Formation | 1881 |
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Founder | Yehoshua Leib Diskin |
Type | Non-profit |
Headquarters | Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine, Mandatory Palestine, Israel |
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Services | Providing orphans with clothing, dental care, hot meals, and educational guidance |
31°47′24.77″N 35°11′42.44″E / 31.7902139°N 35.1951222°E The Diskin Orphanage was an orphanage in the Old City of Jerusalem, established in 1881 by Yehoshua Leib Diskin. From the Jewish Quarter, it moved to Street of the Prophets outside the walls of the Old City.[1] In 1927, it moved to a new building in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, near the main entrance to the city from the west.