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


Menorahs that go above and beyond the usual for Hanukkah

All of Thau’s hanukkiot are purely decorative. Most would be a fire hazard if lit. Some are not even kosher for use and some are made with magnetic parts.

Penny Harow Thau

Grapevine November 24, 2019: Broken promises

Feili was always curious about Jews, Judaism, Israel and Zionism, and cultivated these interests as he grew older. Could hardly stay in virulently anti-Israel Iran while espousing pro-Israel views.

KFAR DAROM was a kibbutz within the Gush Katif bloc that was evacuated during the 2005 disengagement. The community has reestablished itself in the Western Negev.

1,500-year-old Byzantine Church with stunning mosaics discovered in Beit Shemesh

The building has been named the “Church of the Glorious Martyr,” after the figure to whom the church was devoted according to an inscription, and whose identity remains a mystery.

The church in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

Aliza Bloch: Carrying Beit Shemesh on her shoulders

#49: Aliza Bloch

Aliza Bloch

Unloved former Beit Shemesh mayor to be Shas’ ninth MK

The often criticized former Mayor of Beit Shemesh might make his return as the ninth member of Shas in the Knesset

Shas MK Moshe Abutbul

Forest fires across Israel, Firefighting planes deployed

Several firefighting teams and planes across Israel are currently working to extinguish three forest fires in Beit Shemesh, Mt. Yaaran and Kfar Mash'had

Israeli firefighter helps to extinguish wildfire near Beit Shemesh

Jerusalem Anglo educators' replacement angers parents

“There was a very positive feeling toward Shuli,” said Tamar Benovitz, whose five daughters attend Tehilla-Evelina. “She was an inspirational religious figure for the girls.”

First-grade pupils attend the first day of a school in Jerusalem on September 2

A new day in Beit Shemesh... and all of Israel

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

Dwarf god Bes was laughing in Iron Age Beit Shemesh, exhibition shows

A rescue dig uncovered a wealth of archaeological findings from the First Temple Period, leading historians to reconsider accepted narratives.

A finding from theTel Beit Shemesh digs

Grapevine: Historical highway

The 'Highway Through History' exhibition features selected finds discovered during the expansion of Route 38 that 'have changed our understanding of the First Temple period of history irrevocably.'

Bible Lands Museum