Great story about the growing Jewish community in Las Vegas. (Hat Tip to Jewschool)

Oy Vegas! Sin City gets kosher

An estimated 80,000 Jews live in the Las Vegas area, comprising about 5 percent of the overall population of 1.5 million people and double the number from a decade ago, according to a population study by Bodoff's federation.

A decade ago, only a few synagogues existed in the area and finding a kosher chicken at a local market was not easy. Now, there are 18 synagogues, a kosher supermarket, and a robust Jewish Federation that expects more than 5,000 people to attend an Israeli Independence Day celebration in May.