Anglo Communities
Choosing an area from abroad usually comes down to a name someone mentioned and a listing site. Neither tells you whether your neighbours will speak English, whether there is a school your children can walk to, or what the road to Tel Aviv looks like at half past seven in the morning.
One file per community, filmed on the ground. 18 so far, with more added each month.
Who your neighbours would be
How Anglo the street actually is, which countries, which decade they arrived, and whether the community is still growing or has settled.
Schools and shuls
What is within walking distance, which schools take English speakers, and where the nearest minyan is at the hour you would want it.
Prices and stock
What each room count costs in that specific area, and whether the buildings are 1970s, 2000s or still going up.
Getting anywhere
The real commute to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem at rush hour, the train if there is one, and what a car is worth there.
Baka
Leafy, walkable and long established as an Anglo neighbourhood. Old Arab-era houses alongside newer blocks, and prices to match the address.
Old Katamon
The classic English-speaking Jerusalem address. Dense with young families and shuls, and almost nothing comes up cheaply.
German Colony
Emek Refaim on the doorstep, heavily Anglo, and the most expensive per metre of the Jerusalem neighbourhoods here.
Arnona
Quieter and newer than Baka or Katamon, with more built in the last two decades and more space for the money.
Har Nof
Religious, hilly, and very established. Strong community infrastructure and a different price level to the centre.
Ramat Beit Shemesh Alef
The original Anglo neighbourhood in RBS. Mixed religious, walkable, and the reference point everyone else is compared against.
Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel
Newer building, larger apartments, and a younger population still arriving. Where much of the new stock is.
Efrat
A community rather than a suburb, spread across neighbourhoods with different characters. Commute to Jerusalem is the deciding factor.
Modi'in
Purpose-built, green, and between the two cities. Buchman and Reut are the Anglo concentrations.
Ra'anana
The largest Anglo population outside Jerusalem. English is spoken everywhere and priced accordingly.
Kfar Saba
Next door to Ra'anana, generally a step less expensive, and increasingly where people look when Ra'anana prices out.
Hod HaSharon
More space per shekel than Ra'anana, quieter, and a growing English-speaking presence.
Herzliya
Two markets in one city — the Pituach side and everything else. Which one you are looking at changes the number entirely.
Netanya, Ir Yamim
New towers by the sea, heavily bought by French and Anglo buyers, much of it second homes.
Zichron Ya'akov
Small, scenic and self-contained. Popular with people who want a village rather than a city.
Rehovot
Academic, central and better value than the Sharon. A steady Anglo presence around the institutes.
Ness Ziona
Newer stock, quieter streets, and well placed for the Tel Aviv commute without Tel Aviv prices.
Ashkelon, Barnea
The most affordable coastal option here. Newer building near the sea, and a community that has grown quickly.