Modiin
Formerly Buchman South, the southernmost neighbourhood. Ground-level and semi-detached homes, 11 shuls, the Moriah Center and the skate park. Popular with English-speaking olim.
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Health fund branches · Moriah (Buchman South)
Maccabi Healthcare Services medical centre at 1 Leah Imenu St in the Moriah Center, Modiin, listed on the municipality's health-fund page.
1 Leah Imenu, Modiin (Moriah Center)
Health fund branches · Moriah (Buchman South)
Meuhedet health fund branch at 1 Leah Imenu St in the Moriah Center, Modiin, listed on the municipality's health-fund page.
1 Leah Imenu, Modiin (Moriah Center)
Kosher restaurants & cafés · Moriah (Buchman South)
Aroma Espresso Bar café on the upper level of the Moriah Center, with ordering at the counter. The chain's Mehadrin (dairy) branch in Modiin, under the Modiin Rabbanut.
Moriah Center, 1 Leah Imenu St, Modiin
Kosher restaurants & cafés · Moriah (Buchman South)
Modiin branch of the Jerusalem Ma'adanei Tzidkiyahu deli chain in the Moriah Center (upper level), selling prepared dishes and salads. Regular kashrut, Modiin Rabbanut.
Moriah Center, 1 Leah Imenu St, Modiin
Kosher restaurants & cafés · Moriah (Buchman South)
Branch of the Pizza Prego chain in the Moriah Center, serving pizza, pasta, salads and Yemenite dishes with gluten-free and vegan options; delivers. Mehadrin, Modiin Rabbanut.
Moriah Center, 1 Leah Imenu St, Modiin
Groceries & bakeries · Moriah (Buchman South)
Home-style boutique bakery and café on the upper level of the Moriah Center, making handmade breads, cakes and pastries and party platters. Mehadrin, Modiin Rabbanut.
Moriah Center, 1 Leah Imenu St, Modiin
Groceries & bakeries · Moriah (Buchman South)
Supermarket on the lower level of the Moriah Center; Tzohar supervision covers only the deli, butcher and fruit & vegetable departments (per listing).
Moriah Center - Lower Level, Leah Imenu 2, Modiin
Groceries & bakeries · Moriah (Buchman South)
First Modiin branch of the Victory chain, on the lower level of the Terrassa Buchman centre.
Terrassa Buchman - Lower Level, Menachem Begin 21, Modiin
Shuls · Moriah (Buchman South)
KSYM, the largest synagogue complex in Modiin (Buchman/Moriah), serving olim from many countries, predominantly English speakers, alongside veteran Israelis; several daily and Shabbat minyanim.
Efraim 13, corner of Esther HaMalka, Modiin
Schools · Moriah (Buchman South)
State (mamlachti) elementary school (co-ed) in the Moriah neighbourhood. Register through the city's Education Administration.
59 Sarah Imenu St, Modiin
Schools · Moriah (Buchman South)
State-religious (mamlachti-dati) elementary school (co-ed) in the Moriah neighbourhood. The Ministry of Education registers it as "Torani Ariel". Register through the city's Education Administration.
55 Derech Menachem Begin, Modiin
Schools · Moriah (Buchman South)
State-religious (mamlachti-dati) elementary school (co-ed) in the Moriah neighbourhood. Register through the city's Education Administration.
26 Esther HaMalka St, Modiin
Real estate · Moriah (Buchman South)
Modiin agency marketing new projects, luxury and unusual homes and commercial property, with property management and in-house mortgage advice, in Modiin and nearby communities.
Moriah Center, upper level, Leah Imenu 1, Modiin
Pharmacies · Moriah (Buchman South)
Be pharmacy (Shufersal's pharmacy chain) at 3 Leah Imenu St in the Moriah Center, Modiin, listed on the municipality's pharmacies page.
3 Leah Imenu, Modiin (Moriah Center)
Parks & playgrounds · Moriah (Buchman South)
Open hills and meadows south of Moriah, declared a national park by the planning authorities in February 2021. A 3 km route of one to two hours; almond blossom in winter.
Access from Kikar Menachem Begin or the Kikar HaShoter car park, Sderot Menachem Begin
Sport & pools · Moriah (Buchman South)
2,600 m² extreme park for skateboards, BMX bikes and non-motorised scooters, designed by the California firm Site Design Group. The city calls it Israel's largest.
Menachem Begin Blvd (corner of HaHashmonaim Blvd), Modiin
Sport & pools · Moriah (Buchman South)
Free 30-dunam sports park opened in 2014. It has tennis, beach-volleyball, basketball and football courts, eight pétanque courts, a running track, and the challenge bike park (dirt jumps, flow trail and pump track).
Menachem Begin Blvd (between Kikar HaShoter and Esther HaMalka St), Modiin