Hadera is a city of approximately 80,000 people along the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal plain, 45 kilometers north of Tel Aviv and roughly the same distance south of Haifa. The city’s jurisdiction covers 53,000 dunams, which makes it the country’s fourth largest city in terms of area. Hadera was founded in 1891 by Eastern European immigrants [...]
Type of Community: City Region: Center Religious Percent: 15 English Speaking Percent: 5 One of Israel’s truly beautiful seaside resorts is also an eclectic mix of Jewish ethnicities. Named for American philanthropist Nathan Strauss, the 80 year-old city has a wide mix of nationalities and tourists: 30% of the city’s population are Olim from many [...]
Considered to be the Manhattan or London of Israel,Tel Aviv is the city that never sleeps. It is Israel’s center of the arts, finance, law, and business, and it offers a wide variety of lifestyles, cultures and around- the-clock places of interest to visit. Local Employment Tel Aviv is the financial center of the country [...]
Type of Community: City Region: Center Religious Percent: 30 English Speaking Percent: 5 Established by ultra-Orthodox from Jerusalem in 1878, Petah Tikva still follows many Jerusalem customs. Today, Petah Tikva includes 50 neighborhoods, among them Kfar Avraham, Neve Oz, and Kfar Gannim** — the latter of which is home to many Anglos. Slated to grow [...]
Type of Community: Yishuv Region: Center Religious Percent: 100 English Speaking Percent: 45 There are few yishuvim that are as centrally located as Hashmonaim, a 20 year-old yishuv that is a popular destination for religious, English-speaking Olim. The community is warm, close-knit, and offers a multi-cultural experience in a small-town atmosphere. Education / Youth There [...]
Type of Community: City Region: Modi’in Religious Percent: 20 English Speaking Percent: 10 Before 1996, Modi’in existed only in the dreams of its government promoters and the imagination of its designer, famed architect Moshe Safdi. This fact is remarkable, considering that Modi’in now has over 80,000 residents. While planned as a primarily secular city, Modi’in’s [...]
Caesarea is a beautiful seaside community located halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa. There is a strong community spirit in the town, and many projects have been organized to strengthen the residents’ sense of belonging. For example, in the “Fish Project,” residents were invited to decorate huge concrete fish in ways that demonstrate the qualities [...]
Type of Community: Yishuv Region: Center Religious Percent: 15 Tzur Hadassah, named after the Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization of America, was founded in 1965. It is nestled in the hills of the Jerusalem corridor and is surrounded by several national parks and other small towns. The lifestyle is similar to that of a yishuv; there [...]
Type of Community: Yishuv Region: Center Religious Percent: 30 English Speaking Percent: 15 The town of Tel Mond is proof that it is possible to find a bedroom community, with lovely private homes, clean public areas, and a true sense of community. Founded over 80 years ago as a Yemenite village, Tel Mond has in [...]
Type of Community: City Region: Center Religious Percent: 30 English Speaking Percent: 15 Ra’anana was founded in the early 1920s as agricultural settlement by a group of New Yorkers. Since that time, the City of Ra’anana has only grown in popularity among Jews from North America and the rest of the world. Ra’anana’s population has [...]
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