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"Diskin Orphanage" – Informational Booklet
"Diskin Orphanage", Jerusalem, [1930s]. Hebrew and English.
Informational booklet about Diskin orphanage, with photographs of Jerusalem views and the orphanage.
The orphanage was founded in 1881 by Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Leib Diskin. The institute was for boys only. Rabbi Diskin started by lodging the boys in his home and later, when there was not enough space, he rented for them buildings in the Old City. The orphanage moved to its present building in 1927.
[17] leaves, 18X25 cm. Good condition. Bound with thread. Stains. Damage to wrapper.
