Beit Shemesh

Haredim in Israel’s periphery show distinct lifestyle gaps from center, Shoresh Institute finds

The research studies how the accelerating migration of haredi households out of central Israel intersects with transportation, spending patterns, and fertility decisions.

 Rain in Bnei Brak
Israel begins dismantling UNRWA facility, January 20, 2026.

WATCH: Fire breaks out at destroyed UNRWA compound in Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Ultra-Orthodox rioters throw stones, call police 'Nazis' in protests over dead infants' autopsies

FIREFIGHTERS COMBAT a fire in Ramat Beit Shemesh, January 10, 2026.

Fire breaks out in Ramat Beit Shemesh apt., no injuries reported


Gov't approves lockdown on neighborhoods in Netivot, Beit Shemesh

In Beit Shemesh, the ministry said there are 399 patients, up 22% in three days. In Netivot there are 89 sick people, up 19%.

Police officers close synagogues and disperse public gatherings in an ultra orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Beit Shemesh, following the government's decisions, in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus on March 31, 2020

Bennett fights against voter defection in appeal to Anglo voters

In particular, he attacked the Likud, without directly mentioning Netanyahu’s name, as not being sufficiently right-wing.

NAFTALI BENNETT with Ayelet Shaked Wednesday night in the Knesset – back in religious Zionism’s political ship of fools.

How Beit Shemesh's female mayor is making an impact

Municipal Affairs: A year in, Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch is making an impact at home and abroad

ALIZA BLOCH: The most important thing to me in our first year – apart from cleaning the city – was to change the city’s image.

Two dozen newly trained EMTS hit the streets in Beit Shemesh, filling gap

Schneider [trained EMT] is glad he is no longer the only EMT in his local synagogue. The closest Hatzalah member used to be 10 minutes from my house,” he said.

WE WERE getting used to pulling out the needle in a safe and clean way. I feel a kinship with my classmates now.

Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch visits Washington

In 2014, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington ended a 19-year-old partnership program with Beit Shemesh.

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

Archaeologists find table where Ark of Covenant once sat - report

The table was uncovered within a temple dating back to the 12th Century BCE, a time when the Israelites and Philistines were warring.

The site of an archaeological dig near Beit Shemesh

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

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Aliza Bloch