Jerusalem; Its Redemption and Future

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES OF PALESTINE The Development Of Edom And Mt. Seir By George L. Robinson, Ph.d. McCormick Theological Seminary THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF PALESTINE By Geo. L. Robinson, PH.D. DURING the year 1913-14, the writer visited twenty-two of the thirty-four Jewish...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES OF PALESTINE The Development Of Edom And Mt. Seir By George L. Robinson, Ph.d. McCormick Theological Seminary THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF PALESTINE By Geo. L. Robinson, PH.D. DURING the year 1913-14, the writer visited twenty-two of the thirty-four Jewish Colonies which have sprung up in Palestine since 1878. At that time they were centers of great activity, industrial, commercial and educational. Many of the choicest parts of Palestine have been selected, in which to plant these colonies. The most important are located along the coast of the Mediterranean in the Plain of Sharon, but others are to be found in the Shephelah or foothills of Judea, in the mountains, and far north about the Sea of Galilee, and the Bitter Lakes. Prior to their establishment the great centers of Jewish life in the Holy Land were in Hebron, which claimed 2000, Jerusalem which had about 60,000, Tiberias with 7000, and Safed having 20,000. These still remain the four most populous and important Jewish settlements in the country. To what extent they and the newer colonies have suffered because of the war is not known, but from recent reports received, it is creditably certain that while in some cases they have been emptied of their inhabitants, their houses and public buildings, gardens and farms, vineyards and orchards have for the most part been left undisturbed. Zichbon Yakob Probably the most celebrated of all is that called Zichron Yakob, or Memory of Jacob, as the name implies. It is also known as Zammarin. It is located five miles southeast of Dor, in the northern portion of the Plain of Sharon, under Mount Car- mel, and enjoys an elevation of some 200 feet above the sea. Before the war, there were in the Colony one hundred and f...