# Eitanim

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{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Eitanim
| hebname = אֵיתָנִים
|arname=إيتانيم
| image = EitanimApr022023.jpg
| imgsize = 250
| founded = 1950
| founded_by = 
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = jerusalem
| council = [Mateh Yehuda](/source/Mateh_Yehuda_Regional_Council)
| population = {{Israel populations|Etanim}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| pushpin_map=Israel jerusalem#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position = left
|coordinates = {{coord|31|46|44|N|35|5|43|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}

'''Eitanim''' ({{langx|he|אֵיתָנִים|lit="steadfast"}}) is a [psychiatric hospital](/source/psychiatric_hospital) in central [Israel](/source/Israel). Located near [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), it falls under the jurisdiction of [Mateh Yehuda Regional Council](/source/Mateh_Yehuda_Regional_Council). In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Etanim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

==Etymology==
The name of the village is from a verse in the Bible, prophet {{bibleverse|Micah|6:2}}:<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.156, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)<br>Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.4, {{ISBN|965-220-423-4}} {{in lang|he}}</ref> "Listen, you ''enduring'' foundations of the earth".

==History==
Until 1948, there was a village in the area by the name of  [Dayr 'Amr](/source/Dayr_'Amr).<ref>{{Cite book |first=Walid |last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |title=All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 |date=1992 |publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies |isbn=978-0-88728-224-9 |language=en}}</ref> In 1942 an agricultural school was established there for Arab orphans of the [1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine](/source/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine). In 1950 a hospital for people with [tuberculosis](/source/tuberculosis) was founded on the site.

Today Eitanim is a psychiatric hospital that specializes in acute emergency cases. It operates as a branch of [Kfar Shaul](/source/Kfar_Shaul) and the Jerusalem Mental Health Center. The compound has separate facilities for men and women.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/magazine/inside-eitanim-psychiatric-hospital-569096 Inside Eitanim psychiatric hospital]</ref> Eitanim is the only psychiatric hospital in Israel with an entire ward dedicated to the treatment of severe autism in adults.<ref>[https://www.kkl-jnf.org/about-kkl-jnf/green-israel-news/september-2020/healing-gardens-planned-for-eitanim-psychiatric-hospital/ Healing Gardens Planned for Eitanim Psychiatric Hospital]</ref>

==Broadcasting station==
On Etamin, there is also a broadcasting station with multiple towers. The tallest of them is 110 metres (360&nbsp;ft) tall and additionally guyed. It is among other used for broadcasting the following radio programmes in the FM-range.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Frequency !! Polarisation !! Station !! Power
|-
| 87.6&nbsp;MHz || v || KAN 88 || 40&nbsp;kW
|-
| 88.8&nbsp;MHz || v || MaKan || 40&nbsp;kW
|- 
| 91.3&nbsp;MHz || v || KAN Kol HaMusika || 40&nbsp;kW 
|-
| 91.8&nbsp;MHz || v || Galgalatz || 40&nbsp;kW
|-
| 92.5&nbsp;MHz || v || KAN Reshet Moreshet || 40&nbsp;kW 
|-
| 93&nbsp;MHz || v || Radio Kol Chai MHz || 3.2&nbsp;kW 
|-
| 95.5&nbsp;MHz || v || KAN Bet || 40&nbsp;kW
|-
| 96.6&nbsp;MHz || v || Galei Zahal (Galatz) || 40&nbsp;kW
|-
| 97.8&nbsp;MHz || v || KAN Gimmel || 40&nbsp;kW
|-
| 100.3&nbsp;MHz || v || KAN Reka || 5&nbsp;kW
|-
| 105.1&nbsp;MHz || v || KAN Tarbut || 40&nbsp;kW 
|}

==See also==
*[Health care in Israel](/source/Health_care_in_Israel)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}}
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Category:Villages in Israel
Category:Psychiatric hospitals in Israel
Category:Populated places established in 1950
Category:Hospitals established in 1950
Category:1950 establishments in Israel
Category:Buildings and structures in Jerusalem District

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