge Roger T. Foley.
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Transcript of interview with Jerry Engel by Barbara Tabach, March 1, 2016
Jerry Engel was born in 1930 in New Jersey and spent most of his early life in Long Beach, New York until the family moved westward to Las Angeles. Jerry is a retired Certified Public Accountant and loves to talk about the history of Las Vegas that he observed since arriving in 1953. That was the year that he moved to Las Vegas to join his older brothers, Morris and Phil, in their accounting firm. Their major client at the time was Desert Inn. Another personal connection with local history: the Engel brothers? mother, Esther Katz Engel, was among the early investors in the Moulin Rouge hotel/casino enterprise. Jerry graduated with honors from University of California, Los Angeles in 1951. His accounting career in Las Vegas is highly regarded and he continues to maintain a consulting practice. He remains active within the community and enjoys doing presentations based on his memories of Las Vegas history. Within this interview, Jerry highlights people, casinos and other observations of local history that he came into contact with over the decades. He provides insights about the role of an accountant in the gaming industry. He also discusses the influence of Jewish business leaders in and array of local gaming and non-gaming issues, including the retail world, Jim Crow era segregation, and the astonishing growth of the valley over six decades.
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Carolyn G. and Oscar B. Goodman oral history interview
Oral history interview with Carolyn G. and Oscar B. Goodman conducted by Claytee D. White on October 18, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Carolyn G. and Oscar B. Goodman discuss their early childhoods and education. They tell the story of their marriage, family life, and careers. The Goodmans go into further detail on the growth of Las Vegas, Nevada as a community as well as a tourist destination.
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