Building Stages

One of the things we are researching is the history of this building. We have tried to learn as much as we can about the different stages of its life. The following is a partial list of tenants in the building:

I. Abdin Husheimi and family. Husheimi bought the land in 1933 and by 1935 the house was standing. He was a Christian Arab who was a member of the British Palestine Police, and was married to a wealthy Jewish immigrant from Poland Russia named Ida Ostinsky. They lived in the house until 1945, when they moved to Syria, then returned in 1947 and left shortly thereafter for Egypt. In 1960 Ida reclaimed ownership of the land, but never lived in the building again.

II. Jan. 1948-1954: Polish Consulate

III. 1960-1980: Venezuelan Embassy

IV. 1982- ? The Hartman Institute

V. 1989/1990-1994: The Maale Film School

VI. 1995-1998 Yeshivat Ner Yaakov

VII. 1999-2001: The Reut School

VIII. 2001-2003 (at least): Campus Haya Mouchka, a Chabad girls school for high schoolers from France.

IX. 2006-present: The One Family Fund

We will post more extensively on each period separately.