Sheldon and Miriam Adelson have given their second $25 million donation to Yad Vashem, making it the largest-ever combined contribution from a private donor to the Holocaust documentation and research facility.
The donation by the Adelsons, who are well known for their philanthropy, will go to support educational seminars and teacher training programs at Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies. The gift was announced at the 30th anniversary dinner of the American Society for Yad Vashem held recently in New York.
The Adelsons had donated the original $25 million in 2006. — jta