Hebrew University in the 1930s

Back in 1934, construction began on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an excellent university which continues to thrive today. I thought Ynet’s photo essay on the subject was all too brief but fascinating.

Here’s the land on which the university was built. The building in the photo is the British Hospital and the other landmark is a British cemetery.

Here are some construction workers. They look like Yemenite Jews to me. Does anybody have another opinion? Look at how empty everything is around them. It certainly ain’t like that now…