Elise Herz, née von Lämel (1788–1868) was a Prague-born Austrian philanthropist. [1] There she was made an honorary member of the Jewish community. [1] Her father was the merchant Simon von Lämel. [2] Her home in Prague was an intellectual center; however, upon her husband's death in 1850, she moved to Vienna. [1]
Herz founded a children's asylum in Jerusalem, mainly for Jewish children, but a few Christian and Muslim children were accepted as well. [1] Ludwig August Frankl was commissioned to organize it. [1] This entry from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia about a "children's asylum" refers to the school she founded in her father's memory [2] in the Zikhron Moshe neighbourhood of the city, better known as the Simon von Lämel School or simply Lämel School.
Elise Herz, née von Lämel (1788–1868) was a Prague-born Austrian philanthropist. [1] There she was made an honorary member of the Jewish community. [1] Her father was the merchant Simon von Lämel. [2] Her home in Prague was an intellectual center; however, upon her husband's death in 1850, she moved to Vienna. [1]
Herz founded a children's asylum in Jerusalem, mainly for Jewish children, but a few Christian and Muslim children were accepted as well. [1] Ludwig August Frankl was commissioned to organize it. [1] This entry from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia about a "children's asylum" refers to the school she founded in her father's memory [2] in the Zikhron Moshe neighbourhood of the city, better known as the Simon von Lämel School or simply Lämel School.