Efrat & Gush Etzion
Founded in 1970 around Yeshivat Har Etzion, with Herzog College beside it. Over 1,000 households, the regional library and the matnas. NBN lists it among the Gush communities with many English-speaking olim.
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Kosher restaurants & cafés · Alon Shvut
Dairy snack bar on Givah Tzehuba (Yellow Hill), the regional office hill at Alon Shvut; listed on the national kashrut portal.
Givah Tzehuba (Yellow Hill), Alon Shvut
Kosher restaurants & cafés · Alon Shvut
Pub in Alon Shvut with draught beer, burgers and Friday schnitzel-in-challah.
14 HaShayarot St, Alon Shvut
Schools · Alon Shvut
State-religious elementary school for girls. Listed as active in the Ministry of Education institutions register.
Schools · Alon Shvut
State-religious co-ed elementary school. Listed as active in the Ministry of Education institutions register.
Schools · Alon Shvut
Recognised high-school yeshiva for boys, with a dormitory. Listed as active in the Ministry of Education institutions register.
Health fund branches · Alon Shvut
Clalit health fund community clinic in Alon Shvut, for Clalit members in Gush Etzion.
Alon Shvut
Health fund branches · Alon Shvut
Meuhedet health fund clinic in Alon Shvut, open weekday mornings, most afternoons and Friday morning.
Alon Shvut
Wineries & places to visit · Alon Shvut
Interactive visit showing how halacha and technology combine (Shabbat cooking, security devices, accessibility aids); suitable from age 8; 45 NIS per person.
Alon Shvut
Parks, trails & springs · Alon Shvut
Centuries-old oak that is the symbol of Gush Etzion, with a 3D model of the Gush, children's play equipment, public toilets and an audio story station.
Givah Tzehuba, on the road to Rosh Tzurim / old Alon Shvut entrance
Photo: Yair Aronshtam from Israel, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Community, youth & libraries · Alon Shvut
Regional community centre running classes (chugim) for all ages, culture events at the Heichal HaTarbut, youth and young-adult programmes, a gym, after-school care and camps, with an Eastern Gush branch.
Givah Tzehuba (Yellow Hill), Alon Shvut
Community, youth & libraries · Alon Shvut
Gym run by the Gush Etzion regional community centre (Matnas) on Givah Tzehuba (Yellow Hill) in Alon Shvut.
Givah Tzehuba (Yellow Hill), Alon Shvut
Community, youth & libraries · Alon Shvut
Regional library in Alon Shvut that also supports village libraries across the Gush; lends English, French and Russian books, offers Libby e-books, Wi-Fi, computers and a copier.
New neighbourhood, Alon Shvut
Community, youth & libraries · Alon Shvut
Torah and Jewish philosophy study programme for seniors, supported by the council's social services.
Synagogue of the new neighbourhood, Alon Shvut
Yeshivot, seminaries & colleges · Alon Shvut
Academic college beside Yeshivat Har Etzion training religious teachers, especially in Tanakh and Jewish studies; programmes include English-teaching tracks.
Alon Shvut
Yeshivot, seminaries & colleges · Alon Shvut
Hesder yeshiva around which Alon Shvut was founded. Runs the Dr. William Major Overseas Program for post-high-school students and a post-college track; partners with YU's S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program.
1 Tzeh uLemad St, Alon Shvut
Pharmacies · Alon Shvut
Meuhedet health fund pharmacy in Alon Shvut, open weekday mornings, Sun and Tue afternoons and Friday morning.
Alon Shvut
Attractions & sights · Alon Shvut
Guided ATV and jeep tours of Gush Etzion, the Judean hills and the Judean Desert for individuals, families and groups.
Parks & playgrounds · Alon Shvut
Picnic tables in the forest on Givat HaTzehuba on the way to Deer Land, a short walk from Ein Abu Caleb spring; bins and parking but no water or toilets.
Serves all of Efrat & Gush Etzion
Sport & pools · Alon Shvut
Riding stables on Givat HaTzehuba (the Yellow Hill) with rides through vineyards, to springs or along the Path of the Patriarchs, therapeutic riding lessons and a small petting farm.
Givat HaTzehuba, on the road to Rosh Tzurim
Guesthouses & zimmers · Alon Shvut
Guest rooms for groups and families at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, including rooms for large families.
Yeshivat Har Etzion, Alon Shvut
Guesthouses & zimmers · Alon Shvut
Three large furnished rooms in the centre of Alon Shvut, within walking distance of a pool with separate swimming.
Alon Shvut