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Telegrams congratulating officers of Hadassah on their installation, June 1965
Telegram from Mrs. David Wohl to Mrs. Murray Posin, June 14, 1965; Telegram from Malonia T. Berry to Fran Cohen, June 9, 1965; Telegram from Sisterhood of Temple Beth Sholom to Fran Cohen, June 13, 1965
Telegrams congratulating Ellen Bromberg on Hadassah board installation, May 1969
Telegram from Las Vegas B'nai B'rith Women to Ellen Bromberg (Las Vegas, Nev.); Telegram from Temple Beth Sholom of Las Vegas to Ellen Bromberg (Las Vegas, Nev.), May 16, 1969
Photograph album 2, Ferron-Bracken Collection, circa 1905-1935, page 82
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Shelley Berkley oral history interview
Oral history interview with Shelley Berkley conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 13, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Berkley shares her family history, from her great-grandparents’ immigration to the United States to her immediate family’s migration from New York to Las Vegas, Nevada. She reflects upon her childhood experience in Las Vegas, including her varied leadership positions with Jewish organizations as well as at school, from junior high school through college. Berkley also talks about her involvement as an adult within the Jewish community and more broadly as a public servant, in all levels of government.
Archival Collection
Invitation, response card, and appeal from Frank Sinatra for a Tribute to Jack Entratter, 1965
Items related to a tribute event for Jack Entratter to benefit Temple Beth Sholom and the Dorothy Entratter School in Israel.
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Transcript of interview with Margo Mink Colbert by Barbara Tabach, November 11, 2014
Interview with Margo Mink Colbert by Barbara Tabach on November 11, 2014. Colbert discusses her upbringing in New York and her schooling at the High School of Performing Arts and Julliard. She is a choreographer and faculty member at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Margot Mink Colbert was born in 1935 in New York City, to parents of different economic backgrounds who shared a Jewish immigrant heritage. She attended Julliard and studied under modern dance pioneers like Martha Graham and Jose Limon. Margot honed her skill for choreography, and took her first job in academia as a Senior Lecturer in the dance department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1991, she moved to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to take a one-year appointment as an instructor. A year later, she was hired into a tenure track position. Margot is now a Professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, assistant chairperson of and Director of Ballet in its Department of Dance. In addition, she continues to direct Ballet Mink, a dance company she founded in 1970.
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