Jerusalem - Post Report Question and Answers
Are local sports classes and/or activities available for kids?
Local sports and activites (chuggim) are available for kids through their schools. As homeschoolers we have found opportunities at the Magnificat music school in the Terra Sancta property at the New Gate of the Old City, we take Krav Maga classes with a private trainer at the AISJ property, and the kids are involved in their church youth group which has given them opportunities to do service work, agricultural experience, hikes, and camping. - Sep 2024
Yes, but you have to look for them and it's difficult to find them at first. - Nov 2022
Quite a few are available and they're actually inexpensive... but they're almost all in Hebrew. For English-language classes you'll have to look harder and pay more. - Oct 2019
Sports, climbing, arts, music all available for kids here. - Aug 2018
This is limited and difficult for families who are reliant on extra-curricular athletics for their children. These are even less available to girls. Some of the after-school clubs at both schools help fill this gap but it is not a robust as one would hope for. - Dec 2016
Somewhat. If you're kid is into soccer, there is a Saturday expat soccer group that meets and has teams for kids of all ages. Ballet and gymnastics are also available, both in the complex underneath Teddy Stadium and in some of the neighborhood community centers (those will largely be taught in Hebrew). One family also had their pre-teen participate in English-language plays put on a by a semi-professional group. - Aug 2015
There are but you will have a hard time outside the schools finding English speaking ones. At least we really did. - May 2015
Yes, at school and at the YMCA or there are other local clubs, but again, very expensive. - Aug 2013
Don't know. It's not a big sports culture, though, aside from soccer. Space is also at a premium in the city center. - Jul 2013
