Ra'anana

Between Japan and Scandinavia: How a developer apartment in Ra’anana became a calm family home

A six-room developer apartment in Ra’anana was transformed for a young family, with fewer rooms, more light, smart carpentry, and a focus on order, calm, and daily flow.

Interior Design and Planning: Noa Kuperman.
  OneFamily group photo in Cyprus.

Concert unites community with music for OneFamily victims in Ra'anana

Esther Levin and her family at a simcha before their aliyah.

From Paraguay to Israel: Daughter inspires family to make 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


From the rainbow bubble to the Lower Galilee

How it feels to make the switch from inner city to country side living.

LOWER GALILEE view from Tzipori.

HaBayit Shel Benji to add 12 more rooms to house lone combat soldiers

Some 75 lone combat soldiers currently live in HaBayit Shel Benji in central Ranaana founded in memory of Major Benji Hillman who was killed in the Lebanese village of Moran a-Ras.

Home away-from-home for lone soldiers also provides Guidance Center for discharged soldiers

A tasty paradox

Kazan in Ra’anana offers top-notch food and a warm and welcoming atmosphere

A dish at Kazan in Ra’anana

Served with love

Espresso Bar Bistro on Brenner Street is one of Ra’anana’s most popular rendezvous

A dessert at Espresso Bar Bistro

Train now

Transportation Minister Israel Katz should be commended for the work he has done on highways throughout the country, but unfortunately the same cannot be said about the trains.

A bridge, part of Israel Railways' Jerusalem High Speed Link project, is seen near the Israeli town of Modiin July 7, 2012.

a-ha: We come here to play to people

Ahead of their show at the Ra’anana Park Amphitheater on Thursday, the trio gathered to answer questions at a press conference at the Sheraton Hotel in Tel Aviv.

A-ha at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Combat airborne rescuers, IDF officers to meet at Ra'anana conference

Conference comes one month after tragic Wadi Tzafit disaster.

IAF's 669 unit in action

Students call to ‘reverse the equation’ and bring back soldiers’ remains from Gaza

Students at the AMIT Gwen Straus Science School in Ra’anana called on the government to bring back the bodies of fallen IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.

Students at the AMIT Gwen Straus Science School in Raanana called on the government to bring back fallen IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul

Life in Ra’anana: A breath of fresh air

I hear people talk about Ra’anana as being a “soft landing” for many olim. For me, this turned out to be true.

Ra’anana Park

Aliya: Trusting the process… and strangers

The “honesty” payment system left me baffled.

A man changes the tire on a car in Abu Ghosh, near Jerusalem