What a beautiful idea! This is truly a fine example of Jews learning to live together! Some of us are religious but sometimes just need a "day off" from the pressure without being made to feel like a heretic. I would love to live in such a community. May Hashem shower you all with his blessings!

I am religious and live in a mixed neighborhood. It is too complicated for me to move now, but if I had to do it all over again, I would live in a religious neighborhood only.

I live in Eshchar in the Misgav Municipality. Or community (cuurently about 110 families) is ideologically based on the residents being 1/3 religous, 1/3 masortit (traditional) and 1/3 secular. We have many mixed couples. The children go to many different schools including religious, non religious and Jewish/Arab. All the options are already available. This is our website: http://www.eshchar.co.il/

even though we dont have a secular school in eli(it is in Ariel) and our swiming pool is not mixed(separate hours) the rest of life is totally next to each other-whats the big deal-Ranana is very much like that as well

This should not be a novel concept. I think all Jews should learn how to get along and live side by side. It is really sad what goes on nowadays with all the stereotyping in Israel. I live in French hill in jerusalem beautiful and mixed - come visit our beit knesset and see the diversity for yourself

But the question is do SEPARATE communities exist in the first place? All cities should be mixed and anyone should have the right to live where they want. Why are there so many religious Jews living happily outside Israel in neighbourhoods mixed with religious, non-religious, chinese, ango-saxon, irish, etc? If you are strong enough in your beliefs and lifestyle then you have nothing to fear from others

you as you walk to shul on Shabbos? Would you like to shop in a market that sells pork? I wouldn't. There is nothing illegal about creating a mixed neighborhood and people who want to live there will do so, but I don't think this wouldn't fit the vast majority of the religious.

I agree with Bunnie Meyer #7. For a religious person to live in a mixed place is very difficult. By the way, Bunnie, you are the type of person who should live in Israel!

....to check out Eshhar, a "mixed" community in the Galilee. Since 1986 we have been living our ideals - that all kinds of Jews can live in the same community to the benefit of all. Yes, it's possible!