A 400 square meter building in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City has been returned to Jewish ownership, according to reports. The building, part of the historic Yeshivat Torat Chaim compound abandoned during the 1936 Arab revolt, was taken over by Arab squatters. Following a long legal battle, a court order evicted the squatters and the building will be incorporated into Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim.
A 400 square meter building in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City has been returned to Jewish hands after a court order ended a 90-year legal battle, according to reports. The building was part of the Torat Chaim yeshiva, established about 140 years ago by rabbis Yitzchak and Yosef Eliyahu Winograd. During the 1936 Arab revolt, Jewish residents fled the compound, and the building was subsequently taken over by Arab squatters. The return was secured through a prolonged legal campaign. The building will now be part of the adjacent Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim, doubling its campus. The Zioneer previously reported on July 23 that rabbis uncovered original mezuzah recesses in the same compound, indicating the building's Jewish heritage.
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