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The orphanage was founded near the Bukharim quarter in 1900 [2] [3] by Rabbi Abraham Yochanan Blumenthal (1877 [4] –1966 [5]), a native of Jerusalem, [4] who led the orphanage for 50 years. [2] Blumenthal's wife, Shaina, served as a director for 40 years. [6] By 1920, the Blumenthal Orphanage was home to 85 orphans.
In 1876, the Jews' Hospital had merged with the Orphan Asylum, and the children from the latter also moved to Norwood. The numbers of Jewish children at Norwood increased from 159 in 1877 to 260 in 1888, and because of the increased demand, many had to be turned away. The institution was renamed the Norwood Jewish Orphanage in 1928.
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Bayit Lepletot (Hebrew: בית לפליטות, literally, "Home for Refugees"), is an Orthodox Jewish orphanage for girls in Jerusalem, Israel.Established in 1949 in the Mea Shearim neighborhood to accommodate young Holocaust refugees and orphans, the orphanage opened a second campus in north-central Jerusalem called Girls Town Jerusalem (Hebrew: קרית בנות, "Kiryat Banot") in 1973.
The Home for Hebrew Infants was an orphanage, originally established at 149th Street and Mott Avenue in the Bronx on April 16, 1895, to care for Jewish babies from infancy to up to five years of age, those too young to be housed with older children. [1] [2] Its goal was to support the health of those in its care and prevent child mortality.
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage in New York City. It was founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. It was founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. It closed in 1941, after pedagogical research concluded that children thrive better in foster care or small group homes, rather than in large ...
Korai was taken to a Jewish boarding school in Poland, then to France and eventually to Israel in 1949. He spent 35 years working on semi-trucks. Korai had three children and eight grandchildren.
The building for the Diskin Orphanage was designed by two architects: it was started by Joseph Barsky in 1908, and was continued by Joshua Zvi Tabachnik (Tavori) . [5] The campus was cited by Israeli architect and city historian David Kroyanker as one of the ten most beautiful buildings in Jerusalem.