A young town in the centre
Shoham is a local council in the Central District, founded in 1993 on a hill east of Ben Gurion Airport. It had 23,592 residents in 2024. Most homes are single-family houses and duplexes, every neighbourhood has its own gardens, and the town is known for its schools. The moshavim around it (Beit Arif, Tirat Yehuda, Bareket, Kfar Truman and others) belong to the Hevel Modi'in Regional Council, not to Shoham.
The local council
Arnona, parking permits and registration for gans and schools all go through the Shoham Local Council (shoham.muni.il (opens in a new tab)). If you live on a moshav, your council is the Hevel Modi'in Regional Council.
Aliyah paperwork
Shoham has no absorption centre of its own. Book an aliyah advisor at the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration on gov.il (opens in a new tab). Shoham has no large organised English-speaking community, so ulpan usually means a class in a nearby city; ask the council and the ministry what is running this year.
Health fund, bank and post
See the health guide, bank branches and the post office and pharmacies.
Community life
The Shoham Community Centre, the public library and the senior citizens' centre are the places to start. Shuls, including a Reform congregation, are in synagogues; mikvaot in mikvaot.