Israel's Oldest Active Orphanage
Israel's oldest active Orphanage, Zion Blumenthal, was founded in 1900. The Zion Orphanage is dedicated to providing disadvantaged and homeless youth in Israel with the warmth, care and the education needed to develop into responsible adults and productive members of society.
Today the Orphanage, located on an acre of land in the heart of Jerusalem, serves some 100 children, ages 7-18, along with an additional 120 children as part of a yeshiva high school. While some of the 100 children are orphans, many come from dysfunctional, abusive or poverty-stricken homes placed in the orphanage by the Israeli Social Welfare Agency. Some are immigrant children from throughout the world whose parents were unable to care for them.