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Rentchler, Geri Sandra Rudiak, 1943-2006
Gertrude Rudiak and Geri Rentchler belonged to the Adat Ari El Sisterhood and were video interviewed for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Progect.
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Transcript of interview with Bobby Morris by Cork Proctor, September 7, 2004
This interview conducted by Cork Proctor and is part of the Arnold Shaw Collection at UNLV University Libraries Special Collections. It has been added to the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project with Mr. Morris?s permission. In this conversation, Morris reflects upon his career, how he got started as a musician, and the wide range of influential artists he has worked with over the years, as a drummer, musical director and talent manager. Stories include playing with Louis Prima, live and on his albums; serving as Elvis? musical director; filling in for Frank Sinatra?s drummer; entertaining Howard Hughes; and playing at President John F. Kennedy?s inauguration.
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Leah Chan Grinvald oral history interview
Oral history interview with Leah Chan Grinvald conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on January 22, 2024 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Grinvald discusses growing up with a large Chinese family on her father's side, and an Orthodox Jewish family on her mother's side. Grinvald talks about family, identity, traditions, and schooling. She discusses how she became interested in law, her legal career, and volunteer work with the affinity Bars in Nevada, the State Bar of Nevada Board of Bar Governors, and the Association of American Law Schools Deans Council Executive Committee. She also talks about meeting her Israeli husband, marrying him in Israel, and living there for a year.
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Hadassah-Shoshanim group meetings, 1996 - 1997
Collection Name: Collection on the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish Community
Box/Folder: Box 8
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Resumes from Box 01, F-H history files, Hillel, 1990s
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 29 (Restrictions apply)
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CCSD, CRC, Anti-Semitism information, Soviet Jewry, 1990s
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 33 (Restrictions apply)
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Ronni Epstein files, J-N subject files, 1980s-1990s
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 76 (Restrictions apply)
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Major Gifts Dinner, 2001
Collection Name: Jewish Nevada Records
Box/Folder: Box 03
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