El'ad

El'ad, an aa spelled Elad (), is a ceety in the Center Destrict o Israel. Locatit aboot 25 kilometres (16 mi) east o Tel Aviv on Route 444 atween Rosh HaAyin an Shoham, it an aa lies juist wast o the Green Line. In 2007 the ceety haed a tot population o 31,300. Its current population is estimatit at ower 32,000. The biggin o El'ad stairtit in the late 90's, but due tae the heich demand an massive construction, it haed awready achieved local cooncil status bi 1998. It is the anerlie ceety in Israel offeecially designatit a releegious municipality.

History
The toun wis biggit frae scratch as a planned community accordin tae urban plannin paradigms no unlik Modi'in an nearbi Shoham. While those touns wur designed tae suit a mixed population o non-releegious an releegious, El'ad wis oreeginally planned tae suit a mixed population o Modren Orthodox/Releegious Zionist Jews an Haredi Jews, but the majority are nou Haredi. It wis biggit as a pairt o the solution tae the acute shortage o alternate an affordable hoosin for Haredi families who, tradeetionally, wur concentratit primarily in baith Jerusalem an Bnei Brak. Accordingly, El'ad wis planned in a way that wad suit the releegious lifestyle wi a lairger selection o hoosin options wi some projects afferin lairger than average apairtments tae accommodate releegious families who tend tae hae mair childer than the average naitional population. Anither unique characteristic wis easy access an short walkin distances tae local eddication institutions tae avoid the need for schuil transportation costs.

The Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi is Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Grossman an the Chief Sefardi Rabbi is Rabbi Mordechai Malka. Thare are at least 18 synagogues o different Jewish ethnic persuasions. A central charitable organization is Kupat Hatzedoko Matan Beseter.

On 5 Februar 2008, El'ad's offeecial status wis chyngit tae a ceety.

References

 Freemit airtins 
 Report about court ruling regarding special loans for Haredim in El'ad  (bi an anti-religious lobby organization)
 An article about Haredi education, mentioning El'ad  (uses the spelling Elad) (Yated Neeman)
 A paper about new cities development in Israel, citing El'ad as an example
 A summary of population of Israeli cities by Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

Category:Ceeties in Israel
Category:Planned communities
Category:Releegious Israeli communities
Category:Ebreu-leid names
Category:Populatit places established in 1998