Oral history interview with Priscilla Schwartz conducted by Barbara Tabach on June 16, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Schwartz discusses her passion for compassionate hospice care, particularly her broad involvement with the Nathan Adelson Hospice. She explains her roles with the hospice, from volunteering, to serving on the board, to philanthropic giving and the opening of the Walter Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care.
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Priscilla Schwartz photographed in a care unit at the Nathan Adelson Hospice. Schwartz and her late husband are the namesake of the Hospice's Center for Compassionate Care.
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In this audio clip, Priscilla Schwartz discusses her work with Compassionate Care
In clip 1, Pricilla Schwartz describes her Jewish education as a child. In clip 2, she discusses her work with Compassionate Care.
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In this clip, Pricilla Schwartz describes her Jewish education as a child
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In this interview, Schwartz talks at length about her passion for compassionate hospice care, and her broad involvement with the Nathan Adelson Hospice, from volunteering to serving on the board to philanthropy, which included opening the Walter Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care. Schwartz also talks about other philanthropic giving which includes establishing scholarships at George Washington University and University of Michigan as well as support to Temple Beth Sholom gift shop.
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Check presentation, $1.5M Priscilla Schwartz to the Jewish Community Campus of Las Vegas, February 1, 2000.
Jewish Federation event held to celebrate a gift from Priscilla Schwartz to build a westside campus for the Jewish Community of Las Vegas.
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Friends poster consists of photographs featuring various individuals like Leopold Page, Mila Page, Edythe Katz Yarchever, Hortense Alper, Sam Alper, Yaffa Eliach, Karl Schinbble, Gilbert Yarchever, Dr. Leon Bass, Lillian Kronberg, Henry Kronberg, Judy Mack, Ronald Mack, Priscilla Schwartz-Hodes, and Abe Hodes.