Netanya, for newcomers and locals
Places checked against their own sources, this week's Shabbat times and weather, what's on, and the practical answers newcomers ask for.
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This week
This week in Netanya
כ״ט בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״ז
Shabbat
Parashat Bereshit
Friday 9 October
- Candle lighting
- 17:55
- Havdalah
- 18:51
- Parsha:Parashat Bereshit (opens in a new tab)
- Haftarah:I Samuel 20:18-42 (opens in a new tab)
- Daf yomi:Bechorot 22 (opens in a new tab)
Readings from Hebcal (Israel schedule); texts open on Sefaria.
Coming up
- 11OctLiving in Israel Series: Voting in Israel (opens in a new tab)09:30 · Netanya AACI
- 11OctPilates - with Norman Kotler (opens in a new tab)14:00 · Netanya AACI
- 11OctRoby Simons: What’s with those Abandoned Buildings in Netanya? (opens in a new tab)19:30 · Netanya AACI
Who are you?
Start where you are
Pick the page that fits you: the first steps, the right places in the directory and the people to ask.
Explore
Everything for life in Netanya
Local directory
Places checked against their own source
Every listing links to where its details came from and shows the date it was last checked. Filter by language spoken, kashrut and neighbourhood.
The place
A city on the cliffs, 30 km north of Tel Aviv
- Of beaches along the city
- 14 kmOf beaches along the citySource (opens in a new tab)
- Olim settled here since 1990, about a third of residents
- 70,000Olim settled here since 1990, about a third of residentsSource (opens in a new tab)
- French-born residents, the most of any Israeli city
- 10,000+French-born residents, the most of any Israeli citySource (opens in a new tab)
Aerial view of Netanya's sandstone cliffs with a lift tower and footbridge leading down to the beach, and apartment towers on the cliff top
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New in town
Your first weeks in Netanya, step by step
The paperwork, the health fund, the bank, the bus card and the arnona office, in the order that saves you trips. Your progress stays on your device.
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Before you land
- Gather original documents
- Check your aliyah file is complete
- Compare the four health funds
- 2
First week
- Install Home Front Command and find your shelter
- Get a Rav-Kav or a payment app
- Open a bank account
- 3
First month
- Register for arnona at the municipality
- Sign up for ulpan
- Meet your absorption adviser
- 4
First three months
- Ask your employer about tax credit points
- Check your National Insurance status
- Decide on health fund supplementary cover
Guides
Practical guides, with the common questions answered
- 01Your first week in Netanya: what to do, in what orderThe first-week steps for new olim in Netanya: address on your Teudat Zehut, bank account, Misrad HaAliyah, the arnona discount, health fund, ulpan and the people who help in English and French.
- 02Netanya neighbourhoods compared: from Ir Yamim to Kiryat HaSharonHow Netanya's main areas differ for newcomers: the seafront towers of Ir Yamim, Ramat Poleg, the French-flavoured city centre, the cliff-top strip, Kiryat HaSharon, Agamim and the more affordable older areas, with 2026 prices.
- 03Schools and gans in Netanya: registration, streams and help for olim pupilsHow gan and school registration works in Netanya, the paper you need from the arnona office first, the school streams, and the programmes that support olim pupils, including French-speaking children.
- 04Health funds, doctors and urgent care in NetanyaSigning up for a kupat cholim in Netanya, Laniado Hospital, where to go after hours and on Shabbat, duty pharmacies, and finding French- and English-speaking doctors.
- 05Getting around Netanya: two train stations, city buses and the light rail plansNetanya's two coastal-line stations, who runs the buses, the lines that link the south to the station, intercity options and what is (and isn't) happening with light rail.
- 06Shopping and kosher food in Netanya: supermarkets, malls and reading the hechsherWhere Netanya shops: the supermarket chains, the four main malls, French bakeries and cafés, and how to read the Religious Council's three kashrut levels.
Useful apps
The apps people here actually use
Organisations newcomers use
From our network
Good people I work with
A few organisations from the Consult With Ari network whose work reaches people in Netanya.
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