A garden city next to Tel Aviv
Ramat Gan was founded in 1921 as a moshava east of Tel Aviv and became a city in 1950. It had 172,242 residents in 2024. It is home to the Diamond Exchange District, Sheba Medical Center (Israel's largest hospital), Bar-Ilan University and the Ramat Gan Safari, and Nefesh B'Nefesh notes its well-kept neighbourhood parks.
Olim services
The municipality has an Anglo oleh coordinator listed by Nefesh B'Nefesh and runs the RG International Community Facebook group. NBN says there are no municipal incentives for olim at present. Book an aliyah advisor at the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration on gov.il (opens in a new tab).
Government offices in town
National Insurance (Bituach Leumi), the Income Tax Authority and VAT all have offices in Ramat Gan.
Health fund, bank and post
See the health guide, bank branches and services and pharmacies.