Dog parks (HaShmura and Halomot)
Parks & playgrounds · HaShmura
The council runs two fenced dog parks, in HaShmura and in Halomot Zichron, each with water, dog play equipment and seating.
Checked 5 October 2026
Local directory
Zichron Yaakov directory
English-speaking services, doctors, kosher food, shuls, schools, ulpan and help for olim. Each listing shows its source and the date it was checked.
10 places
Dr. Karmit Shiran Roitman
Doctors, urgent care & hospital · HaShmura
Family medicine doctor seeing Maccabi members in Zichron Yaakov; Maccabi lists English among the languages spoken.
HebrewEnglishChecked 5 October 2026Dr. Yonatan Botbol
Doctors, urgent care & hospital · HaShmura
Paediatrics doctor seeing Maccabi members in Zichron Yaakov; Maccabi lists English among the languages spoken.
HebrewEnglishArabicChecked 5 October 2026ESRA Second Story Bookshop
Community, youth & libraries · HaShmura
A volunteer-run shop selling English books, most for NIS 10. Proceeds go to ESRA charity projects.
EnglishChecked 5 October 2026HaShmura commercial centre
Shops & malls · HaShmura
Neighbourhood commercial centre at HaShmura 2 with the kosher Verre Bar and, on the 2nd floor, the Kehillat Ve'ahavta (Masorti) community space.
Checked 5 October 2026Kehillat Ve'Ahavta (Masorti)
Shuls · HaShmura
Egalitarian Masorti (Conservative) congregation of the Israeli Masorti movement, open to all, with an English-language Beit Midrash (Rabbi Elisha Wolfin) and a Hebrew ulpan. There is a lift and accessible toilets.
EnglishHebrewChecked 5 October 2026Mitzpe Gal Azulai lookout and fitness area
Parks & playgrounds · HaShmura
A lookout in HaShmura with outdoor fitness equipment.
Checked 5 October 2026Ulpan Ve'Ahavta
Ulpan & Hebrew · HaShmura
Hebrew classes at all levels in small groups, open to everyone, for a fee.
Checked 5 October 2026Verre Bar
Kosher restaurants & cafés · HaShmura
Kosher (regular Rabbanut) meat bar-restaurant in the HaShmura commercial centre.
Rabbanut Zichron Yaakov (meat)Checked 5 October 2026Zichron Pharm
Pharmacies · HaShmura
Private pharmacy listed by Maccabi as a contracted pharmacy in Zichron Yaakov.
Checked 5 October 2026
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