Ein Hod

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Ein Hod was established in Israel by the Dada artist Marcel Janco, next to the abandoned Arab village of Ein Houd, near Mount Carmel, south-east of Haifa. The village was established by Janco in the 1950s. In 1948, soon after the British quit Palestine, the State of Israel was proclaimed and recognized by the United Nations. It was immediately invaded by armies from neighboring Arab states, which rejected the UN partition plan. The village of Ein Houd was abandoned by its Arab inhabitants during the war, and the area was eventually repopulated by new Jewish settlers.

Ein Hod is characterized by its hillside setting, surrounded by olive groves, with a view of the Mediterranean Sea and of a twelfth-century Crusader fortress.

Ein Hod is an Artists' village where several Isaeli and international artists have homes, studios, and galleries. Communal life is managed by a General Council, and by an elected administrative committee. The village has a wide range of cultural resources. The Ein Hod Art Gallery, the Janco-Dada Museum and the Artists' House, artists' studios and galleries are supplemented by other creative cultural activities throughout the village. The Gertrude Krause House sponsors biweekly chamber music concerts and guest lectures. During the summer months performances of popular music and light entertainment take place in a faux-Roman outdoor amphitheater.