Ramot

Posted: Tue, Feb 23 2010, 6:06 pm Post subject: Ramot

We are somewhere in between MO and Yeshivish, probably more towards the Yeshivish side. How would we fit in in Ramot? Are there many Americans there? What is the American community like?

Posted: Wed, Feb 24 2010, 3:50 am Post subject:

Most anglos in Ramot are very DL, so if you are more yeshivish, you probably wouldn't fit.
There is a large (israeli) sefardic community, and up the road it's very charedi with mostly litaim but also some chassidim. All 100% israeli though.
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Posted: Wed, Feb 24 2010, 3:54 am Post subject:

Zus, it depends which part of Ramot you mean. Ramot Gimmel is mostly chareidi, Daled, and Ungar are exclusively chareidi. There are lots of English speakers in both Gimmel and Daled.

Ramot Aleph is DL/ chareidi mixed (maybe also some chiloni?). Ramot Bet I don't know.
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Ungar is very Charedi, though there are english speakers.

Posted: Wed, Feb 24 2010, 6:10 am Post subject:

I live in Ramot.

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We have friends Anglo Chareidi who moved into Alef this yr. They say while there isn't a tremendously large community, there def is a presence. It seems to be growing.

Posted: Wed, Feb 24 2010, 8:27 am Post subject:

The chareidi presence in general is growing.

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Posted: Wed, Feb 24 2010, 4:20 pm Post subject:

You missed my point but never mind. I digress.

Posted: Tue, Mar 02 2010, 12:03 pm Post subject: re: Ramot

We are moving to Ramot next year, IY"H. We are also somewhere between MO (Machmir) and Yeshivish. Since we decided to move, we heard from word-of-mouth of at least 3 other couples that are similar in hashkafa that are moving there as well, either to Ramot Bet or Gimmel. If you feel like using your username, I would be happy to PM you if you have more questions. We have been told that more American Yeshivish types are moving to Ramot because there are schools more similar to American Yeshivish schools, and because it's one of the more affordable places left in Yerushalayim. You might also consider Har Nof if you're looking for lots of Americans.

Posted: Tue, Mar 02 2010, 2:29 pm Post subject: re: Ramot

What schools? are they only in Ramot? I heard of Bais Shulamit (?) but of no other school.

Posted: Tue, Mar 02 2010, 2:37 pm Post subject:

We are about to move out in May or so IY"H. We currently live in a nice 3 bedroom cottage with a front and back yard, in Ramot Bet. If someone's interested in my landlord's phone #, I'll be happy to provide it. He's a very nice and decent guy.

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Posted: Tue, Mar 02 2010, 2:43 pm Post subject:

I don't know if he's planning to sell it after we move out, but I can certainly ask.
We're renting it now for 4100 NIS per month.
I don't know how many square meters it is.

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Posted: Mon, Mar 15 2010, 4:24 am Post subject: re: Ramot

We plan to move to Ramot in the near future. Like someone mentioned if you want a high concentration of Anglo Yeshivish type people, then you are better off looking into some place like Har Nof or Ramat Beit Shemesh. If you want to be around a mix of people, Ramot might be a good choice. We also aren't MO, not DL, and yet we aren't Israeli chareidi. We didn't want a place where our children would only associate with Anglos.

I don't know that much about the schools in Ramot itself. One of the reasons we decided to move there is that we wanted to have the selection of Yerushalayim schools, but not pay crazy real estate prices. Not to say it isn't expensive in Ramot, but we found it more affordable than other neighborhoods we considered. There are hasaot to various schools, so you aren't limited to schools in Ramot. That's about all I can share since we don't actually live there yet. Good luck!

Posted: Mon, Mar 15 2010, 9:30 am Post subject: re: Ramot

I've been told Beis Sholamit has very very big issues (a lot of confused girls, boyfriend stuff, etc).