pinnah

Updated: August 21, 2026

Up the steep and slippery village street of Rosh Pinnah, a modern Jewish colony founded by the Rothschilds in 1882, we scramble wearily to our camping-ground for the night. Above us on a hilltop is the old Arab village of Jaûneh, brown, picturesque, and filthy. Around us are the colonists' new houses, with their red-tiled roofs and white walls.

Henry Van Dyke - Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit