People and places
The stories of Rosh Pina.
Homes, streets and memorial sites.
The people who left something of themselves here.
Alter Schwartz
An ordinary man who clung with all his might to the soil of Gai Oni, enduring the indignity of hunger, as well as cold and deadly diseases. The heroic survival story of a stubborn pioneer whose steadfastness made Rosh Pina possible.
Gideon Mer
The professor from Rosh Pina who injected himself and his family with the malaria virus to save tens of thousands of settlers. The relentless war against the deadly swamps that transformed settlement in the region and made the establishment of the state possible.
Yitzhak Epstein
The modest Galilean teacher who dared to speak aloud at the Zionist Congress about the unsettling truth of “the hidden question.” A devoted linguist who dedicated his life to Hebrew education and foresaw the national conflict long before anyone else.
4 place links in this collection
- Rosh Pina, Alter Schwartz Hotel
- Grave of Gideon Mer, Rosh Pinna Cemetery
- Professor Gideon Mar's House, Rosh Pina
- School in Rosh Pina