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Pick what matters to you and see which neighbourhoods fit best. A starting point, not a ranking: walk the streets on a weekday and on Shabbat before you decide.
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- Kiryat SharetOlder north-western neighbourhood with a strong traditional, Sephardi and Yemenite shul life (more than a dozen shuls on the city list), the Keshet community centre and its own mikvah and post office.Places listed here: 4
- Neve ZemerNewer northern neighbourhood with music-themed street names, Neve Zemer and Li-Or elementary schools, the Meitarim six-year school, a sports hall and a small commercial centre on Sasha Argov.Places listed here: 10
- Lev HaPark & Neot UziWestern neighbourhood beside Ra'anana Park, with the city sports and swimming complex, the tennis centre, the Lev HaPark community centre and a short ride to Ra'anana West station.Places listed here: 6
- Kiryat Ben Zvi (Rasco)Northern neighbourhood around the Ben Zvi community centre, with a yearly neighbourhood fair. Renanim Mall and the commercial centres are close by to the north-east.Places listed here: 2
- Neot SadeNorthern neighbourhood next to Rasco, near Renanim Mall. The Sha'ar HaRachamim (Yemenite) shul is here.
- Kiryat David RemezLarge, established central neighbourhood of villas, private homes and 3-6 storey buildings, with a religious section and schools, the education campus and the municipal pool close by.
- Kiryat Golomb / ShazarCentral-northern belt between Weizman and Migdal streets, close to Dekel and HaYovel schools and the city's historic core.
- HaPrachim & Rom 2000South-western neighbourhoods near Ra'anana Park, with TALI and Paamonim elementary schools and Aviv high school.Places listed here: 1
- Shikun Asher & Kiryat GanimWestern-central streets between Migdal and Yerushalayim, close to Hadar and Yavne schools. NBN names the Yavne school area as one that olim cluster around.
- Neighbourhoods 2004 & 2008Newer planned neighbourhoods in the east, named after their plan numbers. Ariel school is here, and NBN names it among the schools olim cluster around.
- Lester & TzipmanNorth-eastern streets around Ravutsky and Tzipman. Beit Knesset Ohel Ari (about 250 families, many of them English- and French-speaking olim) and the HaShachar community centre are here.Places listed here: 2
- South-east (Kazan)South-eastern streets near Highway 4, the Ra'anana Junction bus terminal and Ra'anana South station, with Yonatan middle school and the early-childhood centre on Kazan St.
- Centre-south (Brenner to Moshe Dayan)Older streets just south of Ahuza, near Bilu and Ostrovsky schools and the Great Synagogue. NBN names Bilu among the schools olim cluster around.Places listed here: 4
- HaMe'ahHas its own municipal WhatsApp community. I haven't found an official description yet, so ask locals before you decide.
- Kfar BatyaA youth-village campus on the western side of the city, home to AMIT Kfar Batya high school, Noam religious elementary school and a community minyan. Mostly schools, not homes.Places listed here: 3
