Susan Baller was born May 3, 1942 and graduated from Las Vegas High School. She married her husband, Michael, in 1960 at the Temple Beth Sholom. Baller raised her children to be close in the Las Vegas Jewish community.
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Evelyn B. Bittker was once the owner-operator of the Eldorado guest ranch in Tucson, Arizona, and, from 1950-1969, a member of the Federation of Jewish Philanthrophy, Hadassah, and the Sisterhood of Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada (taken from Las Vegas Sun obituary).
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Oral history interview with Arthur Lurie conducted by Cheryle L. Bacot on April 25, 1986. In this interview Arthur Lurie discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, the various businesses he owned, Judaism and Jewish culture in Las Vegas, and his work with the Golden Gloves gym and Nevada Boxing Commission.
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Congregation Adat Ari El was a Jewish Reform congregation in Las Vegas, Nevada founded by former members of Temple Beth Am in 1992. The congregation started out with about 15 families that held services in a donated storefront every two weeks, led by a rabbi who traveled from California. In 2007, Adat Ariel merged with Temple Beth Am to form Temple Sinai.
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