In 1887 the Walker family returned to the UK, via Palestine, partly at the urging of Robert Roberts to supervise the progress of funds Christadelphians were giving to the Laurence Oliphant's appeal for the Rosh Pinna Jewish settlement at Al-Ja'una.
The Jewish Rosh Pinna colony accommodated 24 Romanian and 4 Russian Jewish families making a total of 140 people.
Rosh Hashanah | Rosh Hashanah (Talmud) | Rosh Pinna | Rosh haShanah | Pinna nobilis | Live specimen of ''Pinna nobilis'', in Levanto, Liguria |
As part of its agreement to operate the route, the airline agreed that IDF personnel would be allowed to fly from Tel Aviv to Rosh Pinna for free.