(JTA) — Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, made a $50 million donation to the Adelson Education Campus in Las Vegas.
The donation will benefit the campus’ three Jewish day schools, serving some 600 students from preschool to high school.
The gift was announced last Friday, according to the Las Vegas Sun.
The Adelson campus was modeled after the Reali School in Haifa, which Miriam Adelson attended for 12 years.
"It was an institution that not only had high academic standards but also instilled values and friendships for life," Miriam Adelson said in a statement announcing the gift.
She added, "With this donation, my hope is that the school will continue to be a home for generations.”
Paul Schiffman, head of the campus, said in a statement that he was grateful to the Adelsons for the "remarkable gift."
"The Adelsons have been very closely involved in every aspect of our school, and we have benefitted tremendously from their good counsel," he said. "Our ability to move forward without debt enables us to fulfill our educational mission with even greater freedom and imagination."
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