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Susan Molasky

Susan and Irwin Molasky
Susan and Irwin Molasky
Susan and Irwin Molasky on their wedding day June 30, 1973 with friends Billy (left) and Jean (right) Weinberger
Menachem Begin and Susan Molasky at an Israel Bond Dinner
Lovee Arum, [unidentified], Susan Molasky, Jean Weinberger
Rebel Fans (L-R back row): Susan Molasky, Lovee Arum, Elaine Wynn, unnamed

Susan Molasky is a fundraiser for Nathan Adelson Hospice and a prominent member of the Las Vegas Jewish community. Molasky, born Shoshana Borukh in Jerusalem on September 16, 1937, moved to London when she was nine. There she learned English and worked in a fabric store. She married her first husband in 1957 and moved to Las Vegas in 1958 to renovate and manage the Moulin Rouge hotel for her brother-in-law Leo Frey. Subsequently, Molasky and her husband moved around Europe for a few years and she gave birth to three sons. In 1964 the family settled in Las Vegas permanently, where Molasky served as president of the Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood and met her second husband, Irwin Molasky, whom she married in 1973. Susan’s own battle with cancer has inspired her dedication to Nathan Adelson Hospice, which was founded in 1978 by Irwin and his business partner Merv Adelson.

Source:

Molasky, Susan. Interview, 2014 March 11. OH-02140. Transcript. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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