Beit Shemesh

Emergence of a new Anglo demographic in Israel requires a change of priorities - opinion

The English-speaking Aliyah map is changing; can our communal structures and our collective vision change with it?

 RABBI JOE and the JLIC TLV community members bring an ice cream truck to evacuees in Tel Aviv hotels.
Night view of skyscrapers in the skyline of Tel Aviv, on July 6, 2025

Kfar Saba dominates among Israeli cities in quality of life rankings - study

Goliath is dead!

All women production retells David’s journey from shame to servant king

 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.

Millions of Israelis, including 900,000 children, live in poverty, NII report for 2024 shows


From a life in Maryland to a life devoted to lone soldiers

They were affiliated with the Lone Soldier Center in memory of Michael Levin, but became an official nonprofit organization, appropriately named Lone Soldiers’ Home in Beit Shemesh.

Wendy Serlin

School girls killed by Jordanian soldier remembered at tree-planting ceremony

While they were at the Island of Peace in Naharayim, Ahmed Daqamseh, a Jordanian soldier in an observation tower, opened fire, killing the seven girls and wounding 13 others, including one teacher.

Planting a tree in Rosh Pina forest

Ancient city arouses controversy in Beit Shemesh

Archeological dig exposes conflicting interests with no simple solution

Archeological squares of the excavation of residential buildings of the city during peace time.

Beit Shemesh mayor mourns city's lost son killed in terror attack

The city mourns IDF soldier Yossef Cohen, who was killed in a terrorist attack on Thursday.

Killed IDF soldier Corporal Yosef Cohen

Three Ladies – Three Lattes: Bravo Beit Shemesh

What advice would you give Aliza Bloch to unify the city experiencing some of the most religious (haredi) – secular tensions in the entire country?

Lighting Hanukkah candles in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood

Swearing in of new mayor of Beit Shemesh 'blotched' by measles

The municipality said that Bloch will be vaccinated on Sunday, and that all journalists and other participants in the ceremony and the press conference should be vaccinated.

NEW MAYOR Aliza Bloch at her victory rally.

First female mayor of Beit Shemesh: There is strength in acceptance, love

After her exciting surprise win, the city’s new female mayor tells us about her plan to rise above religious struggles and create a richer, more varied Beit Shemesh that represents everyone.

NEW MAYOR Aliza Bloch at her victory rally.

Beit Shemesh and Tel Aviv

How despicable is a mob that calls for non-partisanship but is unwilling to listen to a voice that speaks for a majority of Israelis today?

Aliza Bloch, Beit Shemesh religious-Zionist mayoral-candidate, October 2018

Top rabbi: Beit Shemesh voters destined for toilet in afterlife

Religious-Zionist Aliza Bloch upset Shas representative Moshe Abutul, the incumbent mayor, in the majority haredy city of Beit Shemesh to become the city's new mayor.

Aliza Bloch, Beit Shemesh religious-Zionist mayoral-candidate, October 2018

Fire in Beit Shemesh, rescue teams responding

So far no casualties have been reported in the incident.

Fire burns through store in Beit Shemesh