Diskin Orphanage (Jerusalem)

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Beit Diskin was established in 1881 by the venerable Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin.
Rabbi Diskin began gathering needy children, one-by-one, into his humble home. In time, as their numbers continued to grow, he established the “Great Institution for Orphans” that came to be known as the Diskin Orphanage of Jerusalem. Until his last days, Rabbi Diskin labored unceasingly to help these unfortunate youth, doing whatever was necessary to provide them with a home and all their basic needs.
With Rabbi Diskin’s passing in 1898, his lifework was taken up by his only son, Rabbi Yitzchok Yerucham Diskin. It was Rabbi Yitzchok Yerucham who built the magnificent Diskin Orphanage campus – the symbol of “the world is built on kindness’’ that overlooks the entrance of Jerusalem.