Built in 1927 by Alexander Beer in the function-over-form style of NewObjectivity, it has served many purposes throughout the years, originally accommodating 300 pupils learning Hebrew and traditional arts, then becoming a base from which Jews were deported to concentration camps in 1942, and finally being used as a military hospital until the end of World War II.
In another new development, Laframboise reports that IPCC lead author Andrew Weaver has dropped all pretense of political and scientific objectivity and is now running for political office in Canada representing the Green Party ().