Ra'anana

English-language book clubs across Israel keep Anglo women on the same page

“Some members of our group have lived in Israel for 40 years and they could read the books in Hebrew, yet they love to come to our group. It’s very important to all of us.”

WOMEN AT a meeting of the Jerusalem Barnard Book Club.
Passengers at Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station, September 24, 2026.

Israel Railways to reduce service in central Israel 'during peak hours only' for planned work

EDAN LESHEM, the former top-ranked Israeli professional tennis star, will help organize Friday’s Sharsheret Israel Tennis Tournament in Ra’anana, returning to the courts where his tennis journey began as a child.

From Ra’anana around the world and back: Edan Leshem takes a swing for Sharsheret - interview

Israeli daycare-aged children (illustrative). March 24, 2026.

Three Ra'anana daycare aides arrested on suspicion of abusing toddlers


Buy the Way: A highway rest-stop with gourmet delights - food review

Where one might be expecting a run-of-the-mill convenience store, you will find a recently refurbished bright interior which combines elements of a deli, a restaurant, an ice cream parlor and more.

 Hybrid gourmet at Buy the Way.

Center Stage: Israel’s first professional English theater

Center Stage will be holding a silent auction fundraiser prior to Valentine’s Day.

 Daniella (Dani) and Grant Crankshaw on stage

Meet the caring home in Ra’anana for Lone Soldiers

It can truly be said that the Hillman and Rurka families have turned an extreme tragedy into a wonderful resource.

 Habayit Shel Benji - a real home for lone soldiers and Guidance Center for all soldiers after their service

Israel to host international star for first time since pandemic

40-year-old American singer-songwriter Laura Pergolizzi – far better known as LP, will be performing at Ra’anana Park Amphitheater this Wednesday.

 LP – ‘A WONDERFUL charismatic down-to-earth person and a super entertainer with a great voice.’

Carousel: French cuisine in Ra'anana strictly four gourmets

Both desserts, accompanied by a good cappuccino, made a perfect coda to this outstanding meal.

French cooking at Carousel.

Forty-leaf clover: Irish immigrants celebrate 4 decades of aliyah

Whatever happens, Gafson does not for one minute regret his decision to live in Israel.

ON HIS 70th birthday.

Ra'anana Symphonette performs a 'mini season' of concerts through July

The "Mini Season" will consist of soloists and programs that had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CELLIST HILLEL ZORI and RSO and conductor Adam Allouche.

Ra'anana Jewish school principal filmed throwing rocks at Arabs in Lod

Meretz chairman MK Nitzan Horowitz calls on Education Minister Yoav Gallant to fire principal

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city, and ongoing this evening. May 12, 2021.

Marcel Keinan, employment ‘guru’ in Israel for his native Brazilians, dies

Keinan would voluntarily advise Brazilians making the move on how to land their first job in the Israeli market. He died of a rare neurological disorder at 68.

Marcel Keinan in 2017.

Vertical Field set to go public on Canadian Market

The company said it intends to raise $20 million with the goal of expanding activities to the North American market.

A Vertical Field "Urban Farm" uses BIOLED eco-lighting technology to grow produce for a Rami Levy supermarket in Bnei Brak.