Religious Ra'anana
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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:
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POPULATION 75,000
RELIGIOUS POPULATION 20,000
ENGLISH-SPEAKERS 11,000
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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:
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KINOR DAVID(CARLEBACH)
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RABBI ZVI KOREN
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SHIVTEI ISRAEL
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RABBI DANIEL BELLER
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MERKAZ KLITA
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RABBI KALMAN GROSS
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KOLLEL MINYAN
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RABBI DAVID SIMON
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and more
| The MASORTI SHUL |
Caters to approximately 100 families |
| The REFORM SHUL |
Also caters to approximately 100 families |
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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
- For Boys -
- Yeshivat Bnei Akiva
- Yeshivat Kfar Batyah
- High School for Science & Technology
- For Girls
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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
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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:
- the Kfar Batya Kollel
- the Rav Schiff Kollel
- the Kollel of the Clevelander Rebbe and
- 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
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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!
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Published as a Service to the (immigrant?) Community
By
ANGLO-SAXON REAL ESTATE RA'ANANA
For further information, please contact
Mark
On
972 9 7744133 or at mark@angloraanana.com
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