Local Services

Businesses we'd send a friend to. English-speaking, Jerusalem-based, vouched for.

A short, curated list of English-speaking businesses in and around Jerusalem. Nobody pays to be listed; every entry is a business we have used ourselves or that a reader vouched for.

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Chef Donny: Private Chef & Catering
Food & Events · Jerusalem and surroundings; delivery in the Jerusalem area

Chef Donny: Private Chef & Catering

Private chef dinners, Shabbat and holiday meals, event catering and cooking classes from a Culinary Institute of America-trained chef based in Jerusalem.

Chef Donny is a private chef, event caterer and wine-tasting teacher based in Jerusalem. He trained at the Culinary Institute of America and builds each menu around the client and the season, with local ingredients from the shuk and the surrounding hills wherever they beat the imports.

Consult With Ari: Websites & SEO
Professional Services · Jerusalem; remote clients worldwide

Consult With Ari: Websites & SEO

Website design, rebuilds and search optimisation for small businesses and professionals, run from the German Colony. Built this site.

Consult With Ari designs and builds websites for small businesses, practices and non-profits, migrates old sites without losing their Google rankings, and runs ongoing SEO and content. Wix, headless Wix and Base44 apps; English and Hebrew.

Nonprofits & Community · Jerusalem; resources online

The Eden Center

Jerusalem nonprofit for Jewish women's health, mikveh education and intimacy: plain-language guides, first-time and bride resources, attendant training and a kallah-teacher directory.

The Eden Center works to make the mikveh experience dignified, informed and welcoming. Its site explains what mikveh is and how Taharat HaMishpacha fits into women's lives, with resources for first-time users, brides and their parents, and for the balaniot (attendants) it trains and certifies.

Apps and sites we actually use

The handful of apps that make daily life here easier. Nothing is paid placement unless it says so.

Essential apps for Jerusalem

  • 106: the Jerusalem municipal hotline www.jerusalem.muni.il

    Report a broken streetlight, a missed rubbish collection, noise or a stray hazard, and ask about arnona or parking permits. Dial 106 from any phone or use the city's app.

  • Gett gett.com

    Taxi app that shows the metered fare up front, lets you pay in the app, and works on Shabbat.

  • Hebcal www.hebcal.com

    Shabbat and holiday times for any city, a Hebrew date converter and a calendar you can subscribe to.

  • Honey Coupon Finder by PayPal www.joinhoney.com

    A free browser extension that tries coupon codes at checkout on the international sites Israelis order from.

    This is a referral link. Jerusalem Local may earn a small commission at no cost to you.

  • Israel Post israelpost.co.il

    Track parcels, redirect them to a locker or branch, and pay customs on incoming packages from the app.

  • Moovit moovit.com

    Live bus and light-rail times for Jerusalem, in English, including the last departures before Shabbat.

  • MyVisit myvisit.com

    Book appointments at Misrad HaPnim, Bituach Leumi, the post office and other government offices instead of turning up and waiting.

  • NordVPN ref.nordvpn.com

    A VPN lets you watch the streaming services you already pay for back home and keeps public Wi-Fi safe.

    This is a referral link. Jerusalem Local may earn a small commission at no cost to you.

  • Pango www.pango.co.il

    Pay for street parking in the blue-and-white zones from the app; it bills by the minute and stops when you leave.

  • Rav-Kav Online ravkavonline.co.il

    Load your Rav-Kav card from your phone and see your travel history without visiting a kiosk.

  • Waze www.waze.com

    Israeli-born navigation and the only map app that knows Jerusalem's road closures and one-way changes in real time.

  • Wolt wolt.com

    Restaurant and grocery delivery across Jerusalem, with the widest kosher selection of the delivery apps.

  • Yad2 www.yad2.co.il

    The classifieds site for apartments, second-hand furniture and cars. Hebrew only, so keep the vocabulary guide open.

  • Zap www.zap.co.il

    Price comparison for appliances and electronics before you buy in a mall or online.

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