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David and Iris Torjman oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02527

Abstract

Oral history interview with David and Iris Torjman conducted by Barbara Tabach on November 12, 2015 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Iris discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada from the Bronx in New York and meeting her husband. David discusses being a Jewish educator for Temple Beth Sholom. David also talks about working as a card dealer and investing in land.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Torjmans and friends in Marrakech Restaurant, 1993

Description

L-R: Eli and Aziza Elyavoubi, Iris Torjman, Fortune and Felix Torjman, David's brother, and David Torjman.

David and Iris Torjman photographs, 1950s-1993

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00790
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Photograph of the Torjmans in Israel, 1968

Description

Shopping in Gaza, L-R: Iris, Marie, Eli, David's brother and Esther, David's sister.

Photograph of the Torjman wedding at Temple Beth Sholom, July 1966

Description

Inscribed on reverse: Property of Iris and David Torjman, Wedding at TBS July 1966, Rabbi Gold

Photographs from a Torjman family photo album, 1950s-1993

Date

1954 to 1993

Description

Group of photographs from a family album show the students at Sunderland Talmudical College in England, the wedding reception of David and Iris Torjman at Temple Beth Sholom's Ruby Kolod Center, and the Torjman family traveling in Israel and Morocco.

Image

Photograph of wedding reception for David and Iris Torjman, August 1966

Description

Left: Babs Schwartz; Right, front to back: Rita and Rabbi Gold, Iris Torjman, Harry Schwartz (father of the bride), Anne Schwartz (mother of the bride), Fay and Sol Shapiro (aunt and uncle)

Photograph of wedding reception for David and Iris Torjman, August 1966

Description

The reception was hosted by Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood in the Ruby Kolod Center. Seated (L-R): Iris and David Torjman. Standing (L-R): Avrum Schwartz (Temple Beth Sholom principal), Cantor Joseph Cohen, Rabbi Aaron Gold, and Joe Moss.