Students & lone soldiers
Students, gap year and lone soldiers
Herzliya is home to Reichman University, whose Raphael Recanati International School teaches in English, and to a JLIC Orthodox campus community. The municipality runs Enzo for residents aged 20-40 and publishes a page on lone soldiers' rights.
Students & lone soldiers
Start here
7 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Start with RRIS
The international school office is open Sun-Thu 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-16:00 (09-9602700); dorm prices are on the university site.
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Find a Jewish community on campus
JLIC Herzliya runs minyanim and a Shabbat community for students, young professionals and lone soldiers.
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Use Enzo, the young adults centre
Study and co-working spaces, meetups and subsidised career counselling at 5 Sokolov St.
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Check municipal student benefits
The municipality posts scholarships, internships and student jobs on its students page.
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Lone soldiers: know your rights
The municipal page lists housing, financial and leave benefits, including arnona exemption.
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Get to campus
Reichman University has stops on Menachem Begin and Natan Alterman Sts; line 347 links it with Tel Aviv central bus station and Ra'anana.
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Guides
Read next
- Getting around Herzliya: trains, buses, the free Skipper and weekend linesTrains from Herzliya station, the main bus lines, Rav-Kav, the free Skipper minibus and Naim BaSofash weekend buses, Shabbat, parking and what is planned.
- Renting and buying in Herzliya: prices, arnona and urban renewalAsking rents in Herzliya by room count (October 2026), how arnona transfers when you rent or buy a new flat, and where pinui-binui is changing the city.
- Shabbat and shuls in Herzliya: what I found, and what I could notHerzliya's Religious Council, the city eruv, mikvaot, early and late minyanim, the likely options for English and French speakers, the separate beach, and the honest gaps.
Good to know
Dorm prices for 2025-26 ran from $830 (Ronson shared) to $1,550 (couples) a month, per the university.
Community groups
Where people talk
- Enzo young adults updatesWhatsApp · Herzliya Municipality (Enzo young adults centre)
- JLIC Herzliya (OU-JLIC at Reichman University)Website or forum · OU-JLIC
- RRIS Social & Cultural Affairs (Facebook page)Facebook · Reichman University RRIS
- Reichman University RRIS (Facebook page)Facebook · Reichman University
- Reichman University Student Union (Facebook page)Facebook · Reichman University Student Union
Source
- runi.ac.il (opens in a new tab)
- runi.ac.il (opens in a new tab)
- herzliya.oujlic.org (opens in a new tab)
- herzliya.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- herzliya.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- herzliya.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- runi.ac.il (opens in a new tab)
- open-bus-stride-api.hasadna.org.il (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Herzliya from the sources above.
