Ramat Eshkol

Closest Shopping District: Paran St, including:

• Take-out food
• Post Office
• Grocery Store (Supermarket)
• Pharmacy
• Bank
• Laundry

Terem Emergency Medical Centers – Romema, Beit YaHav, (80 Yirmeyahu St, Tel: 1-599-520-520, or 509-3333) Hours: 24 hours, seven days a week. Can perform both x rays and laboratory tests on site. Results are given as part of the visit.

Local Transportation: Bus and Light Rail

Bus – #4 to the center of town and the clinic; #19 to the center of town and Hadassa hospital; Egged local information Ph. 02-530-4704

Egged Bus routes in Jerusalem

Light Rail – the two closest stops are Givat Hamivtar and Givat Hatachmoshet (Ammunition Hill). For a complete route map, click here.

Near You:

Ammunition Hill Memorial and Museum – Site of a bloody battle in 1967, this museum is dedicated to the reunification of Jerusalem and to those who died in the Six-Day War. You can walk through bunkers and trenches, and five exhibition halls full of weapons, maps, battle plans, and more.

Hours Sun-Thurs 9 am-5 pm; Fri 9 am-1 pm Phone (02) 582-8442

Transportation Bus: 4, 9, 25, 28, or 99

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Campus, Mount Scopus. Call to find out about tours in English; 02-6585111

British Military Cemetery, Mount Scopus

Religious:

Ohr Somayach Yeshiva – An Orthodox yeshiva for the newly religious. Holds a variety of ongoing classes and minyanim. 22 Shimon Hatzadik Street, Maalot Daphna neighborhood (not far from the apartment)

Tel: 02-581-0315 Email: mandel@ohr.israel.net

Jerusalem Great Synagogue (Orthodox), 58 King George St., http://www.jerusalemgreatsynagogue.com/. Daily minyanim.

Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism (Conservative),

8 Agron St., Tel. 625-6386

Israel Union for Progressive Judaism (Reform), 13 King David St.,

Tel: 620-3448; also Har El Synagogue, 16 Shmuel Hanagid, tel: 625-3841

See www.godaven.com for listing of Jerusalem synagogues

Baptist– Jerusalem Baptist Church, 4 Narkis St., Tel: 02-625-5942

Catholic – St. Paul’s Church, 32 Shivtei Yisrael St., Tel: 02-628-7523

Presbyterian – St. Andrew’s Church, near the old Railway Station, Tel: 02-673-2401

See http://www.holylandnetwork.com/jerusalem/churches.htm for full listing of Churches in Jerusalem

Useful Information

Closest Shopping District: Paran St, including:

• Take-out food
• Post Office
• Grocery Store (Supermarket)
• Pharmacy
• Bank
• Laundry

Local Transportation: Bus and Light Rail

Bus – #4 to the center of town and the clinic; #19 to the center of town and Hadassa hospital; Egged local information Ph. 02-530-4704

Egged Bus routes in Jerusalem

Light Rail – the two closest stops are Givat Hamivtar and Givat Hatachmoshet (Ammunition Hill). For a complete route map, click here.

Near You:

Hours Sun-Thurs 9 am-5 pm; Fri 9 am-1 pm Phone (02) 582-8442

Transportation Bus: 4, 9, 25, 28, or 99

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Campus, Mount Scopus. Call to find out about tours in English; 02-6585111

British Military Cemetery, Mount Scopus

Religious:

Tel: 02-581-0315 Email: mandel@ohr.israel.net

Jerusalem Great Synagogue (Orthodox), 58 King George St., http://www.jerusalemgreatsynagogue.com/. Daily minyanim.

Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism (Conservative),

8 Agron St., Tel. 625-6386

Israel Union for Progressive Judaism (Reform), 13 King David St.,

Tel: 620-3448; also Har El Synagogue, 16 Shmuel Hanagid, tel: 625-3841

See www.godaven.com for listing of Jerusalem synagogues

Baptist– Jerusalem Baptist Church, 4 Narkis St., Tel: 02-625-5942

Catholic – St. Paul’s Church, 32 Shivtei Yisrael St., Tel: 02-628-7523

Presbyterian – St. Andrew’s Church, near the old Railway Station, Tel: 02-673-2401

See http://www.holylandnetwork.com/jerusalem/churches.htm for full listing of Churches in Jerusalem

Getting to the Clinic

On your first day of work at the clinic you will be picked up at 7:30 a.m. and taken to the clinic by a DVI staff member or volunteer. Please wait in front of the apartment building. The rest of the week, you will need to make your own way. Take the bus #77 from the stop on Levi Eshkol. Or if you have a car, follow these instructions:

Bus Lines to the Clinic: # 77

Pick up the bus on Levi Eshkol.

Get off the bus at the last Emek Refaim St. stop (approx. a 30 minute ride)

Continue walking straight on Emek Refaim until a traffic light – the corner of General Pierre Koenig

Turn left on General Pierre Koenig

Immediately after the gas station (one block), make a right onto Mekor Chaim St.

The Clinic’s address: 29 Mekor Chaim (on the left side)

Light Rail: Givat Hatachmoshet (Ammunition Hill) station, get off on Yaffo St. and switch for the 21 bus. Get off of the 21 bus at the Hadar Mall on General Pierre Koenig St. Enter the mall and take the escalator or elevator to the bottom floor and exit the mall. Bear right, past the Albar car dealership. Turn left on a small path, follow it to Mekor Chaim St. Turn left and continue until Mekor Chaim 29 – on your left side.

Driving directions

1. Turn left out of parking lot onto Midbar Sinai St

2. At the roundabout, turn left into Sheshet HaYamim St

3. Turn left onto Sderot Levi Eshkol

4. Turn right at Sderot Hayim Barlev

5. Continue on Heil HaHandasa

6. Slight left to stay on Heil HaHandasa

7. Continue on HaTsanhanim (there is a tunnel)

8. Continue on Shlomo HaMelech

9. Continue on David HaMelech

Keep left at the fork!

10. Turn right on Derech Beit Lehem

11. Turn right at Emek Refaim

12. Turn left at General Pierre Koenig

13. Turn right at Mekor Haim (at the gas station)

14 Arrive at clinic, 29 Mekor Haim St, on left

Total Distance: 5.5 km – about 15 mins

Address
2 Sderot Eshkol, Apt. No. 53, Ground floor – the first apartment on the right
The entrance to the building is around the back – on Midbar Sinai St.!!!! Please make a note of this.
It is the 3rd (last) entrance to the building from the parking lot off Midbar Sinai Street, Jerusalem

Telephone:
From Overseas: +972-2-5812328
Within Israel: 02-5812328

Click Here for a downloadable PDF with the apartment information.

Description:

3 room apartment – 2 bedrooms, living room with sofa bed, kitchen and dining area. Suitable for a couple and up to 3 children/guests

Please note: DVI rents this apartment to host our volunteers from abroad and we are accountable by our landlord for any damage. DVI does not have a large maintenance staff and we therefore ask you to care for the apartment as you would your own home.

• Please do not move the furniture

• Please take care of all appliances in the apartment

• Do not leave the electric water heater on for more than 2-3 hours a day

All apartments are available from Friday at 12 noon to the following Friday until 9:30 A.M, since our cleaning lady will arrive then to clean the apartment for the next dentist. If you need to leave your luggage for a few hours, you may leave it by the door, but this must be arranged in advance with our office staff. Linens and towels are provided in the apartment, and there are basic kitchen supplies in the functional kitchen.

Facilities:

Internet – DVI apartments all have internet connection; network name and password is on the letter to you, from us on the dining room table.
Television – There is a television in the lounge, connected to HOT cable TV.
Heating/Cooling – The apartment has three air conditioning units used for cooling and heat. Please remember to turn off the units when not necessary – they use large amounts of electricity.
Hot Water – In winter, hot water is provided from the central heating system. In summer, turn on the switch for the “boiler” (hot water heater) for 2 hours before use; there is no need to leave it on for any more time. The switch is marked at the entrance to the bathroom. There is NO solar heating.
Kitchen – The kitchen is fully equipped for your use. At the end of your stay, please put all utensils back in the cupboards where you found them. The utensils are NOT kosher.On your arrival, you will find coffee, tea, sugar, milk & a cake with our compliments.

Parking:

The Ramat Eshkol apartment has private parking. If you park on the street, be sure to park along the areas marked blue and white (and not along the red and white)! Blue and white marked parking spots require payment – look for the pay stations on the sidewalk.