Modiin Links

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Resources below are in English unless indicated otherwise

• General
  • Modiin municipality (Heb)
  • Modiin and the surrounding area, descriptions and photographs by residents Jason and Leiah Elbaum
  • Modiin Community KWiki, community information by and for residents
  • ModiInfo, a magazine serving the English-speaking community of Modiin

• Forums
  • The original Modiin e-mail list, moderated by Ralph Birnbaum
  • Modiin e-mail list, unmoderated
  • Modiin forum, hosted by Tapuz (Heb)
  • M-net forums (Heb)

• Transportation
  • Directions to Modiin by car or train
  • Margalit bus schedule, translated to English
  • Margalit S.E., Modiin's public bus company (Heb)
  • We Want Busses, campaigning amd complaining about public transportation in Modiin (Heb)
  • Bus routes to/from Hashmonaim & Kiryat Sefer / Modiin Illit by Superbus and Margalit

• Education
  • Ironi Aleph Secondary School, Modiin (Heb)
  • Yachad School, Modiin (Heb)
  • Idanim School, Modiin (Heb)
  • Maccabim-Reut High School (Heb)
  • HILLEL, for parents of learning disabled children (Heb)
  • My Modiin, about daycare and nurseries (Hebrew version)

• Organizations
  • Ezer Modiin volunteer charity association, run by Rabbi David Segal (Heb)
  • Ner L'Mordechai - charitable free loan society for residents of Modiin area (Heb)
  • Matnas Modiin - contact details for Modiin Community Center (Heb)
  • Shopping Center on Yitzhak Rabin St. - residents of the Givah C neighborhood demand milk and eggs - (Hebrew version)
  • Le cercle francophone de Modi'in - French speakers in Modiin (Fr)
  • Modiin Towers - for residents of the Migdelei Modiin high-rise project (Heb)

• Religion
  • Chabad Center contact information, Rabbi Boruch Slonim
  • Beit Knesset Mercaz Modiin - mailing list for synagogue at Nahal Tzin and Nahal Paran, off Emek Hahuleh.
  • Beit Knesset HaGivah - mailing list for synagogue at Gan Narkis, Givah C.
  • Shalhevet Hamaccabim, a Masorti (Conservative) synagogue
  • Ir Hofshit - Modiin - the "Free City Modiin" movement, political advocates for the city's secular residents (Heb)

• Recreation
  • JNF Tree Planting Center in Ben Shemen Forest
  • Neot Kedumim, the biblical landscape park
  • Ben Shemen Forest
  • Modiin Orienteering Club (Heb)

• Business
  • Avnei Hoshen, the Modiin arts and crafts cooperative
  • Stella Padeh's local business listings, hosted by MyModiin.com
  • Modiin Asakim, a site for Modiin businesses (Heb)
  • NIV, the Modiin women's entrepreneurial forum (Heb)
  • Modiin Economic Development Corporation (Heb)
  • Hashkaot Modiin - real estate agents (Heb)
  • Shikkun Toronto - encouraging Toronto residents to purchase property in Modiin
  • Lev Ha-ir project - Uri Shetrit Architects, Ltd.
  • Shmurat Modiin project - Bonei Hatihon builders (Heb)

• The Region
  • Rammat Modi'im (part of Hashmonaim)
  • Moshav Meor Modiin, followers of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach down the road from Modiin
  • Shabbat hospitality in Moshav Mattiyahu
  • Modi'in Excavations Yield Synagogue, Tombs - article from Biblical Archaelogy Review
  • Modi'im, Modi'in, Modi'it, HaModi'im - geography in the Mishnaic period (Heb)
  • Archeology: Where was ancient Modiin? - by Franciscan Christians living in Malta