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The Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet LeYisrael) was founded in 1901 to purchase and develop land for Jewish settlement. It later became best known for its tree-planting campaigns across the country. Discussed here as part of a day on Jerusalem in the British Mandate period.

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Grand building in Talbiye, Jerusalem
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Jerusalem in the British Mandate Period

A day touring buildings of the British Mandate period in modern Jerusalem: the Hansen House lepers' home, the garden neighbourhoods of Talbiye and Rechavia, the Tomb of Jason, Yad Ben Zvi, the National Institutions Building, Ratisbonne Monastery and the original Betzalel.

Dec 2013 · 4 minute read
The Lepers' House / Hansen Centre in Jerusalem Grand building in Talbiye, Jerusalem Jason's Tomb in Rechavia, Jerusalem The President's Hut at the Yad Ben Zvi Institute One of the JNF / KKL's golden books of donors, housed in their offices in Jerusalem Ratisbonne Monastery, Jerusalem Betzalel's original home, Jerusalem
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