What do you all think about these places?

Executive Member Joined: Apr 20 2009 Posts: 299

what are the different areas of ramot like? which has the most young anglo yeshivish families? do the schools cater to this population?

I'm not sure how anglo the more chareidi part of Ramot is really. There is a huge litvish community in Ramot Polin, but AFAIK that's mainly israeli litvish rather than american yeshivish.
However, Ramot 06 does have some anglo families that are more towards strong DL/american yeshivish types.
You can look in the non charedi part of Ramot gimmel, which is very close to 06 but less expensive.
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Senior Member Joined: Jul 18 2011 Posts: 241

thanks again everyone

so we've done more research and it seems like ramot is on the top of our list. we live the idea of being close to yerushalayim but not in the city centre itself.

could not find much about petach tikva, community, shuls, style, schools, food etc.? if you have any info please share ? Smile

Zus, and other lovely ladies , do you have any contacts ramot ? we would like to spend shabbos there but it seems like there are no hotels/guesthouses there. all the contacts we found on nbn , were from dl rabbonim, but we are not part of the dl community.

again the divisions in israel really confuse us but I think we are more litvish/yeshivish american style rather than israeli chareidi, also the mentality might be a bit of a problem as well.

could you give me names of maybe english speaking rabbonim from those types of shuls? or where could I research this?

so excited for our trip Smile

only 2 month left yayyyy
tia

Senior Member Joined: Jul 18 2011 Posts: 241

also is ramot 06 = ramot vav? or is this different? also ramot alon is alef?

nbn only lists alef bet daled gimmel and vav

thanks

Yes 06 is vav.

I don't know of any english speaking/anglo and non DL rav in Ramot. We are israeli sefardic, so our connections are in those circles.
I could possibly help you in the ramot 06 area, but that would be pointless because it's not within your budget I think.

Senior Member Joined: Jul 18 2011 Posts: 241

Thanks again Zus

what is the price range in vav for a 2 bedroom unit? I heard that ramot alef is very crowded and the appartments are quite old, is that true? my friend recomended bet or gimmel. still cant figure this out Sad

hopefully once we there it will be clearer.

There are no 2 bedroom units in Vav I think, unless you're willing to rent a unit under someone's villa. There are plenty of those. I can see if I can find some price ranges for that.
Aleph, bet and gimmel are all 20+ years old. There are some new units in aleph, but they're expensive.

I found a 2 bedrm apartment in Ramot Bet for 3000 nis p month.

1-3 bedroom rentals in Ramot (all areas):
http://www.yad2.co.il/Nadlan/r.....&Info=

By the way, the number of rooms listed is always including the living room, so 3 rooms means 2 bedrooms.

Senior Member Joined: Jul 18 2011 Posts: 241

oh wow vav must be very posh.

Zus the bet unit sounds very reasonable. do you know of any short term units? for 2 weeks, then I think it should not be that much of a problem to find shabbos meals? I can pm you with the exact dates...

I'll ask someone who may know.

Senior Member Joined: Jul 18 2011 Posts: 241

that would be great. really appreciate your help!

The person I know doesn't do short term rentals. You can look on janglo, I'm pretty sure you could find something there.

Ramot is more city-living then some other places you mentioned. You're not in the center of Yerushalayim but it's not like there's miles of grass and trees and clean streets (Though 06 is beautiful) and country air. What do you prefer?

OP, are you looking for country or city living? Some of the places you mentioned are busy, noisy and dirty, (which is actually exactly what my husband loves) while others are quiet, peaceful, and clean air (what I would prefer).

Also, if you'd like to be very close or outskirts of Yerushalayim, there are other places besides Ramot.

The huge advantage Ramot has over other outskirts such as Pisgat Zeev/Neve Yaakov or Har Choma, is its proximity to road 443, Modiin and the rest of the country. IMO, it's the outskirts on the right side of the city if you KWIM. If you ever want to go anywhere, you don't have to spend an hour driving through town first.

Senior Member Joined: Jul 18 2011 Posts: 241

Thx for tying Zus. Smile

Mrs. K which places wud u suggest. We like quite , friendly clean areas.

Why do u think ramot is dirty ?

Some parts are dirty. The old part of Ramot aleph comes to mind. They're generally the areas with a certain type of israeli population. Not any of the mixed anglo areas.

http://www.janglo.net/index.ph.....Itemid=170