Here is some Jewish history.
A letter from the Diskin Orphanage in Jerusalem in the early 1920s confirming my wife's grandfather had been brought up there.
The boy, Avraham was born in Jerusalem in the 1890s and appears to have left the orphanage at about 13 or 14. 1/3
A letter from the Diskin Orphanage in Jerusalem in the early 1920s confirming my wife's grandfather had been brought up there.
The boy, Avraham was born in Jerusalem in the 1890s and appears to have left the orphanage at about 13 or 14. 1/3
Abraham's father (Yaakov) was a Rabbi. After leaving the orphanage Avraham made his way to Yaffo, where he was expelled by the Ottomans during WW1 and he fled with many other expelled Jews to Alexandria in Egypt. 2/3
40 years later he was expelled again - this time by the Egyptians - and he fled, via France back to the place he was born.
It seems the letter was written as he had met his future Egyptian Jewish wife and needed to prove his identity to get married.
It seems the letter was written as he had met his future Egyptian Jewish wife and needed to prove his identity to get married.
Two expulsions in one lifetime.
When Avraham was expelled the first time Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman empire.
When he returned in 1956 it was to 🇮🇱 Israel.
Within 11 years Jerusalem was fully returned to Jewish hands.
Both he and the city of his birth had come home.
When Avraham was expelled the first time Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman empire.
When he returned in 1956 it was to 🇮🇱 Israel.
Within 11 years Jerusalem was fully returned to Jewish hands.
Both he and the city of his birth had come home.
