Tel Aviv
Lev Ha'ir is the city center, where Tel Aviv began in 1909, around Rothschild Boulevard, Dizengoff Street and Habima Square, at the heart of the UNESCO-listed White City. It is lively at all hours, with restaurants, bars, Independence Hall and many Bauhaus buildings.
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Health fund branches · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Clalit health fund clinic in the Opera Tower on Allenby Street. Clalit's national phone line is *2700; check hours and services in the fund's app or website.
Allenby 1 (Opera Tower), Tel Aviv
Health fund branches · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Maccabi health fund clinic in the city center. A Maccabi women's health center is listed at the same address (03-5630450). Maccabi's national phone line is *3555; check hours and services in the fund's app or website.
Balfour 10, Tel Aviv
Kosher restaurants & cafés · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Kosher Italian restaurant on Rothschild Boulevard.
60 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv
Kosher restaurants & cafés · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Kosher hummus restaurant on Rothschild Boulevard.
73 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv
Kosher restaurants & cafés · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Kosher hummus restaurant on Dizengoff Street.
85 Dizengoff St., Tel Aviv
Kosher restaurants & cafés · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Mediterranean chef restaurant on Lilienblum Street.
30 Lilienblum St., Tel Aviv
Kosher restaurants & cafés · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Pita and street-food restaurant from chef Eyal Shani's group. A second Tel Aviv branch is at 3 Kalman Magen St. (Sarona).
23 Ibn Gabirol St., Tel Aviv
Kosher restaurants & cafés · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Kosher grill restaurant on Rothschild Boulevard, open since 1995, serving grilled meats, shawarma and hummus; evenings are for private events. Listed as Shabbat-observant.
47 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv
Shuls · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
The central Chabad-Lubavitch office for Tel Aviv-Yafo, which coordinates the Chabad branches around the city.
16A Merkaz Ba'alei Melacha St., Tel Aviv
Shuls · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Musical Reform congregation on Rashi Street, part of the Daniel Centers for Progressive Judaism. It welcomes Shabbat in song each week and holds a communal Shabbat meal after the first Shabbat of each month.
50-52 Rashi St., Tel Aviv
Shuls · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Historic Sephardi Orthodox synagogue on Shadal Street, listed by Nefesh B'Nefesh as a French Sephardi congregation.
5 Shadal St., Tel Aviv
Shuls · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
The city's historic Great Synagogue on Allenby Street. While the building is under renovation (expected to take about three years), prayers and activities are held in a hall across the street at Allenby 103, with another entrance at Ahad Ha'am 40.
110 Allenby St., Tel Aviv (temporarily at 103 Allenby St.)
Gan & daycare · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
English-speaking, Reggio Emilia-inspired Jewish preschool run with Chabad on the Coast, which also runs a Camp Gan Israel summer camp.
16 HaRav Kook St., Tel Aviv
Ulpan & Hebrew · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Private Hebrew school focused on conversational Hebrew, with on-campus classes in the center of Tel Aviv and live online classes. Semesters run 10 weeks with two 90-minute lessons a week, across 11 levels.
Central Tel Aviv
Community & youth · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Community for young professionals at 22 Allenby with weekly Shabbat dinners, Torah classes, concerts and events. Secret Tel Aviv describes it as serving English-speaking olim and Israelis aged 20-45.
22 Allenby St., Tel Aviv
Lawyers & accountants · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Law office for Israeli immigration and status matters: Law of Return and citizenship, foreign spouses, visas and people refused entry at the airport. Office on the 6th floor of 14 Gruzenberg Street; the site offers a free first consultation.
14 Gruzenberg Street, 6th floor, Tel Aviv
Lawyers & accountants · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Divorce and family law firm with an English-language website. The Tel Aviv branch is in the Shalom Meir Tower at 9 Ahad Ha'am Street (parking entrance at 5 Ahuzat Bayit Street); other branches are in Modiin and Rishon LeZion.
9 Ahad Ha'am Street, Shalom Meir Tower, Tel Aviv
Real estate · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Tel Aviv office of the Paris-based BARNES luxury real estate group, on Rothschild Boulevard, for buying and selling high-end apartments, penthouses, Bauhaus houses and villas. Works with international buyers, in particular French clients.
Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv
Shops · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Central shopping mall on Dizengoff Street with a 24/7 help desk.
50 Dizengoff St., Tel Aviv
Shops · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Small mall on Ibn Gvirol Street, listed by the city as Garden City.
71 Ibn Gvirol St., Tel Aviv
Shops · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Weekly vintage and antiques fair in Dizengoff Square.
Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv
Pharmacies · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Super-Pharm pharmacy and drugstore (Allenby branch). It is on the municipality's rotating list of duty pharmacies that open late and on Shabbat and holidays; check the current month's list.
Allenby 115, Tel Aviv
Pharmacies · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Super-Pharm pharmacy and drugstore (Dizengoff Center branch). It is on the municipality's rotating list of duty pharmacies that open late and on Shabbat and holidays; check the current month's list.
Dizengoff 50, Tel Aviv
Pharmacies · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Super-Pharm pharmacy and drugstore (Dizengoff Square branch). It is on the municipality's rotating list of duty pharmacies that open late and on Shabbat and holidays; check the current month's list.
Pinsker 69, Tel Aviv
Pharmacies · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Super-Pharm pharmacy and drugstore (Opera Tower branch). It is on the municipality's rotating list of duty pharmacies that open late and on Shabbat and holidays; check the current month's list.
Allenby 1, Tel Aviv
Yeshivot, seminaries & colleges · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Pluralistic study center for Hebrew and Jewish culture, with courses, a fellows program, a beit midrash for artists, a cultural salon and public events.
6 Shadal St., Tel Aviv
Council & government offices · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
The city's department for new immigrants. Staff help with ulpan placement, career guidance, municipal information and community programs, with coordinators for English, French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese speakers. The city also runs two municipal ulpanim (Ulpan Gordon and Ulpan Lilienblum 7).
Balfour 14 (the old Strauss Building), Tel Aviv
Attractions & sights · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Square at the end of Rothschild Boulevard designed by Dani Karavan, joining the Habima National Theatre, the Mann Auditorium (home of the Israel Philharmonic) and the free Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for contemporary art.
Serves all of Tel Aviv
Attractions & sights · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Walking route around Rothschild Boulevard from the founding of Tel Aviv in 1909 to 1948, passing the first homes, Nahum Gutman's mosaic, the Great Synagogue, the Haganah Museum and Independence Hall.
Serves all of Tel Aviv
Attractions & sights · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
UNESCO World Heritage area of about 4,000 International Style buildings, best seen on and around Rothschild Boulevard. The Bauhaus Center on Dizengoff Street offers audio walking tours.
Serves all of Tel Aviv
Museums & heritage · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Gallery, shop and information point on the city's Bauhaus (White City) architecture, by Dizengoff Square. Its weekly English walking tours are currently canceled; self-guided audio tours are offered in seven languages.
77 Dizengoff St., Tel Aviv
Museums & heritage · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Museum, archive and cultural center in the former home of the poet Hayim Nahman Bialik.
22 Bialik St., Tel Aviv-Yafo
Museums & heritage · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Ministry of Defense museum on the history of the Haganah, on Rothschild Boulevard.
23 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv
Parks & playgrounds · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Central city garden with a small outdoor gym, a basketball court, a soccer pitch and a neighborhood dog park.
Serves all of Tel Aviv
Beaches · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Sandy beach with a playground and workout equipment.
Tel Aviv-Yafo seafront
Beaches · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Urban beach with volleyball courts, workout equipment, a playground and a kite-surfing area.
Tel Aviv-Yafo seafront
Hostels · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Large hostel near Rothschild Boulevard and Florentin with dorms and private rooms, daily self-service breakfast, a bar and free dorm lockers; towels and sheets included. Maximum stay is 14 days in dorms and 3 weeks in private rooms.
21 Levontin St., Tel Aviv
Opticians & eyewear · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Optical store in Dizengoff Center (Building A, level -1, next to Mega Sport) with eye exams, branded frames and sunglasses, and an in-store lab that makes lenses within an hour. Its website has English and French pages.
Dizengoff Center, Building A, level -1, Tel Aviv
Other services · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Mindspace coworking and flexible office space in the city center.
Ahad Ha'am 54, Tel Aviv
Other services · City center (Lev Ha'ir)
Mindspace coworking space on Rothschild Boulevard, close to the Allenby light rail station.
Rothschild 45, Tel Aviv