Jerusalem Forest

The Jerusalem Forest is a municipal pine forest located in the Judean Mountains on the outskirts of Jerusalem. It is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Beit HaKerem, Yefe Nof, Ein Kerem, Har Nof and Givat Shaul, and a moshav, Beit Zeit. The forest was planted during the 1950s by the Jewish National Fund, financed by private donors. History In the early years of the state, Jewish National Fund planted thousands of trees along the western edge of Jerusalem, creating a green belt. The first tree of…