Miriam Adelson age: How old is Miriam Adelson?

Miriam Adelson is an American and Israeli physician, specializing in treating patients with addictions, and the widow of Sheldon Adelson. She is the current publisher of the newspaper Israel Hayom and is in the process of purchasing a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks.

Miriam Adelson’s age: How old is Miriam Adelson?

Miriam Adelson was born Miriam Farbstein on October 10, 1945. Last month, she celebrated her 78th birthday. Her grandparents and extended family were reportedly killed in the Holocaust.

She was raised in the Israeli city of Haifa. As with all Israeli citizens, she served her mandatory army service with the Israel Defense Forces upon turning 18 years old, working as a medical research officer. During that time, she worked with sex workers in Israel who were suffering from addiction. That work would inform much of her later life.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and genetics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, then received her MD at Tel Aviv Univeristy’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine. Later, she would work as the chief internist in the emergency room at Tel Aviv’s Rokach Hospital.

In 1986, she came to the United States to study heroin addiction treatment at New York’s Rockefeller University.