Retirees
Retiring to Ra'anana
Ra'anana has a busy municipal Golden Club for over-60s on Ahuza Street, with English lessons, bridge, sport and Monday-morning lectures in English at Yad Lebanim. ESRA's Ra'anana branch brings English-speaking retirees together for social activities and volunteering.
Retirees
Start here
6 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Join the Golden Club
The municipal club for over-60s at 2 Ofsterland St offers sport, folk dancing, bridge, English lessons, art, choir, computer classes and trips. Office: Sun-Thu 08:30-13:00, plus some afternoons (tel. 09-7610604).
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Go to the Monday English lectures
The municipal box office lists a weekly Monday-morning lecture series in English for senior citizens at the Yad Lebanim auditorium.
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Meet English speakers through ESRA
ESRA Gold's Ra'anana branch runs social and cultural activities and volunteering for English-speaking retirees.
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Volunteer
ESRA's Ra'anana volunteers tutor English, befriend lonely people and staff the secondhand English bookshop; the city also has a volunteers' WhatsApp community.
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Borrow medical equipment
Yad Sarah's Ra'anana branch lends wheelchairs, walkers and home medical equipment.
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Know your rights
Kol Zchut explains the rights and benefits of senior citizens in Israel.
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Guides
Read next
- Health funds, doctors and urgent care in Ra'ananaThe four kupot in Ra'anana, the nearest hospital, where to go at night and on Shabbat, duty pharmacies, and English-speaking doctors.
- Shabbat in Ra'anana: candle lighting, the eruv, shuls and what is openRa'anana's candle lighting at 20 minutes before sunset (Hebcal's standard for Israel), the connected eruv, around 70 shuls including English-speaking ones, mikvaot, and the Shabbat pharmacy.
- Getting around Ra'anana: trains, buses, the free weekend bus and taxisRa'anana's two Sharon-line stations, the main bus lines to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and the airport (from the October 2026 timetable), Rav-Kav and planners, Shabbat, taxis and bike paths.
Good to know
For the Monday English lectures, tickets are sold on the morning at the hall entrance.
Community groups
Where people talk
- City updates from Ra'anana MunicipalityWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Courses, workshops, lectures and trainingWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Culture and leisure in Ra'ananaWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- ESRA Befrienders weekly meet-up (Ra'anana)Website or forum · ESRA
- ESRA Gold Ra'anana branchWebsite or forum · ESRA
- Emergency and security (Ra'anana)WhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
Source
- raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- tickets.raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- esra.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- esra.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- yad-sarah.net (opens in a new tab)
- kolzchut.org.il (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Ra'anana from the sources above.
