Students & lone soldiers
Students, gap year and lone soldiers
Ra'anana has a municipal Young Adults Complex for ages 18-40, which the city calls the largest of its kind in Israel. It runs a page for young olim, a soldier guidance unit and city scholarships. Benji's House, a purpose-built home for lone combat soldiers, is on the edge of the city.
Students & lone soldiers
Start here
7 steps, in the order most people take them.
- 1
Visit the Young Adults Complex
Events, courses, study spaces, career help and rights advice for young adults, including a page for young olim (18-35).
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Get free study counselling
The complex offers free academic counselling for young residents.
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Apply for a city scholarship
The municipality runs a social-involvement scholarship for students.
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Lone soldiers: Benji's House
The Benji Hillman Foundation runs a home for lone combat soldiers with rooms, meals and laundry.
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Lone soldiers and Sherut Leumi: NBN programmes
NBN runs a Lone Soldiers Program and a programme for lone Bnot Sherut.
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Use the soldier guidance unit
The municipal unit at City Hall, 103 Ahuza St, guides pre-army youth, soldiers and discharged soldiers.
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Get out on weekends
The free 723 bus runs to Tel Aviv's nightlife areas and beaches on Friday evenings and Saturdays.
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Guides
Read next
- 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.
- Renting and buying in Ra'anana: prices, purchase tax and the paperwork orderRough rents and prices by area of Ra'anana, the olim purchase-tax brackets, where listings are posted, and why to sign the lease before you register for school.
Good to know
The Young Adults Complex is the first stop for most things: scholarships, rights for discharged soldiers and young olim, and the student WhatsApp community.
Community groups
Where people talk
- City updates from Ra'anana MunicipalityWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Emergency and security (Ra'anana)WhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Ra'anana students communityWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Soldiers and discharged soldiers (Ra'anana)WhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Volunteers Ra'ananaWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Young Ra'anana (Young Adults Complex) Facebook pageFacebook · Ra'anana Municipality (Young Adults Complex)
Source
- raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- benjihillman.org (opens in a new tab)
- nbn.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Ra'anana from the sources above.
