Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim has acquired the eastern wing of the Torat Chaim endowment complex in the Old City, containing seven apartments, and video from the building shows rabbis uncovering the original recesses where mezuzahs once stood. The compound was abandoned by Jewish residents during the 1936 Arab revolt; female relatives of the Winograd family reportedly escaped by disguising themselves as Arab women. The new acquisition doubles the yeshiva's campus.
The return of Jewish life to the Torat Chaim endowment complex in the Old City, first reported by The Zioneer at 10:06 today, is now accompanied by video footage and additional historical detail. The yeshiva had already placed mezuzot on the doors of the compound earlier; the new video shows rabbis uncovering the original recesses where mezuzahs once stood, a tangible link to the Jewish presence that was violently interrupted in 1936. The compound's Jewish history dates back roughly 140 years. During the 1936 Arab revolt, female relatives of the Winograd family, who lived in the building, reportedly disguised themselves as Arab women and escaped through windows to avoid being killed. The eastern wing purchased by the yeshiva, together with the western wing where it already operates, doubles the institution's campus in the Old City.
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