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James Finn (1806–1872) was a British Consul in Jerusalem , in the then Ottoman Empire (1846–1863). He arrived in 1845 with his wife Elizabeth Anne Finn . Finn was a devout Christian, who belonged to the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews , but who did not engage in missionary work during his years in Jerusalem. James Finn at the entrance to Abraham's Vineyard (Kerem Avraham) Finn was a writer and philanthropist. He was a great believer in productivity , an ideology that was very much in vogue at the time, and in 1853 purchased for £250 Karm al-Khalil (Arabic for "Abraham's Vineyard", lit. "vineyard of the loved one ", which in Hebrew became Kerem Avraham ) a barren piece of land outside the walls of the Old City . Kerem Avraham was established as a training farm for Jews in agriculture and to become productive citizens. Finn employed Jewish labourers to build the first house there in 1855. Cisterns for water storage were built and a soap factory was established which produced high quality soap sold to tourists. He helped establish an experimental farm, initially meant for the poverty-stricken Jews from Jerusalem, at the village of Artas outside Bethlehem . Finn was removed from his post in 1863. His superiors believed he had become too personally involved in local affairs. His insolvency and clashes with Samuel Gobat , the Protestant Bishop of Jerusalem , also contributed to his removal.¹

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James Finn was a British Consul in the 1850s in Jerusalem in the then Ottoman Empire . His wife was Elizabeth Anne Finn , a writer and philanthropist who helped establish the experimental farm at the village of Artas outside Bethlehem .

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James Finn was a British Consul in Jerusalem , in the then Ottoman Empire (1846–1863). He arrived in 1845 with his wife Elizabeth Anne Finn . Finn was a devout Christian, who belonged to the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews , but who did not engage in missionary work during his years in Jerusalem. Finn was a writer and philanthropist. He was a great believer in productivity , an ideology that was very much in vogue at the time, and in 1853 purchased for £250 Karm al-Khalil (Arabic for "Abraham's Vineyard", lit. "vineyard of the loved one", which in Hebrew became Kerem Avraham ) a barren piece of land outside the walls of the Old City. Kerem Avraham was established as a training farm for Jews in agriculture and to become productive citizens. Finn employed Jewish laborers to build the first house there in 1855. Cisterns for water storage were built and a soap factory was established which produced high quality soap sold to tourists.

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James Finn (1806–1872) was a British Consul in Jerusalem , in the then Ottoman Empire (1846–1863). He arrived in 1845 with his wife Elizabeth Anne Finn . Finn was a devout Christian, who belonged to the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews , but who did not engage in missionary work during his years in Jerusalem. Finn was a writer and philanthropist. He was a great believer in productivity , an ideology that was very much in vogue at the time, and in 1853 purchased for £250 Karm al-Khalil (Arabic for "Abraham's Vineyard", lit. "vineyard of the loved one", which in Hebrew became Kerem Avraham ) a barren piece of land outside the walls of the Old City. Kerem Avraham was established as a training farm for Jews in agriculture and to become productive citizens. Finn employed Jewish labourers to build the first house there in 1855. Cisterns for water storage were built and a soap factory was established which produced high quality soap sold to tourists. He helped establish the experimental farm at the village of Artas outside Bethlehem . Finn was removed from his post in 1863. His superiors believed he had become too personally involved in local affair. His insolvency and clashes with Samuel Gobat , the Protestant Bishop of Jerusalem , also contributed to his removal.

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James Finn (1806–1872) was a British Consul in Jerusalem , in the then Ottoman Empire (1846–1863).

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