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Hashmonaim has no official neighbourhoods, so this compares it with the yishuvim right next door. The biggest difference between them is religious character (national-religious, Haredi, secular), which each card states first. A starting point, not a ranking: visit on a weekday and on Shabbat before you decide.
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- HashmonaimNational-religious yishuv of about 680 families, founded in 1987, also called Ramat Modi'im. A large English-speaking community; NBN's answer on where olim live is "anywhere in the yishuv". Clalit clinic, primary school, Bnei Akiva yeshiva and a small shopping strip.Places listed here: 54
- Ganei ModiinHaredi community yishuv next door, entered through Hashmonaim; about 800 families with many olim, around 12 shuls (mostly Haredi) and its own Chinuch Atzmai schools. Founded in 1985, part of Modiin Illit for about 20 years, now back in Mateh Binyamin.Places listed here: 10
- MatityahuHaredi moshav just east of Hashmonaim, about 170 families, founded in 1981 by a group formed in the US; the council says about half the residents are of Anglo-Saxon origin. Daycare and gans; older children study in Kiryat Sefer, Hashmonaim or Jerusalem.Places listed here: 4
- Kfar HaOranimSecular yishuv (also called Menora) south-east of Hashmonaim, about 590 families, founded in 1997, about 4 km from Modiin. No admissions committee; a small commercial centre, gans, a matnas and a library.Places listed here: 5
