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Neighbourhood matcher
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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The scores are my rough reading of the council pages and NBN guides, not official data. Tell me if your giva or yishuv looks wrong.
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All neighbourhoods and communities
- EfratRimonThe first giva: the first families moved in in 1983 and many founders still live here. At the southern end of Efrat, with the Rimon park, a Clalit clinic and the seniors centre.Places listed here: 10
- EfratTe'enaOne of the older givot, with the council building, Efrat's first commercial centre, Yeshivat Neve Shmuel and the Derech Avot high school. A small expansion of 32 homes is under way.Places listed here: 20
- EfratGefenThe third giva built, and the community hub: the matnas, the public library, the sports grounds, the Aseh Chayil school and the MAHAR evening urgent-care centre.Places listed here: 13
- EfratDekelAbout 18% of Efrat's homes. Efrat's second commercial centre and the Orot Etzion boys' school, with Sderot David HaMelech, the main road, running through it.Places listed here: 17
- EfratZayitThe largest giva (about a third of Efrat's homes) and the only one with many multi-storey buildings. Efrat Center, the Orot Etzion girls' school and a 12,000 m² central park.Places listed here: 27
- EfratTamarNorthern giva that began as caravans in 2001; families moved into permanent homes from 2017. The Mamad Ariel school, a central park and a 193-home northern expansion in development.Places listed here: 7
- EfratDaganThe northernmost giva, with permanent homes from 2016. The Alomim school (religious, traditional and secular children together), a matnas branch and trails to the Pirim view.Places listed here: 12
- Gush yishuvAlon ShvutFounded 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.Places listed here: 21
- Gush yishuvNeve DanielFounded in 1982 and the highest community in the Gush (about 1,000 m), with views to the coast and cold, snowy winters. About 800 families; NBN describes a strong Anglo presence.Places listed here: 11
- Gush yishuvElazarFounded in 1975 as a moshav by olim from North America; now more than 700 families. NBN calls it warm, social and diverse. It has an admissions committee and an olim absorption committee.Places listed here: 6
- Gush yishuvKfar EtzionReligious kibbutz re-established in 1967, about 1,200 residents. The Heritage Centre, the field school and the Hatzar HaKfar shops and restaurants are at its entrance.Places listed here: 22
- Gush yishuvRosh TzurimReligious kibbutz founded in 1969 that has privatised most communal life and added a community neighbourhood; over 200 families. Orchards, a vineyard and a girls' ulpana.Places listed here: 5
- Gush yishuvBat AyinRural religious community in the western Gush, founded in 1989, with a Hasidic-leaning feel, organic farming and the arts. NBN lists it among the Gush communities with many English-speaking olim.Places listed here: 10
- Gush yishuvMigdal OzReligious kibbutz founded in 1977, just south of Efrat, with over 100 families. Home of a women's beit midrash with an English-speaking programme and the Gush tourism office.Places listed here: 3
- Gush yishuvTekoaThe largest community in the Gush (about 1,200 families), religious and secular together, known for the joint Achi Tekoa school and its artists. NBN lists many English-speaking olim.Places listed here: 12
- Gush yishuvNokdimMixed religious, traditional and secular community in the eastern Gush, founded in 1982; about 650 families and the Magen Shaul pre-army mechina.Places listed here: 2
