Ra’anana
Why Ra’anana Real Estate?
Park Ra'anana. ©Zev Shalev
HISTORY & COMMUNITY
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, athletic and leisure activities, active community and cultural life aimed at new immigrants in their own language. Ra’anana today is home to 78,000 residents where thousands of new immigrants mainly from the US, Canada, Britain, South Africa, France and Russia, have settled down next to veteran Israelis.
The immigrant community is served by Ra’anana’s Absorption Center and the Municipal Absorption Unit offering support and advice before aliyah and during the absorption process, as well as, by the Ulpan, together with other language programs. The pluralistic nature of the city has given birth to a wide choice of synagogues, some of which serve the new immigrant population in particular.
Raanana is a city of parks, trees and flowers committed to preserving and protecting a clean and healthy environment and promoting green initiatives boasting an extensive recyling system.
Ahuza Street, Ra'anana. ©Zev Shalev
EMPLOYMENT
Ra’anana has also been attracting companies from Israel’s high-tech industry. The ciy has a modern industrial zone, offering ample work opportunities in the area, including the city’s Kiryat Etgarim business park which has become one of Israel’s most important centers for high-tech. Since 1996 a number of large international and local high-tech companies moved their operations to Raanana, including Amdocs, which is engaged in the field of communications, media and computerized information; Nice Systems, which is engaged in the development and production of computerized audio systems; and Hewlett Packard.
TRANSPORTATION
Ra’anana is located between Herzliya on the southwest and Kfar Saba on the east and is well connected to all public bus and train systems servicing inhabitants to the major cities of the country. The city is connected to the main highways and is a 20-minute car ride away from Tel Aviv. As part of Ra’anana’s initiatives to become a green city, the municipality operates a free shuttle service from the Herzliya train Station to Raanana’s industrial zone and returning to through the city of Ra’anana.
LINKS
Ra’anana municipality website http://www.raanana.muni.il/English
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