James Finn

In 1853[dubious – discuss] 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.

In 1855, he employed Jewish labourers to build a home for himself there, now located in Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood.

Finn also helped establish an experimental farm for poverty-stricken Jews from Jerusalem in the village of Artas outside Bethlehem.

His insolvency and clashes with Samuel Gobat, the Protestant Bishop of Jerusalem, also contributed to his removal.

James Finn at the entrance to Abraham's Vineyard (Kerem Avraham)