Evelina Rothschild School for Girls, Jerusalem
Evelina de Rothschild (1839 - 1866) was the daughter of Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879), the first Jew to sit in the British House of Commons. Following her early death, her father Lionel assumed sponsorship of the first school for girls in Palestine, which opened in Jerusalem in 1854, and renamed it the Evelina de Rothschild School
Picture No
10411631
Media ID
46561844
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4307px x 3442px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1910s
