עולים חדשים
חדשים באפרת וגוש עציון? מתחילים כאן
Efrat and the Gush have large English-speaking communities: Nefesh B'Nefesh names Neve Daniel, Elazar, Alon Shvut, Tekoa and Bat Ayin as Gush communities with many olim. Efrat's council has an aliyah department, and the regional council has its own olim team.

עולים חדשים
מתחילים כאן
6 צעדים, בסדר שבו רוב האנשים עושים אותם.
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Talk to the aliyah department first
Efrat's council asks new olim and returning residents to contact its Aliyah Department before registering children for gan or school.
למעבר - 2
Register for school
Registration goes by your Population Registry address. If you have not updated it yet, use the council's new or future resident forms; late registration is only into free places.
למעבר - 3
Find Hebrew lessons
NBN says Efrat has no Misrad HaKlita-run ulpan and that the council runs a two-week ulpan day camp in August; the Gush council offers weekly conversational Hebrew.
למעבר - 4
Join your giva's council WhatsApp group
The council publishes a WhatsApp group for each of its seven givot, a Telegram channel and a daily newsletter.
למעבר - 5
Support for children at school
NBN says the Gush council places Bnot Sherut in some elementary schools to help olim pupils with Hebrew, homework and social integration.
למעבר - 6
Get around
Buses to Jerusalem run from early morning; get a personal Rav-Kav for the right fares.
למעבר
מדריכים
לקרוא בהמשך
- Your first week in Efrat & Gush EtzionWho to call first in Efrat and the Gush Etzion yishuvim: the absorption departments, the 106 hotlines, arnona and water, Hebrew classes and the numbers to save on day one.
- Schools and gans in Efrat and the GushHow gan and school registration works in Efrat, the schools and their streams, afternoon programmes, holiday and summer programmes, and help for olim children.
- Getting around Efrat and the GushWhich buses run from Efrat and the Gush yishuvim, how often, where the nearest train is, and how to check times.
כדאי לדעת
- The council's education department is on 02-9939330, Sun-Thu 08:00-15:30.
- The 5787 (2026-27) registration window was 19 January to 8 February 2026; expect the next one around the same time.
קבוצות קהילה
איפה מדברים
- Efrat Local Council on Facebookפייסבוק · Efrat Local Council
- Efrat Olim (Facebook)פייסבוק · Efrat olim community (as listed by NBN)
- Efrat council Telegram channelטלגרם · Efrat Local Council
- Efrat council updates: Dagan neighbourhood (WhatsApp)וואטסאפ · Efrat Local Council
- Efrat council updates: Dekel neighbourhood (WhatsApp)וואטסאפ · Efrat Local Council
- Efrat council updates: Gefen neighbourhood (WhatsApp)וואטסאפ · Efrat Local Council
מקור
- Nefesh B'Nefesh: Efrat community guide (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)
- Nefesh B'Nefesh: Gush Etzion community guide (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)
- Efrat council: education registration (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)
- Efrat council: late gan registration (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)
- Efrat council: how to get information from the council (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)
- Ministry of Transport GTFS via Open Bus Stride (Hasadna), Tue 2026-10-06 (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)
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