Ashdod
What each part of Ashdod is like for newcomers, with the shuls, schools, doctors and shops listed there.
The central quarter, including the Mar'ar business district: City Mall and the central bus station, city hall, the arts centre. 22,000+ residents, 43% of them olim, mainly from the former USSR.
28 places
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By the sea since the 1970s: private houses in the first rows, stepped blocks behind, the beach promenade and the separate beach. Sought after by established families.
15 places
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The first quarter (1957), by the Lido, Oranim and Mei Ami beaches. 1960s-70s blocks, Rogozin pedestrian street, Beit Canada absorption centre; renewal projects under way.
12 places
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A Torah-observant (Haredi) quarter of about 22,000 from the 1990s: around 70 shuls, many gemachs, all four health funds. Closed to cars on Shabbat.
11 places
1970s, on the west side near the sea. About a third of residents are olim; all four health funds, the old city-hall shopping centre and the Philistine Culture Museum.
8 places
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The most populous quarter (23,000+), at the north-east entrance. Mostly Haredi or traditional, with many olim from Russia and Ethiopia; Terem urgent care is here.
7 places
East side, from the mid-1960s, with TAMA 38 renewal. Mixed population; Beit Lavron pool, a Beit HaOleh centre and a Russian-language library branch.
7 places
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The southernmost quarter (2002), beside the southern beaches: houses and apartment blocks, the Shoham centre. NBN names it as popular with olim.
6 places
One of the oldest quarters: low 1960s blocks, the Rova Bet market, Star Center and Ben-Gurion Park, plus the city library and courts.
5 places
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1990s, at the southern entrance by the train station and BIG Fashion. Private houses around blocks of flats; above the city average socio-economically.
4 places
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Founded in 1986 by the southern beaches, the largest quarter by area: houses and blocks, the Topaz mall, Tel Hai avenue and the Riviera bus terminal.
4 places
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A small seaside quarter (about 1,800 residents) around the marina, lake and Sails Square. Older, well-off, 32% olim mainly from France; most flats are rented.
4 places
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Built from the early 2000s: young families moving up from older quarters and Jews from France (municipality). Towers and terraced cottages, Safra centre and park.
3 places
The mostly non-residential far south (formerly the Special Quarter): Assuta Ashdod hospital, the MDA station and the Ad Halom-Metropol train station.
3 places
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Built from the 1970s (south part in the 1990s) around the Lev Ashdod mall and Yigal Alon Park. About 38% olim, average age about 39.
1 place
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Built in the early 1990s for the big aliyah from the former USSR (about 65% of residents). HaNevi'im pedestrian mall, Dyuna community centre, the main police station.
1 place
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Built with Rova Yud in the early 1990s; about 65% of residents came from the former USSR. Streets named after kings, a commercial centre, Makif Chet high school.
1 place
Founded in 2007, mostly high-rise towers with streets named after fruits. Mainly young couples and still developing; Todo commercial centre, beach promenade.
1 place
An older east-side quarter where every street is named after a flower. Mixed religious, secular and olim population; Hartzit community centre and pool.
0 places
A new quarter still being built in the north, between Nahal Lachish and Herzl Blvd: about 2,700 homes planned, with a sports complex and the river park next door.
0 places
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