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| established_date = [[Middle Bronze Age]]
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'''Ein Karem''' ({{lang-langx|he|עֵין כֶּרֶם}}, ''ʿEin Kerem'' lit. "Spring of the Vineyard"; in Arabic ''ʿAyn Kārim'';<ref name="Sharon155">Sharon, 2004, p. [https://archive.org/stream/9004131973#page/n209/mode/1up 155]</ref> also '''Ain Karem''', '''Ein Kerem''') is a historic mountain village southwest of [[Jerusalem]], presently a neighborhood in the outskirts of the modern city, within the [[Jerusalem District]]. It is the site of the [[Hadassah Medical Center]].
 
Ein Karem was an important [[Jews|Jewish]] village during the late [[Second Temple period]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|title=Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6062/|access-date=2021-12-25|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en}}</ref> during which it became important to [[Christianity]]. Christian tradition holds that [[John the Baptist]] was born in Ein Karem, following the biblical verse in [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]] saying John's family lived in a "town in the hill country of [[Judea]]". Probably because of its location between [[Bethlehem]] and Jerusalem, this location was a very comfortable one for a pilgrimage, and this led to the establishment of many churches and monasteries in the area.
 
During the years of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and later [[Mandatory Palestine|British rule in Palestine]], Ein Karem was a [[Palestinians|Palestinian Arab]] village. It was [[List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war|depopulated of its residents]] during the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]].<ref name="Morris_2004">Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR20 xx], village #360. Also gives cause of depopulation.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Jerusalem/Ayn-Karim/index.html|title='Ayn Karim - عين كارم -Jerusalem–Jerusalem - Palestine Remembered|website=palestineremembered.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> After the war it became, once again, a Jewish settlement.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=UNESCO World Heritage |title=Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6062/ |access-date=2021-12-25 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |language=en}}</ref> Today, Ein Karem is a vibrant bohemian neighborhood of Jerusalem, with a population of 2,000 (2010).<ref name="threat">{{cite news|last=Dvir|first=Noam|date=25 August 2010|title=Ein Karem Under Threat|newspaper=Haaretz|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/ein-karem-under-threat-1.310061|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> It has retained a very high-level of authenticity, its natural environment remains intact, and its old houses are still inhabited and preserved.<ref name=":1" /> It attracts three million visitors a year, one-third of them pilgrims from around the world.<ref name="threat" /> Alongside its religious landmarks, Ein Karem is also known for its fine art, culinary, and musical scenes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Visiting Ein Karem|url=https://www.itraveljerusalem.com/article/visit-ein-karem/|access-date=2021-12-25|website=iTravelJerusalem|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Etymology==
The name ''Ein Karem'' ''or Ein Kerem'' can be literally translated from both Hebrew and Arabic as "[[Spring (hydrology)|Spring]] of the [[Vineyard]]". It is derived from the springs and vineyards established on the village's terraced slopes.<ref name=":10" /> Another possible translation would be "Spring of Carem", if derived from an ancient [[Iron Age]] [[Israelites|Israelite]] city called Carem, mentioned as a city in the dominion of the [[tribe of Judah]] in the [[Septuagint]] version of [[Book of Joshua]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joshua 15 Brenton's Septuagint Translation |url=https://biblehub.com/sep/joshua/15.htm |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=biblehub.com}}</ref> In Arabic, other than meaning "Spring of the Vineyard", it could be understood as well as "the Generous Spring".<ref name="Guérin, 1868, pp. 84-8584–85">Guérin, 1868, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongog01gu#page/84/mode/1up 84]-85–85</ref>
 
==History==
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===Bronze Age===
Pottery has been found near the spring dating to the [[Middle bronzeBronze ageAge]].<ref name="Wright"/>
 
===Iron Age/Israelite period===
During the [[Iron Age]], or [[Israelites|Israelite]] period, Ein Karem is usually identified as the location of the biblical village of Beth HaKerem ({{Bibleref2bibleverse|Jeremiah 6:1; Nehemiah 3:14|multi=yes}}).<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.233, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)</ref>
 
===Second Temple period===
A well-preserved ''[[mikveh]] (''Jewish ritual bath) indicates there was a Jewish settlement in the [[Second Temple period]] along with some other discoveries such as handful of graves, bits of a wall, and an olive press.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-family-finds-2000-year-old-ritual-bath-under-living-room/|title=Jerusalem family finds 2,000-year-old ritual bath under living room|website=The Times of Israel|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref><ref>Re'em, 2016, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=24988&mag_id=124 Jerusalem, ‘En'En Kerem]</ref> A reservoir here was mentioned in the [[Copper Scroll]], one of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]].<ref name="Tsafrir">Tsafrir, Di Segni and Green, 1994, p. 82</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/36002392/Qumran-Copper-Scroll |title=Qumran Copper Scroll |access-date=2017-09-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314231027/http://www.scribd.com/doc/36002392/Qumran-Copper-Scroll |archive-date=2014-03-14 }} (line 46)</ref>
 
===Roman and Byzantine periods===
During excavations in the [[Church of Saint John the Baptist, Ein Karem, Jerusalem|Church of Saint John the Baptist]], a marble statue of [[Aphrodite]] (or [[Venus]]) was found, broken in two. It is believed to date from the [[Roman era]] and was probably toppled in [[Byzantine]] times. Today, the statue is at the [[Rockefeller Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Ein Kerem |url=http://www.my-holyland.com/site.php?category_id=2&site_id=5 |publisher= My Holy Land |access-date=2007-11-08 |url-status= dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714141944/http://www.my-holyland.com/site.php?category_id=2&site_id=5 |archive-date= 2011-07-14 }}</ref> Excavations in front of the same church, which has at its core the cave which Christian tradition identifies as the birthplace of [[John the Baptist]], have unearthed remains of two Byzantine chapels, one containing an inscription mentioning Christian "martyrs", but without any mention of John.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} Ceramics from the Byzantine period have also been found in Ein Karem.<ref>Dauphin, 1998, p. 906</ref>
 
Sources fromIn the Byzantine period, areas associatingpart of the establishment of the “Liturgy of Jerusalem", Ein Karem was identified with the place"[[Visitation (Christianity)|Visitation]]", an event mentioned in the [[New Testament]] where [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]], expecting [[Jesus]], encountered her cousin [[Elizabeth (biblical figure)|Elizabeth]], thewho motherwas ofpregnant with [[John the Baptist]],.<ref had lived,name=":10">{{citationCite book |last=Lemire |first=Vincent |title=In the Shadow of the Wall: The Life and Death of Jerusalem's Maghrebi Quarter, 1187–1967 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2023 |isbn=9781503615397 |edition=1 needed|publication-date=May2023-04-04 2019|pages=12–13, 23, 27–30}}</ref> whichByzantine issources notlink properlyEin namedKarem bywith the residence of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, a place not specified in the [[New Testament]].<ref name=":10" /> In around 530 CE, the Christian pilgrim [[De Situ Terrae Sanctae|Theodosius]] places Elizabeth's town at a distance of {{convert|5|miles|spell=in}} from Jerusalem,<ref name="Theodosius">Theodosius, 1893, p. [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028534216#page/n15/mode/1up 10]</ref> which suits Ein Karem.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
 
===Early Islamic period===
Ein Karem was recorded after the [[Early Muslim conquests|Islamic conquest]]. [[Al-Tamimi, the physician]] (d. 990), mentions refers to a church in Ein Karem that was venerated by the Christians, alsoand mentioning an old custom of the [[Jews]] of Ein Karem to make [[wreaths]] from the boughs (branches) ofnotes a wildparticular plant belonging to the mint family ([[Lamiaceae]]) during the Jewish holidayhe ofcollected [[Shavu'ot]]there.<ref>Zohar Amar and Yaron Serri, ''The Land of Israel and Syria as Described by al-Tamimi – Jerusalem Physician of the 10th Century'', Ramat-Gan 2004, p. 26 {{ISBN|965-226-252-8}} (Hebrew)</ref>
 
===Crusader period===
It is mentioned under the name St. Jehan de Bois, "Saint John in the Mountains",<ref name=Sharon155/> during the [[Crusades]]. The Crusaders were the first to build here a [[Church of Saint John the Baptist, Ein Karem, Jerusalem|church dedicated to St John]], rebuilt in the 17th century by the Franciscans and still active today, and [[Moshe Sharon]] considers it as "almost sure" that the Crusaders are the ones who started the tradition of identifying that particular site as St John's birthplace.<ref name="sharon156"/>
 
===Ayyubid and Mamluk periodperiods===
After [[Siege of Jerusalem (1187)|conquering Jerusalem]] in 1187, [[Saladin]] granted the village of Ein Karem to [[Abu Madyan|Abu Maydan]], a renowned [[Sufism|Sufi]] teacher from [[Seville]], [[Andalusia]]. Abu Madyan had fought in the 1187 [[Battle of Hattin]] against the Crusaders before returning to the [[Maghreb]], where he eventually died in [[Tlemcen]], in what is today [[Algeria]]. A document, drafted in Jerusalem in 1320 (720 AH) by Abu Maydan's great-grandson, outlines the [[waqf]]'s holdings, beginning with Ein Karem:<ref name=":10" /><blockquote>''"A village known by the name of Ein Karem, one of the villages adjacent to Jerusalem. This village includes farmed and fallow lands, both cultivated and abandoned, slopes and plains, unproductive bare rock, buildings in ruins, farmhouses, buildings in good repair with their surrounding fields, a little garden, [[Punica protopunica|pomegranate trees]] and other kinds irrigated with water from springs on the property, [[olive]] trees of a “rumi” or western variety, [[Carob|carob trees]], [[Fig|fig trees]], [[Quercus petraea|sessile oaks]], qiqebs (hardwoods). This village is bounded on all sides: to the south by the great [[Malha|Maliha]] (salt pan); to the north by properties belonging to Ein-Kaout, [[Qalunya]], Harash, [[Sataf]], and Zawiya el-Bakhtyari; to the west by Ein Esheshqqaq, and to the east by properties belonging to the Maliha and to Beit Mazmil. This village is established as a waqf, with all attendant rights, appurtenances, fields, cultivated lands, [[threshing floor]]s, loamy earth, with freshwater springs on location, prairies, planted trees, disused wells, vineyards, in a word, with all rights relating thereto, both within and without. However, the mosque, house of God, the path and the cemetery intended for use by Muslims, are not included in the present waqf."<ref name=":10" />''</blockquote>The Waqf Abu Maydan endowment, which included the [[Mughrabi Quarter]] in Jerusalem, has been supported by agricultural and property revenues from the village of Ein Karem until the 1948 war.<ref name=":10" />
A coin from the reign of [[As-Salih Hajji]] (1389 CE.) was found here, together with pottery, glassware and other coins from the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] era.<ref name=Landes>Landes-Nagar, 2017, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=25211&mag_id=125 Jerusalem, ʽEn Kerem]</ref>
 
A coin from the reign of [[As-Salih Hajji]] (1389 CE.) was found here, together with pottery, glassware and other coins from the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] era.<ref name="Landes">Landes-Nagar, 2017, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=25211&mag_id=125 Jerusalem, ʽEn Kerem]</ref>
 
===Ottoman period===
[[File:Vilagio Giovanni - Bruyn Cornelis De - 1714.jpg|thumb|250px|Ain Karim in 1681 by [[Cornelis de Bruijn]]]]
[[File:JerusalemFarWest1870s.jpg|thumb|250px|Ain Karim area in the 1870s]]
Most of the village - some 15,000 [[dunam]]s - was [[waqf]] land set aside charitably to benefit the [[Moroccan Quarter|Moroccan Muslim community]] in Jerusalem, belonging to the endowment established by [[Abu Madyan]] in the 14th century.{{sfn|Kark|Oren-Nordheim|2001|p=212}}
 
In 1517, the village was included in the [[Ottoman empire]] with the rest of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and in the 1596 [[Defter|tax-records]] it appeared as '''Ain Karim'', located in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Jabal Quds of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Al-Quds]]. The village had at this time 29 households, all [[Muslim]]. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, which included wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards, grape syrup/molasse, goats and beehives in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 5,300 [[akçe]]. All of the revenue went to a [[waqf]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 118</ref><ref>NB: Clerical persons, whether Muslim, Jewish or Christian, were not included</ref>
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In the course 17th century, the Franciscans manage to recover the ruins of the church raised by the Crusaders over the traditional birth cave of St. John and, in spite of local Muslim opposition, to rebuild and fortify it as the [[Ein Karem#Monastery of St. John in the Mountains|Monastery of St. John in the Mountains]].
 
Israeli geographer Yehoshua Ben-Arieh described Ein Karem as "the most important village west of Jerusalem" in the 19th century.<ref name=":10" />

[[James Silk Buckingham]] visited in the early 1800s, and found he was "more pleased with this village [...] than with any other place I had yet visited in Palestine."<ref>Buckingham, 1821, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/travelsinpalesti00buckuoft#page/227/mode/1up 227]-229–229</ref>
 
In 1838, ''Ain Karim'' was noted as a Muslim and Latin Christian village in the ''Beni Hasan'' district.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/123/mode/1up 123]</ref><ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 2, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearc00smitgoog#page/n163/mode/1up 141], [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearc00smitgoog#page/n179/mode/1up 157]</ref>
 
In 1863 [[Victor Guérin]] noted a thousand inhabitants "of whom there are barely two hundred and fifty who are Catholics; the others are Muslim."<ref>Guérin, 1868, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongog01gu#page/83/mode/1up 83]-96–96</ref> The ancestors of the latter were held to descend from Maghrabins, that is to say, originating from the [[Maghreb]] (North Africa).<ref name=Guerin84>Guérin, 1868, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongog01gu#page/84/mode/1up 84]</ref> Guérin describes them as rowdy and fanatical, until a few years before his visit having very often attacked the Catholic monks at the Monastery of St John in order to extort from them food and money, a habit that had subsided only lately.<ref name=Guerin84/><ref name=Sharon155/>
 
An official Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that ''Ain Karim'' had 178 houses and a population of 533, though the population count included only men. The population consisted of 412 Muslims in 138 houses, 66 Latin Christians in 18 houses, and 55 Greek Christians in 12 houses.<ref>Socin, 1879, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde01deut#page/143/mode/1up 143]. It was also noted to be in the ''Beni Hasan'' district</ref><ref>Hartmann, 1883, p. [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_BZobAQAAIAAJ#page/n930/mode/1up 122] noted 144 houses</ref>
 
In 1883, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s ''[[PEF Survey of Palestine|Survey of Western Palestine]]'' (SWP) described Ain Karim as: "A flourishing village of about 600 inhabitants, 100 being Latin Christians. It stands on a sort of natural terrace projecting from the higher hills on the east of it, with a broad flat valley below on the west. On the south below the village is a fine spring ('Ain Sitti Miriam), with a vaulted place for prayer over it. The water issues from a spout into a trough."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/19/mode/1up 19]-21–21</ref>
 
In 1896 the population of '''Ain Karim'' was estimated to be about 1,290 persons.<ref>Schick, 1896, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde19deut#page/n232/mode/1up 125]</ref>
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[[File:16-13-Ein Karim-1944.jpg|thumb|left|Ein Karim and the surrounding area in the 1944 [[Survey of Palestine]]]]
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| grid_position = 165/130
| grid_name = [[Palestine grid|Palestine&nbsp;grid]]
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| established_title1 = Date of depopulation
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| established_date1 = 10 and 21 April 1948, 16 July 1948<ref>Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR20 xx], village #360. Also gives the cause for depopulation</ref>
| established_title1 = Date of depopulation
| established_title2 = Repopulated dates
| established_date1 = 10 and 21 April 1948, 16 July 1948<ref>Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR20 xx], village #360. Also gives the cause for depopulation</ref>
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| area_total_dunam = 15,029
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.distancesto.com/elevation/il/ein-karem/history/94416.html Ein Karem Elevation (649.83 M)], on Distancesto.com</ref>
| elevation_m = 650
| population_as_of = 1948<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/_pcbs/jer_b5/tab02-02.aspx Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics] Depopulated Jerusalem Localities of the year 1948 by Selected Variables</ref>
| population_total = 3,689
| blank_name_sec1 = Cause(s) of depopulation
| blank_info_sec1 = Influence of nearby town's fall
| blank1_name_sec1 = Secondary cause
| blank1_info_sec1 = Arab - IsraeliArab–Israeli War
| blank3_name_sec1 = Current Localities
| blank3_info_sec1 = Ein Karem<ref>Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR22 xxii], settlement #107. 1949</ref> [[Beit Zayit]],<ref name=Khalidi273>Khalidi, 1992, p. 273</ref> [[Even Sapir]]<ref name=Khalidi273/>
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In the [[1922 census of Palestine]], conducted by the [[Mandate for Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], the population of 'Ain Karim was 1,735; consisting of 1,282 Muslims and 453 Christians,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n16/mode/1up 14]</ref> increasing in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] to 2,637, in 555 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 39]</ref>
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The 1947 [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]] placed 'Ayn Karim in the Jerusalem enclave intended for [[Corpus separatum (Jerusalem)|international control]].<ref>[http://domino.un.org/maps/m0104_1b.gif UN map of Jerusalem ''Corpus Separatum''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211165142/http://domino.un.org/maps/m0104_1b.gif|date=2006-12-11}}</ref>
 
===1948 Arab-IsraeliArab–Israeli War===
[[File:Ein Kerem 1948.jpg|thumb|Ein Karem, 1948]]
[[File:Ein Karim 1954.jpg|thumb|250px|Ein Karem, 1954]]
 
When the [[1947–1949 Palestine war|1947-1949 Palestine war]] started, 'Ain Karim became a major base of operations against nearby Jewish neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gelber|first=Yoav|year=2006|title=Palestine, 1948: war, escape and the emergence of the Palestinian refugee problem|pages=308}}</ref> In February 1948, the village's 300 guerilla fighters were reinforced by a well-armed [[Arab Liberation Army]] force of mainly [[Syria]]n fighters, and on March 10 a substantial [[Iraq]]i detachment arrived in the village,. This was followed within days by some 160 [[Egypt]]ian fighters. On March 19, the villagers joined their foreign guests in attacking a Jewish convoy on the [[Highway 1 (Israel)|Tel Aviv-JerusalemAviv–Jerusalem road]].<ref>[[Efraim Karsh]], Palestine Betrayed (2010) p182.</ref> Immediately after the [[Deir Yassin massacre|April 1948 massacre]] at the nearby village of [[Deir Yassin]] ({{convert|2|km|order=flip}} to the north), most of the women and children in the village were evacuated.<ref name="Morris" />
 
The village was finally captured by Israeli forces during the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War#Second phase: 8.E2.80.93188–18 July 1948|ten-day campaign of July 1948]]. The remaining residents fled on July 10–11. The Arab Liberation Army forces which had camped in the village left on July 14–16 after Jewish forces captured two dominating hilltops, [[Kiryat HaYovel|Khirbet Beit Mazmil]] and Khirbet al-Hamama, and shelled the village. During its last days, 'Ayn Karim suffered from severe food shortages.<ref name="Morris">Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA436 436], quoting: Entries for 10 and 11 July 1948, General Staff∖OperationsStaff\Operations Logbook, IDFA∖922∖75∖∖1176IDFA\922\75\\1176; and Mordechai Abir, ´'The local Arab Factor in the War of Independence (Jerusalem Area)`18-19' 18–19, IDFA 1046∖70∖185∖∖1046\70\185\\; and Yeruham, `'Arab Information (from 14.7.48)´', 15 July 1948 HA 105∖127aleph105\127aleph.</ref>
 
=== State of Israel ===
[[File:Ein Kerem Panoramic View.jpg|thumb|Ein Karem, 2024]]
After the war ended, Israel incorporated the village into the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem.<ref name="Morris" /> Ein Karem was one of the few depopulated Arab localities which survived the war with most of the buildings intact. The abandoned homes were resettled with new migrants, many of whom [[Mizrahi Jews]] who [[Jewish exodus from the Muslim world|fled from the Arab countries]] who fought the Arab-Israeli War during the war and after it, i.e. Jews from [[Iraqi Jews|Iraq]] and [[Egyptian Jews|Egypt]] but also from [[Yemenite Jews|Yemen]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Over the years, the bucolic atmosphere attracted a population of artisans and craftsmen. Today it is a vibrant bohemian neighborhood of Jerusalem, attracting many artist, young people and tourists.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
 
In 1961, [[Hadassah Medical Center|Hadassah]] built its medical center on a nearby hilltop, including the [[Hadassah Medical Center]] and the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacology.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hadassah opens new pediatric bone marrow transplantation unit - Israel News - Jerusalem Post |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Hadassah-opens-new-pediatric-bone-marrow-transplantation-unit-600729 |access-date=4 October 2019 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref>
 
==Biblical connections==
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{{main|Carem}}
 
Only the [[Septuagint]] translation of the [[Hebrew Bible]], the base for the Christian [[Old Testament]], names a place in the hills of [[Tribe of Judah|Judah]] as "[[Carem]]" ({{Bibleref2bibleverse|Joshua |15:30}}).<ref name=Sharon155/><ref>Guérin, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongog02gu#page/2/mode/1up 2]-3–3</ref>
 
===New Testament===
According to the [[New Testament]], [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]] went "into the hill country, to a city of Judah" ({{Bibleref2bibleverse|Luke |1:39}}) when she visited her cousin [[Elizabeth (Biblical person)|Elizabeth]], the wife of [[Zechariah (priest)|Zechariah]].
 
During the [[Byzantine]] period, Theodosius (530 CE) gives the distance between Jerusalem and the town of Elizabeth as {{convert|5|mi|spell=in}}.<ref name=Theodosius/>
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===Church of the Visitation===
{{Main|Church of the Visitation}}
[[File:ChurchChurchOfTheVisitationFeb142022 of the Visitation IMG 063201.JPGjpg|thumb|120px|[[Church of the Visitation]]]]
The [[Church of the Visitation]], or ''Abbey Church of St John in the Woods'', is located across the village to the southwest from St. John's. The ancient sanctuary there was built against a rock declivity. It is venerated as the ''pietra del nascondimento'', the "stone in which John was concealed," in reference to the [[Protevangelium of James]]. The site is also attributed to John the Baptist's parental summer house, where Mary visited them. The modern church was built in 1955, also on top of ancient church remnants. It was designed by [[Antonio Barluzzi]], an [[Italy|Italian]] architect, who designed many other churches in the Holy Land during the 20th century.<ref>Pringle, 1993, pp. [https://books.google.cacom/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA38 38]–[https://books.google.cacom/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA46 46]</ref>
 
===Monastery of St. John in the Mountains===
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The [[Catholic]] Monastery of St. John ba-Harim (St. John "in the Mountains"<ref name="CasaNova">[https://www.custodia.org/en/news/ain-karem-casa-nova-back The Ain Karem Casa Nova is Back], Custodia Terrae Sanctae, 30 April 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2019</ref> in Hebrew) is centered on a church containing the cave identified by tradition as the birthplace of Saint John the Baptist. The church is built over the remnants of a [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Crusader]] church and its porch stands over the remains of two [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] chapels, both containing [[mosaic]] floors. The current structure received its outlook as the result of the latest large architectural intervention, finished in 1939 under the guidance of the Italian architect, [[Antonio Barluzzi]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091144/http://www.custodia.org/default.asp?id=1884 Ain Karem: Saint John the Baptist], at custodia.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019</ref>
 
In 1941–1942 the Franciscans excavated the area west of the church and monastery. The southernmost of the rock-cut chambers they found can probably be dated to the first century CE.<ref>Abel, 1938, pp. 295f</ref><ref>Pringle, 1993, pp. [https://books.google.cacom/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA30 30]–[https://books.google.cacom/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA38 38]</ref> Some remnants below the southern part of the porch suggests the presence of a ''[[mikve]]'' (Jewish ritual bath) that is dated to the [[Second Temple Period]].
 
The church is mentioned in the ''Book of the Demonstration'', attributed to [[Patriarch Eutychius of Alexandria|Eutychius of Alexandria]] (940): "The church of Bayt Zakariya in the district of [[Aelia Capitolina|Aelia]] bears witness to the visit of Mary to her kinswoman Elizabeth."<ref name="Finegan2014">{{cite book |title= The Archeology of the New Testament: The Life of Jesus and the Beginning of the Early Church |author= Jack Finegan |publisher= Princeton University Press |year= 2014 |edition= revised |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DsABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 |page=4 |access-date=21 May 2019|isbn= 9781400863181 }}</ref>
 
The site of the Crusader church built above the traditional birth cave of St John, destroyed after the departure of the Crusaders, was purchased by [[Custody of the Holy Land|Franciscan custos]], Father [[Thomas of Novara]] in 1621.<ref name=Pringle32>Pringle, 1993, p. [https://books.google.cacom/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA32 32]</ref><ref name=sharon156/> After a decades-long struggle with the Muslim inhabitants, the Franciscans finally managed to rebuild and fortify their church and monastery by the 1690s.<ref>Sharon, 2004, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/9004131973#page/n210/mode/1up 156]-[https://archive.org/stream/9004131973#page/n211/mode/1up 157]</ref><ref>Maundrell, 1703, p. [https://archive.org/stream/gri_journeyfroma00maun#page/n121/mode/1up 92]</ref>
 
===Convent of the Sisters of Zion===
[[File:NotreDameDeSionEinKaremJuly022024 01.jpg|thumb|Convent of the Sisters of Zion]]
[[File:Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne tomb.jpg|thumb|120px|Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne's tomb, Ein Kerem]]
The monastery of ''Les Sœurs de Notre-Dame de Sion'' (Sisters of Our Lady of Zion), built in 1860,<ref name=Sharon155/> was founded by two brothers from France, Theodore[[Marie-Théodore Ratisbonne]] and [[Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne]], who were born Jewish and converted to Christianity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12659a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Maria Alphonse Ratisbonne|website=newadvent.org|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> They established an [[orphanage]] here. Alphonse himself lived in the monastery and is buried in its garden.
 
===Gorny or "Moscobia" Convent===
[[File:GornyMonasteryFeb142022 04.jpg|thumb|Gorny or "Moscobia" Convent]]
The convent was established by the [[Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem|Jerusalem mission]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] in 1871<ref name="sharon156"/> (see also Russian Wikipedia page [[:ru:Горненский монастырь (Эйн-Карем)|''here'']]). The name "Gorny Convent" refers to the visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin St. Elizabeth "into the hill country, to a town in Judah,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1:39-56|title=Bible Gateway passage: Luke 1:39-5639–56 - New International Version|website=Bible Gateway|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> ''gorny'' meaning ''mountainous'' in Russian. It was nicknamed "Muskobiya" (Arabic for [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovite]]) by the local Arab villagers, which mutated in Hebrew to "Moskovia." Apart from the structures serving the nunnery and a pilgrims hostel, it now contains three churches, enclosed within a compound wall. The Church of Our Lady of Kazan (''Kazanskaya'') is dedicated to the holy icon of [[Our Lady of Kazan]] and is the oldest among the three churches, being consecrated in 1873. The Cathedral of All Russian Saints, with its gilded domes, was started before the [[Russian Revolution]] and could only be completed in 2007. The cave church of St. John the Baptist was consecrated in 1987.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}
 
===Mary's Spring===
[[File:EinSpringMosqueEinKeremFeb142022 Karem BW 902.jpg|thumb|150px|Traditional site of Mary's Spring, with the mosque from 1828/29]]
According to a Christian tradition which started in the 14th century, the Virgin Mary drank water from this village spring, and here is also the place where Mary and Elizabeth met. Therefore, since the 14th century the spring is known as the Fountain of the Virgin. The spring waters are considered holy by some Catholic and Orthodox Christian pilgrims who visit the site and fill their bottles. What looks like a spring is actually the end of an ancient aqueduct. The former Arab inhabitants built a [[mosque]] and school on the site, of which a [[Maqam (shrine)]] and [[minaret]] still remain. An inscribed panel to the courtyard of the mosque dates it to 1828-18291828–1829 CE ([[Hijri year|AH]] 1244).<ref>Petersen, 2001 pp. [https://www.academia.edu/21619490/Gazetteer_3._A-C 100-103100–103]</ref> The spring was repaired and renovated by Baron [[Edmond de Rothschild]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiuli.com/track_info.asp?lng=eng&track_id=91|title=ירושלים עין כרם - אתר טיולי|first=אתר|last=טיולי|website=tiuli.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>
 
According to a Christian tradition which started in the 14th century, the Virgin Mary drank water from this village spring, and here is also the place where Mary and Elizabeth met. Therefore, since the 14th century the spring is known as the Fountain of the Virgin. The spring waters are considered holy by some Catholic and Orthodox Christian pilgrims who visit the site and fill their bottles. What looks like a spring is actually the end of an ancient aqueduct. The former Arab inhabitants built a [[mosque]] and school on the site, of which a [[Maqam (shrine)]] and [[minaret]] still remain. An inscribed panel to the courtyard of the mosque dates it to 1828-1829 CE ([[Hijri year|AH]] 1244).<ref>Petersen, 2001 pp. [https://www.academia.edu/21619490/Gazetteer_3._A-C 100-103]</ref> The spring was repaired and renovated by Baron [[Edmond de Rothschild]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiuli.com/track_info.asp?lng=eng&track_id=91|title=ירושלים עין כרם - אתר טיולי|first=אתר|last=טיולי|website=tiuli.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>
 
===St. Vincent===
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===Monastery of St. John in the Wilderness===
[[File:MonasteryOfSt.ohnInTheWildernessFeb122022 04.jpg|thumb|[[Monastery of Saint John in the Wilderness]]]]
The [[Monastery of St. John in the Wilderness]], containing a cave associated with the saint, is located close to Ein Karem and [[Moshav]] [[Even Sapir]].
 
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*[[Shlomo Aronson (landscape architect)|Shlomo Aronson]] (1936–2018), Israeli landscape architect
*[[Erel Margalit]] (born 1961), Israeli high-tech and social entrepreneur
*[[Naomi Henrik]] (1920-20181920–2018), Israeli sculptor
 
==See also==
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*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|author-link=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Centre}}
*{{cite journal | last = Hartmann | first =M.| author-link = Martin Hartmann | title = Die Ortschaftenliste des Liwa Jerusalem in dem türkischen Staatskalender für Syrien auf das Jahr 1288 der Flucht (1871) |journal = Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins | volume = 6 | pages = 102–149 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_BZobAQAAIAAJ | year = 1883}}
*{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth|first2=KamalK. | last2=Abdulfattah |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ |year= 1977 |publisher= Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft |isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
*{{cite book |title= Jerusalem and Its Environs: Quarters, Neighborhoods, Villages, 1800-19481800–1948
| last1 = Kark | first1 = R.
| author-link1 =Ruth Kark
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*{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|author-link=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}
*{{cite book |last= Petersen |first= Andrew |title= A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology)|url=https://www.academia.edu/21619490 |volume= 1 |year= 2001 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-727011-0}}
*{{cite book|title= The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A-KA–K (excluding Acre and Jerusalem)| volume =I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ| last= Pringle |first= D.|author-link=Denys Pringle|year=1993|isbn=0-521-39036-2 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}
*{{cite journal |last=Radashkovsky |first=Igal|date= 2018-02-27 |url=http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=25407&mag_id=126 |title=Jerusalem, 'En Kerem |publisher=Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel |number=130}}
*{{cite journal |last=Re'em|first=Amit|date= 2016-06-05|url=http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=24988&mag_id=124 |title=Jerusalem, 'En Kerem |publisher=Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel |number=128}}
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*{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838 |location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}}
*{{cite journal | last = Schick | first =C.| author-link = Conrad Schick | title = Zur Einwohnerzahl des Bezirks Jerusalem | journal = Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins | volume = 19 | pages = 120–127 |url=https://archive.org/details/zeitschriftdesde19deut | year = 1896}}
*{{cite journal |author= Schick C. |author-link= Conrad Schick |title= Ancient Rock-cut Wine-presses at 'Ain Karim |journal= Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund |volume= 31 |pages= [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme31pale#page/41/mode/1up 41]–42 |url=https://archive.org/details/quarterlystateme31pale |year= 1899}}
*{{cite journal | author = Schick C. | author-link=Conrad Schick | title = The birthplace of St. John the Baptist| journal = Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund | volume = 37 | pages = [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme37pale#page/61/mode/1up 61]–69 |url=https://www.archive.org/details/quarterlystateme37pale | year = 1905}}
*{{cite book|title=Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, D-FD–F|volume= 3 |url=https://archive.org/details/9004131973 |first=M.|last=Sharon|author-link=Moshe Sharon |year=2004|publisher=BRILL|isbn= 90-04-13197-3}}
*{{cite journal | last = Socin | first =A.| author-link = Albert Socin | title = Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem | journal = Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins | volume = 2 | pages = 135–163 |url=https://archive.org/details/zeitschriftdesde01deut | year = 1879}}
*{{cite book|last=Theodosius|year=1893|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028534216|title=Theodosius (A.D. 530) |publisher=[[Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society]] }}
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==Further reading==
* Olivier Rota, « L’exodeL'exode arabe d’Eïnd'Eïn-Kerem en 1948. La relation des événements par les sœurs de Notre-Dame de Sion, St. Jean in Montana », in Tsafon, n°46, winter 2003, pp.&nbsp;179–195.
 
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