Zikhron Moshe
Zikhron Moshe (Hebrew: זיכרון משה, lit. Memorial for Moshe) is a neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem, Israel.
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Zikhron Moshe was founded in 1905. It is located between Meah Shearim and Geulah. The first inhabitants were secular teachers. It was one of several neighborhoods in Jerusalem named for Sir Moses Montefiore.
The neighborhood grew up around the Simon von Lämel school, Jerusalem's third Jewish school.[1] It was built in 1856 with funds donated by Elise Herz Lamel of Vienna, Austria in memory of her father. In 1888, management of the school was transferred to a German-Jewish philanthropic society, and in 1910, to the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden,[2] a German-Jewish relief association established in 1901.
In 1932, the Edison Theater was built on a vacant lot in Zikhron Moshe that later became Yeshayahu Street. It was named for Thomas Edison, who invented the first movie projector. The theater was the first its kind in Jerusalem. Yves Montand and other acclaimed performers appeared there, and it was the venue for concerts of the pre-state Philharmonic Orchestra.[3]