The Jewish mayor of Las Vegas, Carolyn G. Goodman, in a tweet asked her followers to “Pray for Las Vegas” after 50 people were killed in the works mass shooting in U.S. history. Pray for Las Vegas. Thank you to all our first responders out there now. — Carolyn G. Goodman (@mayoroflasvegas) October 2, 2017…
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson has joined the fight against a wind and solar power mandate in Nevada, according to Bloomberg. Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. joined the Nevada Resorts Association, with comprises most of the casino industry in the state, in opposing a bill that would require 40 percent of the state’s electricity to come from…
(JTA) — Two fires at a Las Vegas Chabad building prompted an arson investigation by the Las Vegas Fire Department. A car was set ablaze Monday night in the parking lot of Chabad of Southern Nevada, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Earlier on Monday evening, a trash can was set on fire in a restroom…
I proposed marriage to my girlfriend of 13 years, Sharon Gitelle, The Forward’s Director of Community and Audience Development, this past August in the midst of my band Twisted Sister’s final farewell tour. Having been together for 13 years, the decision to ask her wasn’t one that I dwelled on too much. In fact, I…
Politics were set aside when Mark Cuban was honored Monday evening by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson in a gala dinner fundraiser for the Adelson Educational Campus in Las Vegas. “A good person with good values, though he is totally opposite of us in his political views,” is how Miriam Adelson described Cuban, according to the…
Donald Trump’s No. 1 critic is about to get an award from Trump’s No. 1 donor. Mark Cuban, the Texas outspoken billionaire who had trolled Donald Trump on Twitter and made a point of sitting in the front row during presidential debates only to get under Trump’s skin, will be awarded later this month the…
Sheldon Adelson is winning at the game of politics, as demonstrated by his front-row seat at President Trump’s inauguration ceremony, but he’s suffered a rare defeat in the world of sport. Stung by his exclusion from the planning process to build a new stadium that would bring football to Las Vegas, the casino mogul has…
More news from Sin City: If you’re despairing over the December 31 closing of the Carnegie Deli, here’s a reminder that there’s still an ersatz version at the Mirage hotel. “The triple-decker turkey club, open-faced Reuben and the pastrami and corned beef combo known as the Woody Allen are the most popular bites, still stacked…
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