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Audio clip from interview with Gary Sternberg, April 7, 2015
Gary Sternberg recalls how he secured funding from Frank Sinatra for Congregation Ner Tamid's new building.
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Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Bet Knesset Bamidbar is an adult-only Traditional Reform Congregation that was founded in 1990. With over 500 members, it’s one of the largest congregations in Southern Nevada. They hold their Shabbat Services twice a month, they observe many ritual holidays, there is a choir that sings at each service, and they make sure to cater to the senior communities with various activities and clubs.
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Bet Knesset Bamidbar of Sun City (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Bet Knesset Bamidbar is an adult-only Traditional Reform Congregation that was founded in 1990. With over 500 members, it’s one of the largest congregations in Southern Nevada. They hold their Shabbat Services twice a month, they observe many ritual holidays, there is a choir that sings at each service, and they make sure to cater to the senior communities with various activities and clubs.
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Katrina Sandigo oral history interview: transcript
Oral history interview with Katrina Sandigo conducted by Nathalie Martinez and Barbara Tabach on August 28, 2020 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Katrina talks about her family's history and her grandfather's immigration to the United States from Nicaragua. She discusses her education and her time spent studying at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) and her work with the Clark County School District (CCSD). She is currently the Education Director for Nevada's Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Katrina also shares her religious faith and how she is active in the Jewish community of Las Vegas.
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Hecht, Mel, Rabbi
Rabbi Mel Hecht was born July 8, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of five, his family moved to Miami, Florida where they had a large, extended Jewish family, complete with relatives who were hazzans and mohels. Soon after moving to Florida, his parents bought a hotel in Hialeah, a city 10 miles outside of Miami, where Hecht spent the remainder of his childhood.
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Hecht, Mel, Rabbi
Rabbi Mel Hecht was born July 8, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of five, his family moved to Miami, Florida where they had a large, extended Jewish family, complete with relatives who were hazzans and mohels. Soon after moving to Florida, his parents bought a hotel in Hialeah, a city 10 miles outside of Miami, where Hecht spent the remainder of his childhood.
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Minutes from Temple Beth Sholom Board of Directors meetings, June 1999 - December 1999
Meeting minutes include reports from committees of the board, correspondence, and balance sheets.
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Kathleen Kahn Mahon oral history interview
Oral history interview with Kathleen Kahn Mahon conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 03, 2018 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Mahon discusses her family’s upbringing in New Mexico and talks about her Jewish education as a child. Mahon describes her family’s role in the founding of Congregation Albert in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She then talks about moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1980, taking on a pediatric ophthalmologist position, and being involved in the pediatric community. Mahon recalls becoming the first female president of the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and her involvement with the Junior League of Las Vegas. Lastly, Mahon discusses the Ronald McDonald House, the Pediatric Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and being a founding member of the Children's Discovery Museum.
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