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===Ramat Shilo===
Ramat Shilo was built in 2007 with 340 [[housing units]] geared toward [[Modern Orthodox Jews]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel/haredim-make-immodest-inroads-in-ramat-beit-shemesh-aleph|title=Haredim make immodest inroads in Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph|website=The Jerusalem Post &#124; JPost.com|date=20 July 2007 }}</ref> Since then, the neighborhood has experienced rapid growth and development. The residents of Ramat Shilo are [[Orthodox Jews]], both [[Dati Leumi]] and [[Haredi]]. The neighborhood has a large community of English-speaking [[olim]]. Its residents are both [[Ashkenazim]] and [[Sephardim]].

Ramat Shilo has a number of synagogues, [[yeshiva]]s and [[kollel]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewpro.co.uk/jewish/article/20/Classifieds/Where-to-buy-in-Ramat-Bet-Shemesh-Aleph|title=Where to buy in Ramat Bet Shemesh Aleph<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> The largest institution is [[Yeshivat Lev Hatorah]], a [[Religious Zionist]] yeshiva founded by Rabbi Boaz Mori.<ref name="religionarticles">{{Cite web |url=http://religionarticles.net/spirituality-religion/ramat-bet-shemesh-aleph-and-its-many-wonders |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 August 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120724/http://religionarticles.net/spirituality-religion/ramat-bet-shemesh-aleph-and-its-many-wonders |url-status=dead }}</ref> The local synagogues include Beis Dovid/Pilzno Beis HaMedrash, a [[Hasidic]] synagogue representing the [[Pilzno (Hasidic dynasty)|Pilzno Hasidic dynasty]] under the leadership of Rabbi [[Yehoshua Gerzi]],<ref>[http://www.shemesh.co.il/cgi-bin/comdb.cgi Shemesh<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Mishkan Shilo, an [[Ashkenazi]] synagogue under the leadership of Rabbi [[Dovid Bagno]],<ref name="religionarticles" /> Mishkan Moshe Va'Eliyahu, a [[Sephardi]] synagogue under the leadership of Rabbi Shai Naftali,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.organizations.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95---%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%A9-(%D7%A2%22%D7%A8)-580545051|title=משכן משה ואליהו – בית שמש (ע"ר) – מאגר עמותות|website=www.organizations.co.il}}</ref> and Ohev Yisroel, a Hasidic synagogue under the leadership of Rabbi Binyomin Flintenstein of the [[Kapishnitzer Hassidic dynasty]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohevyisroel.org.il/community/ |title=Community – Ohev Yisroel |access-date=15 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726033827/http://ohevyisroel.org.il/community/ |archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref>

Notable residents of Ramat Shilo include:
* Rabbi [[Avraham Jacobovitz]], founder of Machon L'Torah and Jewish Awareness America (JAAM)
* Rabbi [[Howard Apfel]], [[cardiologist]] at [[Columbia University Medical Center]].
* Rabbi [[Yehoshua Fass]], founder and executive director of [[Nefesh B'Nefesh]]
Among the communal organizations is Chasdei Shilo which provides assistance for families with financial difficulties as well as serves as a communal resource network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.organizations.co.il/%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94-(%D7%A2%22%D7%A8)-580530392|title=חסדי שילה (ע"ר) – מאגר עמותות|website=www.organizations.co.il}}</ref>