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Jerusalem
Jerusalem, the city of the three faiths and the center of the Holy Land, is a mixture of cultures and nationalities, of peoples and neighborhoods, of old and new. It is a union of contrasts with a unique character full of historial sights, which makes the capital of Israel a very special place to live in. The city has been a magnet for waves of new immigrants, mostly from the United States, the UK, France and the former Soviet Union.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, the first Hebrew city in modern times, was founded in 1909 and built on the sand dunes north of the ancient port city of Jaffa. Since its inception, Tel Aviv, Israel’s second largest city, has transformed into the country’s financial capital and a center for business, technology and the performing arts.
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Modiin
Modi’in is Israel’s youngest city where the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin laid the cornerstone in 1993 for a new city merging the neighboring communities of Maccabim and Re’ut. Ideally situated midway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, the concept of Modi’in expresses the desire to live in the center of Israel but away from the noisy hustle and bustle, offering beautiful scenery, fresh air and nature to live and raise families living among a diverse population.
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Herzliya
Herzliya, named after the founder and of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was first founded in 1924 as a moshava, a farming community and has since developed into one of the most sought after and most expensive areas to live in. The city located on the central coast of Israel north of Tel Aviv and south of Netanya, is today home to a mixed population of new immigrants, a large Anglo community and veteran residents counting about 85,000 inhabitants.
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Netanya
Netanya, the 8th biggest city in Israel, is located in the Sharon region along the coastal plain surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea characterized by gravel cliffs. As early as 1933, the city already become a resort town and was designed with tourism in sight
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Zichron Ya’akov
Zichron Ya’acov is a beautiful and popular town, which was established by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild in 1883 in honor of his late father Ya’acov. The picturesque town situated 170 meters above sea level overlooking the Mediterranean Sea is located 35 kilometers south of Haifa and about 60 kilometers north of Tel Aviv. Relative to the size of the town, which has about 18,000 inhabitants, Zichron Ya’acov is considered as one of the locations in Israel with the highest percentage of English-speaking new immigrants, who represent about 15 percent of the population.
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Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion also known as the southern gateway to Jerusalem, was established back in the 1920s by Jewish pioneers and consists of Jewish villages spanning across the Judean hills between Chevron and Jerusalem featuring major historical sites. Today Gush Etzion is comprised of of 15 dynamic and thriving communities with a population of over 60,000 people. The character of the communities range from communal Kibbutz to villages, with secular, religious, haredi and mixed populations. Villages in the historic Gush Etzion include, Alon Shvut, Gvaot, Elazar, Har Gilo and Neve Daniel. Villages in the Judean Hills include Tekoa, Kedar, Kfar Eldad, and Pnei Kedem.
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Ma’aleh Adumim
Ma’aleh Adumim located close to Jerusalem was founded as a settlement by 23 pioneer families on the seventh night of Hannukka in 1975 and received city status governed by an independent municipality in 1991. The name of the city Ma’aleh Adumim comes from the book of Joshua (Chapter 15, verses 6-18), in which Ma’aleh Adumim is described as a border area between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin
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Even Shmuel
Even Shmuel is a national religious moshav located on the main road to the Negev, in a lush agricultural area of Israel surrounded by acres of green wheat fields in the winter and red flowers in the spring. The climate is dry and comfortable for everyone, including those who suffer from asthma. Even Shmuel residents can also enjoy the geothermic hot springs of nearby Hamei Yoav.
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Beit Shemesh/Ramat Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh or the “‘house of the sun” with a population of over 72,000 people, was founded in 1950. In its early days it was home to a largely North African immigrant population. Over recent years, Beit Shemesh has seen a large increase in the number of Anglo-speaking residents who immigrated from North America, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. The majority of the Anglo immigrant community is orthodox, educated with a middle class background.
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Ra’anana
Since its establishment in 1922 by American Jewish pioneers,Raanana has developed from a small agricultural settlement to one of Israel’s thriving and desirable cities for young families and an ever growing Anglo-French community. The city is renowned for offering its residents a high quality of life, excellent education system, active community and cultural life aimed at new immigrants in their language, and athletic and leisure activities, which has also been attracting companies from Israel’s high-tech industry.
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