Most of Ra'anana's food shopping happens on one long street and in two malls. This is the short version, with the hours and the kashrut rules as I found them.
How kashrut certification works here
Under the 1983 law against kashrut fraud, only the Chief Rabbinate certifies kashrut, through the local rabbinate. In Ra'anana that is the Religious Council's kashrut department (18 Klausner St, 09-743-1356), which also has a phone and WhatsApp line. It publishes a searchable list of certified places, split into "regular" and "Mehadrin" (Religious Council, kashrut (opens in a new tab); kashrut list (opens in a new tab)). See the listing.
In the directory I show each place's certification exactly as the council lists it, and you can filter by it under restaurants and groceries and bakeries.
Ahuza Street: the kosher strip
The council's list has dozens of certified places on Ahuza between roughly number 68 and number 198. Other clusters are in the HaCharoshet/HaMelacha industrial zone and at Neve Zemer (23 Sasha Argov) (kashrut list (opens in a new tab)).
The malls
- Renanim Mall (2 HaMelacha): Sunday-Thursday 10:00-21:30, Friday 09:00-15:00. On Motzei Shabbat it opens 45 minutes after Shabbat ends and stays open until 22:30 (winter hours). It has 2,300 free parking spaces (Renanim (opens in a new tab)).
- Azrieli Ra'anana (formerly Mall HaPark, 267 Ahuza): open seven days a week. Its Tiv Taam supermarket is open 24/7 and is not kosher-certified (Azrieli Malls (opens in a new tab)).
Secondhand
ESRA runs Picki, a charity secondhand and vintage shop at 29 HaNegev, and a secondhand English bookshop at 124 Ahuza (ESRA (opens in a new tab)). See Picki and the bookshop.
Gemachs
The Religious Council publishes a list of the city's gemachs (Religious Council (opens in a new tab)). I have added the ones I could check to the gemachs section.
What I have not found yet
I found no source I could verify for a grocery that specialises in American or French products. If you know one, tell me and I will check it and add it.
