Religious Ra'anana
The City of Ra'anana has an enormous amount to offer the Torah observant Jew. While it is not quite Yerushalayim yet, it has made remarkable strides in the last few years towards becoming a city that provides the institutions, atmosphere, programs and general Yiddishkeit which make living a fulfilled Torah Life eminently attainable.

Here are some of the facts:

POPULATION 75,000
RELIGIOUS POPULATION 20,000
ENGLISH-SPEAKERS 11,000

Shuls

Approximately 80 ranging from Haredi through Habad to Yemenite, Sephardi, Carlebach and on to Modern Orthodox.
Several shuls have large Anglo populations and some of those are served by English-speaking Rabbanim:
KINOR DAVID(CARLEBACH)

RABBI ZVI KOREN
SHIVTEI ISRAEL

RABBI DANIEL BELLER
MERKAZ KLITA

RABBI KALMAN GROSS
KOLLEL MINYAN

RABBI DAVID SIMON

and more
The MASORTI SHUL Caters to approximately 100 families
The REFORM SHUL Also caters to approximately 100 families
Educational Institutions

* Kindergartens- Approximately 18. Ranging, once again, from Haredi through Habad and on to National Religious and Reform
* Elementary Schools- 3 State Religious Schools (Mamlachti-Dati)

and

3 Private Religious Schools

* Junior High & High Schools
o For Boys -
+ Yeshivat Bnei Akiva
+ Yeshivat Kfar Batyah
+ High School for Science & Technology
o For Girls
+
Amit Renanim
+
Ulpanat Tzvia (in nearby Herzlia)
+
Ulpanat Amana (in nearby Kfar Saba)
 

Informal Education

* There are three religious Youth Movements, catering for boys and girls of school-going age. Probably the most popular is Benei Akiva and there are also Ezra and Religious Scouts

Post High School Education

* Yeshivat Hesder. Relatively new to Ra'anana, the Yeshiva caters for young men who have qualified to devote part of their extended Army Service to Yeshiva Limud.
* There are four Kollelim in Ra'anana at present:
o the Kfar Batya Kollel
o the Rav Schiff Kollel
o the Kollel of the Clevelander Rebbe and
o the Ra'anana Community Kollel for English-speakers

Each Kollel tailors its learning program to the needs of the segment of the population that it serve

MaTaN

Programs that cater for the ladies in the community. Once again the learning is tailored to the requirements of the 400-500 participants (Hebrew and English).

In addition to the above, most of the shuls have their own learning programs for men and women and these are supplemented by visiting lecturers brought in by the Municipality and other Organizations.

What about five years down the line? Without posing as prophets, there is every reason to believe that religious life in Ra'anana will improve qualitatively and quantitatively at an ever-increasing pace!

Published as a Service to the (immigrant?) Community

By

ANGLO-SAXON REAL ESTATE RA'ANANA

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Mark
On
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