Between Modi'in and Modi'in Illit: 5 km apart - but a distance of tens of thousands of shekels • Watch

Haredim 10
February 22, 2026   
Including in Modiin Illit
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Yaakov Lederman/Flash90

Five kilometers separate the two cities, but in reality they are completely different countries: one leads in the rate of recruits, the other has a record number of apprentices. In one, high-tech people live in well-kept neighborhoods, and in the other, Torah scholars live in crowded apartment buildings. Alon Sharvit went on a journey in Modi'in and Modi'in Illit


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