Rosh Pinna

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Rosh Pinna
Hebrew	ראש פינה
Founded in	1882
Government	Local council
Also Spelled	Rosh Pina (officially) Roch Pina, Rosh Pinah (unofficially)
District	North
Population	2,300 (2004)
Jurisdiction	18,000 dunams (18 km²)

Rosh Pinna is a town (local council) in the North District of Israel. It was founded in 1882 by thirty immigrant families from Romania, making it one of the oldest Zionist settlements in Israel.

1 History
2 Demographics
3 Geography
4 Transportation
5 External links

[edit] History

Rosh Pinna was one of the first modern Jewish agricultural settlements in Palestine, then part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. In 1883, it became the first Jewish settlement in Palestine to come under the patronage of the Baron Edmond James de Rothschild.

The first modern Jewish settlement in the Galilee, Gai Oni, was founded in 1878; however, it was abandoned after three years of drought. A year later, in 1882, a group of Romanian Jews built the first lasting settlement in the Galilee and named it Rosh Pinna, or cornerstone, after Psalm 118:22: "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner." Then in 1884 Baron Edmond de Rothschild sponsored the settlement and made it the administrative center for his holdings.

Rosh Pinna is the site where ancient Jewish Kabbalah tradition says the Messiah will appear at the end of the world. For this reason, Madonna was seeking to buy a home in Rosh Pinna.

Mitzpe HaYamim, a world-class spa, is located on a mountainside in Rosh Pinna. Amenities include a range of health and cosmetic treatments, an art gallery where guests can view artists at work, art workshops and an organic garden. The House of Dignitaries is a structure built in 1882 and used as a center of administration and finance for Rosh Pinna and the other towns in the Galilee region. From this building, a loudspeaker was used to broadcast the local news. Attractions built by Baron de Rothschild on Rosh Pinna that remain today include a garden of plants and flowers imported from France in 1886. An ancient synagogue, which was commissioned by the Baron, also has been preserved.

On July 14 2006, two Katyusha rockets landed in an open area of Rosh Pinna. Nobody was injured in this attack. The Rosh Pinna airport was closed the previous day, July 13, as a precautionary measure.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2005, Rosh Pinna had a predominantly Jewish population of approximately 2,400. In 1948, the year Israel declared independence and the out break of the first Arab-Israeli war, Rosh Pinna had a population of 346.

[edit] Geography

Rosh Pinna is located north of the Sea of Galilee, approximately 2 km east of the city of Safed, 420 meters above sea level, latitude north 32° 58', longitude east 35° 31'. North of Rosh Pinna is Lake Hula, which is a swamp area drained in the 1950s.

[edit] Transportation

Mahanaim / I. Ben Ya'akov Airport is located 2.1 km away from Rosh Pinna.

[edit] External links

North District
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