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Living in Harish
One of Israel's newest cities, beside Highway 6, with one English-speaking shul and no station of its own.
- 41,574
- residents, end of 2024
- 51 min
- fastest train to Tel Aviv
- ₪1,487,100
- median sold price, all homes
- ₪3,900
- median rent a month
Harish from the air, November 2021. Photo by Eldar Eldadi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Harish, in short
Suits
English-speaking families who want one close-knit shul with a rabbi who teaches in English, homes below the national median price, and a young city (median age 25 in the 2022 census).
Not for
Families who want a choice of English-speaking shuls or a large Anglo community, anyone who needs a train in town or to Jerusalem, and buyers who do not want to live beside construction.
A 4-room home sold for a median ₪1,427,500 over the last year, new and older homes together. Train to Tel Aviv: 51 min fastest on a weekday. Train to Jerusalem: no direct train.
The numbers that decide it
5 of 10
Socio-economic cluster
Rank 111 of 255 authorities, 1 is lowest. CBS, 2021.
7.8%
Population growth in 2023
41,574 residents at the end of 2024. CBS.
₪1,487,100
Median sold price, all homes
Last 12 months, -2.8% on the year. nadlan.gov.il.
₪3,900
Median rent a month
Recorded rents, +0.7% on the year. nadlan.gov.il.
3.2%
Gross rental yield
As nadlan.gov.il computes it, before arnona, upkeep, vacancy and tax.
172
Homes started in 2023
369 completed the same year. CBS city profile.
What do these numbers mean for your budget?
Message us on WhatsAppThe English-speaking community
Harish became a city in May 2022 and had 41,574 residents at the end of 2024 (CBS). HaMizrachi named it, around 2023, as one of two new places that have developed Anglo communities. We found no count of English speakers or Anglo families. Of the 2,028 olim who settled here from 2014 to 2023, 116 came from the US and 30 from the UK, against 966 from the former Soviet Union (Ministry of Aliyah). In the 2022 census 6.8% of residents were born in the Americas, North and South together.
The English-speaking life we could document is one congregation. Kehillat Derech Eretz (KDE) calls itself an English speaking shul and community for olim and Israelis in Harish, and welcomes families at all stages of life. It is led by Rabbi Yehoshua Felberg, who grew up in South London, moved to Harish in 2020 and provides pastoral care in English and Hebrew; his page says the shul was born as the Anglo community came together through learning programmes. The minyan meets at the school on Zayit 6.
Beyond Shabbat and festival services, KDE lists a Sunday lunch and learn, a Monday shiur, a Wednesday women's beit midrash, a Friday morning kollel after Shacharit, a Shabbat women's parsha shiur and a family learning slot, plus year-long Bar and Bat Mitzvah programmes. Its events page shows Purim, Yom Ha'atzmaut and women's events in 2026. Visitors can ask for Shabbat hospitality through a form on its site.
116
olim from the US
30
from the UK
2,028
olim in total
Settling in Harish, 2014 to 2023. Canada, South Africa and Australia are not counted separately, and the figures stop before most of the recent growth.
Source: Ministry of Aliyah, 2014 to 2023
Where this section comes from (27 sources)
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- kde.org.il/about-kde, undated, accessed 2026-10-14
- kde.org.il/rabbis-corner, undated, accessed 2026-10-14
- kde.org.il/events, undated, accessed 2026-10-14
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Harish
New neighbourhoods under construction in Harish, April 2016. Photo by Davcza, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Where people live
A new city
Harish was a kibbutz until 1993. Wikipedia says construction of new neighbourhoods began in 2013, and in 2016 the cabinet approved a plan for a city of 50,000, with an eventual goal of 100,000. Wikipedia's table puts the population at 31,733 in 2022 against 41,574 in 2024 (CBS). The CBS profile gives 7.8% growth in 2023, 172 homes started and 369 completed that year.
Where English speakers are
We found no source that names an Anglo neighbourhood. Nefesh B'Nefesh's community contacts list has five volunteer entries for Harish: one from KDE for the city as a whole, three in the Choresh neighbourhood and one in Avnei Hen. KDE's minyan meets at the school on Zayit 6.
What is being sold now
An Israel Land Authority tender (86/2026) for 722 homes in apartment buildings is open for bids until 26 Oct 2026 (fetched 14 Oct 2026). The authority has run 47 tenders in Harish since 2000.
Source: Israel Land Authority
Who lives here
Wikipedia says young, mostly secular couples came in the 1990s for cheap housing, a Garin Torani group followed in 2003, and after secular residents went to the Supreme Court over a 2007 plan they feared would make the city Haredi, housing tenders were opened to the general public. In the 2022 census the most common household described itself as secular, and the median age was 25. The CBS profile counts 17.3% of residents aged 0 to 4 (2023). The CBS puts the city in socio-economic cluster 5 of 10 (2021).
48.6%
of households own their home
49.9%
rent
25
median age
3.3
people per household
6.8%
born in the Americas
65.1%
work outside the city
Schools
26 active schools in Harish, by stream
10 State
8 State religious
8 Haredi
Schools
The Ministry of Education lists 26 active schools in Harish: 10 state, 8 state-religious and 8 Charedi. The list has no language field.
Source: Ministry of Education
Hebrew help for children
The municipality's English page lists a summer ulpan for olim children before first grade and a Hebrew studies centre for children up to 6th grade.
English-language schools
We found no school or gan in Harish that teaches in English or names English support, and the municipality's list of adult ulpans has Russian and Spanish groups but no English one. Ask the municipality and the schools themselves.
Getting around
Direct trains from קיסריה פרדס חנה station, 9.2 km in a straight line from the city's centre point, on one weekday of the current timetable.
To Tel Aviv HaHagana
51min
fastest; median 52 min, 36 direct trains a weekday
To Tel Aviv Savidor
43min
fastest; median 43 min, 36 direct trains a weekday
To Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon
None
no direct train, a change is needed
No train in town
Harish has no railway station of its own. The nearest is Caesarea-Pardes Hanna, 9.2 km in a straight line from the city's centre point, whose fastest weekday train reaches Tel Aviv Savidor in 43 minutes (Ministry of Transport, 14 Oct 2026). The train figures on this page are that station's, not the city's, and do not include the trip to the station.
Source: Ministry of Transport GTFS
By road
The municipality says residents have direct access to Highway 6 via the Harish Interchange, and puts the city 45 minutes from Tel Aviv and 30 minutes from Kfar Saba and Ra'anana by its own estimate.
Work
In the 2022 census 65.1% of Harish's employed residents worked outside the city.
Source: CBS Census 2022
Caesarea-Pardes Hanna station, the nearest to Harish and the station the train minutes on this page are from, December 2022. Photo by Ori Baratz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
What homes sold and rented for
Recorded deals from the Tax Authority, last 12 months. They mix new apartments and older homes, so they are neither the new-build price nor the resale price.
Sold, median price
- 4 rooms₪1,427,500
-4.9% on the year
- 5 rooms₪1,620,500
-5.4% on the year
Latest quarter (to Mar 2026): ₪1,420,000 here against ₪2,058,800 nationally.
Rented, median a month
- 3 rooms₪3,325
+5.6% on the year
- 4 rooms₪3,600
0.0% on the year
- 5 rooms₪4,200
+5.0% on the year
The CBS rent survey, a different series, puts average free-market rent at ₪3,719 a month (Q2 2026) for the Haifa District as a whole; Harish has no row of its own.
What else is being built
172
homes started in 2023
369 completed. CBS.
47
state land tenders since 2000
14 opened since 2023. Israel Land Authority.
54
Dira BeHanacha lotteries
Latest 10 Apr 2024: 1 homes, 16,869 applicants.
Land offered to developers right now (2)
A tender is land, not homes: anything built on it is years away.
Running costs and safety
Arnona, average billed
₪50.3
per square metre a year, 2023. The city’s total residential billing over billed area, not your street’s tariff.
Source: CBS city profile, 2023
Bank of Israel rate
3.25%
The base for mortgage pricing, not a mortgage rate.
Source: Bank of Israel, 13 Oct 2026
Siren warning time
90seconds
to reach a protected space. New buildings must have one: usually a safe room in the apartment (mamad), in some a shared one per floor (mamak). Ask which.
Source: Home Front Command, 14 Oct 2026
The downsides
No station, and no train to Jerusalem
The nearest station is 9.2 km away, and the timetable has no direct train from it to Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon (Ministry of Transport, 14 Oct 2026). Every train trip starts with getting to Caesarea-Pardes Hanna.
Source: Ministry of Transport GTFS
One shul, no count
We found one English-speaking shul and no second one, no English-speakers' association and no count of Anglo families. Nefesh B'Nefesh has no Community Guide page for Harish; its contacts list is the only Nefesh B'Nefesh listing we found.
A Hebrew-speaking city
Most of the decade's olim came from the former Soviet Union (966 of 2,028), then France (215) and Argentina (175); the US and UK together sent 146. The Ministry of Aliyah lists an English-speaking coordinator for the area, based in Hadera, not in Harish.
Prices down on the year
The median recorded sale over the last 12 months was ₪1,487,100, 2.8% lower than the year before, and ₪1,427,500 for 4 rooms, 4.9% lower, new and older homes together (nadlan.gov.il, 20 Aug 2026).
Source: nadlan.gov.il
A city still being built
The CBS counted 172 homes started and 369 completed in 2023. A tender for 722 more homes closes on 26 Oct 2026. Building around the new neighbourhoods is ongoing.
Who should pick Harish, and who should not
Pick it if you are
- Families who want one small, active English-speaking shul with a rabbi who teaches in English.
- Buyers looking for homes below the national median within reach of Highway 6.
- Families with young children who want a young city.
Look elsewhere if you are
- English speakers who want a choice of congregations or a large Anglo community.
- Anyone who needs a train in town or to Jerusalem.
- Families who need English-language schooling.
Questions about Harish
Is Harish good for English speakers?
It has one active English-speaking shul, Kehillat Derech Eretz, with weekly shiurim and family programmes, and HaMizrachi counts it among places that have developed Anglo communities. There is no count of English speakers; the Ministry of Aliyah counts 116 olim from the US and 30 from the UK among the 2,028 who settled here from 2014 to 2023.
Is there an English-speaking shul in Harish?
Yes: Kehillat Derech Eretz, which calls itself an English speaking shul and community for olim and Israelis. It holds Shabbat and festival services at the school on Zayit 6 and is led by Rabbi Yehoshua Felberg, who teaches in English and Hebrew. We found no second English-speaking minyan.
When did the English-speaking community start?
The rabbi's page says he and his wife moved to Harish in 2020, and that the shul was born as the Anglo community came together through learning programmes. HaMizrachi described him, around 2023, as Rav of a rapidly growing community in Harish.
What does KDE run during the week?
Its programme page lists a Sunday lunch and learn, a Monday shiur, a Wednesday women's beit midrash, a Friday kollel after the 8:10am Shacharit, a Shabbat women's parsha shiur, a Shabbat family learning slot, and year-long Bar and Bat Mitzvah programmes.
What does Harish offer new olim?
The municipality's English page lists an absorption department, a 90% arnona discount on the first 100 square metres for one year in the first two years in Israel (check the exact terms with the city), a summer ulpan for children starting first grade and a Hebrew studies centre for children up to 6th grade. Its adult ulpans listed are for Russian and Spanish speakers.
How much does a home cost in Harish?
The median recorded sale over the last 12 months was ₪1,487,100, new and older homes together, and ₪1,427,500 for 4 rooms (nadlan.gov.il, 20 Aug 2026). In the quarter ending Mar 2026 the median was ₪1,420,000, against ₪2,058,800 nationally.
Source: nadlan.gov.il
How much is rent in Harish?
The median recorded rent over the last 12 months was ₪3,600 a month for 4 rooms and ₪3,900 across all homes (nadlan.gov.il, 20 Aug 2026). nadlan.gov.il computes a gross rental yield of 3.2%, before arnona, maintenance, vacancy and tax.
Source: nadlan.gov.il
How long is the train from Harish to Tel Aviv?
There is no station in Harish. From the nearest, Caesarea-Pardes Hanna (9.2 km away), the fastest weekday direct train takes 43 minutes to Tel Aviv Savidor and 51 minutes to HaHagana (36 direct trains to Savidor that day), per the Ministry of Transport timetable fetched 14 Oct 2026. Add the trip to the station. There is no direct train to Jerusalem.
Source: Ministry of Transport GTFS
Is Harish beyond the Green Line?
No. Harish is in the Haifa District, inside the 1949 armistice line. Arutz Sheva placed it within pre-1967 Israel in 2010, and Wikipedia lists Harish among the Wadi Ara localities and says the area was ceded to Israel in the 1949 Israel-Jordan armistice agreement.
Source: Wikipedia · accessed 14 Oct 2026
How long do you have to reach a shelter in Harish?
90 seconds from the siren, according to the Home Front Command.
Source: Home Front Command · 14 Oct 2026
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Sources and method
- CBS Localities File 2024, 31 Dec 2024
- CBS Census 2022, data.gov.il, 31 Dec 2022
- Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, olim by receiving locality (new-olim-by-cities), data.gov.il, 2014 to 2023
- Ministry of Education institutions (mosdot_edu), data.gov.il, 14 Oct 2026
- Ministry of Construction and Housing, Dira BeHanacha lotteries (mechir-lamishtaken), data.gov.il, 10 Apr 2024
- Home Front Command alert areas (districts_heb.json), 14 Oct 2026
- Bank of Israel interest rate (SDMX BR), 13 Oct 2026
- CBS, Local Authorities in Israel 2023, authority profile (publication 1987), 31 Dec 2023; 2023; date unknown; 2022; Jun 2024; 2021
- CBS, Characterization and Classification of Geographical Units by Socio-Economic Level, 2021, table 2, 2021
- CBS Price Statistics Monthly, table 4.9, average free-market rent, Q2 2026
- Ministry of Transport GTFS, Israel Railways (agency 2), 14 Oct 2026
- nadlan.gov.il (Tax Authority deal records), site's own summary, 20 Aug 2026
- Israel Land Authority tenders (michrazim), 14 Oct 2026
Official figures fetched 14 Oct 2026. Each date is the period the source covers, or for live lists (schools, tenders, timetable, warning times) the day we fetched it. 1 field(s) failed to load and are shown as unknown. Page written 14 Oct 2026.