Retirees
Retiring to Carmei Gat
Kiryat Gat's municipal company runs a busy programme for ages 60+: a pensioners' college, weekly workshops and walking groups, community centres for adults and the Beit Wax centre. Most activities are in Hebrew and take place in older Kiryat Gat, a short bus ride from Carmei Gat.
Retirees
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Pensioners' college (Michlelet HaGimlaim)
Lectures, current-affairs meetings, trips and social activities on Wednesdays 09:00-11:00 at the Edith Pollak culture centre; 500 NIS for the year (trips extra).
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Beit Wax
At 68 HaAtzmaut Blvd: a day centre for frail older people with nursing care, meals and transport, plus workshops for retirees (brain training, art therapy, embroidery, healthy eating). Open Sun-Thu 08:00-12:00 and 16:00-20:00; phone 08-6888124.
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Community centres for adults
Neighbourhood centres across Kiryat Gat run trips, culture and nostalgia evenings, clubs, sports and holiday events.
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Weekly 60+ workshops
The municipal events list shows 60+ workshops most weeks (desserts, candle-making, art, nutrition, movement, chess) and a walking group at the Park Paz fish pond.
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Rights day for ages 60+
A free rights day ('a city that promotes rights') is set for Sunday 1 Nov 2026 at 09:00 at Beit Wax; places are limited and registration is in advance.
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Bituach Leumi
The Kiryat Gat branch (64 HaAtzmaut Blvd) receives by appointment on Sun, Tue and Thu 08:30-13:00; phone *6050.
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English counselling
AACI arranges English counselling appointments for olim in the south.
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Guides
Read next
- Health funds, urgent care and hospitalsAll four kupot in Carmei Gat and Kiryat Gat, doctors who list English, Terem and the evening clinics, and an honest note on which hospital you'd be taken to.
- Your first week in Carmei GatWho to call and where to go in your first week in Carmei Gat: the 106 hotline, the absorption offices, Misrad HaPnim, Bituach Leumi, arnona, the post office and the numbers to save.
- Getting around from Carmei GatTrains from Kiryat Gat station, the city buses that link Carmei Gat to the train, buses to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the Rav-Kav desk and Route 6.
Good to know
Register for matnas workshops by phone at 08-6620862/3 or 08-6252296/7. Nefesh B'Nefesh puts Barzilai Medical Center 35 km from Kiryat Gat, a 35-45 minute drive.
Community groups
Where people talk
- Kiryat Gat Municipality (Facebook page, Hebrew)Facebook · Kiryat Gat Municipality
- Kiryat Gat Municipality (Facebook page, Russian)Facebook · Kiryat Gat Municipality
- Kiryat Gat Municipality WhatsApp: Carmei Gat 2WhatsApp · Kiryat Gat Municipality
- Kiryat Gat Municipality neighbourhood WhatsApp groups (all quarters)WhatsApp · Kiryat Gat Municipality
- Kiryat Gat matnas network (Facebook page)Facebook · Kiryat Gat municipal company (matnas network)
Source
- matnaskg.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- matnaskg.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- matnaskg.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- qiryat-gat.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- matnaskg.smarticket.co.il (opens in a new tab)
- btl.gov.il (opens in a new tab)
- aaci.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- nbn.org.il (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Carmei Gat from the sources above.
