Ra'anana neighbourhoods compared: north and south, old and new

Ra'anana is compact, but the feel changes a lot from one neighbourhood to the next. There is no official neighbourhood map with boundaries, so I have used the municipality's own grouping and the few write-ups I could check. Try the neighbourhood matcher to sort them by what matters to you.

The big picture

• Religious north, secular south. NBN says the religious community is concentrated in the north of the city and the secular community in the south (NBN (opens in a new tab)).
• Where olim live. NBN names the areas around the Ariel, Bilu and Yavne schools as popular with olim (NBN (opens in a new tab)).
• A city of immigrants. About 22% of residents are immigrants (Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)). Most residents are secular, with a sizeable, mainly Modern Orthodox religious community, many of them from the US, UK, South Africa and France, and many shuls serve a particular immigrant group.

Why I use the WhatsApp groups as the map

The city publishes no neighbourhood map with boundaries. The best official list is its set of per-neighbourhood WhatsApp communities: Kiryat Sharet, Neve Zemer, Lev HaPark and Neot Uzi, Neot Sade, Rasco (Kiryat Ben Zvi), Kiryat Golomb/Shazar/Remez, HaPrachim and Rom 2000, Shikun Asher/Kiryat Ganim/2003, 2004 and 2008, Lester-Tzipman, the south-east (Kazan) and HaMe'ah (municipality, WhatsApp communities (opens in a new tab)). Joining your neighbourhood's group is also the fastest way to hear about local events and road works.

North and west

• Kiryat Sharet (north-west) is older, with a strong traditional, Sephardi and Yemenite shul life: the municipal shul list puts more than a dozen shuls here. It has the Keshet community centre, a mikvah and a post office (municipality, religious services (opens in a new tab)).
• Neve Zemer is a newer northern neighbourhood with music-themed street names, Neve Zemer and Li-Or elementary schools, the Meitarim six-year school and a small commercial centre on Sasha Argov (municipality, elementary schools (opens in a new tab)).
• Lev HaPark and Neot Uzi border Ra'anana Park, with the city sports and swimming complex and the tennis centre (Wikipedia, Ra'anana Park (opens in a new tab); municipality, sports centres (opens in a new tab)). Ra'anana West station is close by.
• Rasco (Kiryat Ben Zvi) and Neot Sade are in the north, near Renanim Mall and the commercial centres (Ynet, 2015).
• HaPrachim and Rom 2000 are south-western neighbourhoods near the park, with TALI and Paamonim elementary schools and Aviv high school (municipality, elementary schools (opens in a new tab)).

The centre

• Kiryat David Remez is a large, established central neighbourhood of villas, private homes and 3-6 storey buildings, with a religious section and an older, affluent population. That description is from 2015, so treat it as background (Ynet (opens in a new tab)).
• Shikun Asher and Kiryat Ganim sit between Migdal and Yerushalayim streets, close to Hadar and Yavne schools.
• The centre-south, from Brenner to Moshe Dayan, is older streets just south of Ahuza, near Bilu and Ostrovsky schools and the Great Synagogue.

East

• Lester and Tzipman (north-east) is home to Beit Knesset Ohel Ari, about 250 families with many English- and French-speaking olim (Ohel Ari (opens in a new tab)).
• Neighbourhoods 2004 and 2008 are newer planned areas in the east, around Ariel school, one of the three school areas NBN names for olim.
• The south-east (Kazan) is near Highway 4, the Ra'anana Junction bus terminal and Ra'anana South station (Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)).

What it costs

A relocation agency's November 2025 figures put rents at roughly NIS 6,500-8,000 a month in the east and NIS 9,500-11,000 in the west. These are a broker's rough zones, not official data (welcome-israel.com (opens in a new tab)). More in the renting and buying guide.