Ra'anana

From Paraguay to Israel: Daughter inspires family to make aliyah

A 12-year-old’s love for Israel inspired her entire family to leave Paraguay and start a new life in Ra’anana.

Esther Levin and her family at a simcha before their aliyah.
THE WRITER (right) sharing a drink and a smile with Avi Meller in the UK ambassador’s residence in Ramat Gan in 2012 at an event to promote the London Olympics.

Media legend Avi Meller’s death dims lights of Israel’s sporting arenas

Food at dairy restaurant Salta.

Salta revisited: Inside the Ra’anana dairy gem celebrating 20 flavorful years - review

MOROCCAN ARTIST Hind Ennaira will perform at the World. Jazz. Music. Festival.

Open for business in Ra’anana: A new jazz festival spreads its musical options


Ra’anana's Pastaria: Pasta, pizza & a whole lot more

While Pastaria does a great trade in pizzas from home-made dough and every variation on pasta, we decided to go more for vegetable options for the first course.

Pasta, pizza and a whole lot more

Torah meets tech in Israel’s main party town

Religious people do not want to do a program that is all business, and the secular community does not want to simply sit and learn Torah all day.

Volunteers of United Rescue/United Hatzalah Colombia in action in Cartagena

Bat Ella is back!

Bat Ella joins us once again, this time with celebrated Israeli composer-pianist Guy Mintus, to bring us an exciting multicultural orchestral fantasy.

Bat Ella is back!

Thousands of Masa participants celebrate start of year in Israel

More than 2,500 attendees enjoyed a special performance by Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai at Israel's largest-ever single gathering of diaspora Jews working and volunteering in Israel.

Masa Chairman Eli Cohen, Masa CEO Ofer Gutman and Masa participants pose with Netta Barzilai.

Sukkot: Embracing uncertainty

‘The knock on the door was different from every knock before it. I’ll never forget it’

‘DICK AND Jane’s safe world disintegrated in the 1960s.’

A proud Knesset

Israeli society is inherently liberal and progressive when it comes to social issues.

Revelers at Tel Aviv’s 2016 LBGTQ Pride Parade

A taste of Paris

Carrousel in Ra’anana is a gastronome’s paradise

Carrousel

First Pride parade held in Raanana

The central Israeli bedroom community of Raanana held its first Pride march.

Israel Pride Parade

Green fields

It was a perfect setting – the Ra’anana park with a fountain playing, green fields as far as the eye can see and the promise of a healthful meal.

Sasha

Non-residents buying more Israeli apartments

Franchi CEO Marcello Incellini said he expects that foreign residents will purchase about 1,200 apartments in Israel in 2019, worth some NIS 4 billion.

Israeli star architect Irma Orenstein helped design the most expensive apartment ever sold in Israel