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Photographs of United Jewish Appeal members, January 03, 1976
Various publicity photographs of United Jewish Appeal members. 120mm negatives.
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Photograph of Tom and Marla Letizia, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 02, 2017
Longtime Las Vegas residents Tom and Marla Letizia at home.
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Photograph of Tom and Marla Letizia, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 02, 2017
Longtime Las Vegas residents Tom and Marla Letizia at home.
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Video of interview with Muriel Stevens by Adat Ari El Sisterhood, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 2007
Muriel Stevens discusses her early life in Las Vegas, including her experience as a Jewish woman and as a former newspaper columnist, author, chef, and radio and television host.
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Photographs of Dorothy Eisenberg, February 24, 1975
Dorothy Eisenberg, center, and other unidentified individuals. 120mm negatives.
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 25
Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Board of Directors meeting minutes, November 9, 1988.
Transcript of interview with Dorothy Eisenberg by Barbara Tabach, October 23, 2014
Interview with Dorothy Eisenberg by Barbara Tabach on October 23, 2014. In this interview, Eisenberg discusses her upbringing on the east coast and becoming a widow with four children. She met her second husband at a synagogue, and they moved to Las Vegas for a fresh start. Eisenberg became involved with Temple Beth Sholom, and the Las Vegas League of Women Voters. She has a school named after her in the Clark County School District.
Dorothy Eisenberg is a first generation American, with roots in Ukraine and Central Europe, and grew up in Philadelphia. Judaism was a significant part of Dorothy's life from the beginning, and both her and her brother spent many of their afternoons at Hebrew school and most weekends at Shabbat services as adolescents. Eisenberg moved to Las Vegas with her children and second husband in 1964. She became an influential member of the community and served as the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas's first female president. She was also actively involved in the League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley, including leading the organization's advocacy for school desegregation and serving as its president for two years.
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