Located near Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

[1] The name of the village is from a verse in the Bible, prophet Micah 6:2:[2] "Listen, you enduring foundations of the earth".

Today Eitanim is a psychiatric hospital that specializes in acute emergency cases.

It operates as a branch of Kfar Shaul and the Jerusalem Mental Health Center.

[4] Eitanim is the only psychiatric hospital in Israel with an entire ward dedicated to the treatment of severe autism in adults.