Retirees
Retiring to Tel Aviv
ESRA's Ramat Aviv branch runs activities together with the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality, and the Nefesh B'Nefesh Tel Aviv Center holds events tagged for people over 50 and retirees. AACI publishes English information on Israeli old-age pensions and the senior citizen card, though its office is in Jerusalem. Several museums offer senior prices.
Retirees
Start here
6 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Join ESRA in Ramat Aviv
ESRA's Ramat Aviv branch brings together all generations and works with the municipality; it posts through the ESRA Facebook group.
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Check Nefesh B'Nefesh Tel Aviv events
The Tel Aviv Center runs talks, book evenings and tech help sessions tagged 50+ and Empty Nesters/Retirees.
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Read up on pensions
AACI explains the Israeli old-age pension, the senior citizen card and U.S. Social Security.
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Pick a health fund near home
Choose by the nearest clinic and doctors who speak your language; Leumit, for example, runs a free 24/7 consultation line.
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Use the free weekend buses
Free on Friday evening and Saturday; people with motor disabilities can book in advance on +972-3-987-6000.
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Visit the museums at senior prices
Senior citizens pay 27 NIS at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and 29 NIS at the Eretz Israel Museum.
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Guides
Read next
- Your first week in Tel AvivThe order I would do things in during a first week in Tel Aviv-Yafo: national paperwork, the city's olim department, the arnona discount, 106 and DigiTel.
- Health funds, doctors and urgent care in Tel AvivChoosing a kupat cholim in Tel Aviv, finding an English-speaking doctor, after-hours numbers, and how the Ichilov emergency room works.
- Tel Aviv neighborhoods comparedHow Tel Aviv-Yafo's neighborhoods differ for newcomers: where English and French speakers and religious families settle, and what the sources say on rent.
- Things to do in Tel AvivMuseums with their hours and prices, the White City and free walking tours, Jaffa, Yarkon Park, and what works for kids in Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Good to know
Four beaches are accessible: Tzuk, North Tzuk, Metzitzim and Hilton. The city's 106 line takes reports and questions from any phone. My DigiTel includes a 60+ services section.
Source
- ESRA Ramat Aviv branch (opens in a new tab)
- Nefesh B'Nefesh: Tel Aviv events (opens in a new tab)
- AACI: retiring in Israel (opens in a new tab)
- Leumit: off-hours medicine (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: public transportation (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art (opens in a new tab)
- Eretz Israel Museum (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: beaches (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: My DigiTel (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Tel Aviv from the sources above.