Ramat beit shemesh

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

Firefighters responded to reports of a fire originating in an electrical cabinet and were informed that smoke was rising toward the building's upper floors.

FIREFIGHTERS COMBAT a fire in Ramat Beit Shemesh, January 10, 2026.
MK Moshe Gafni in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Gafni urges Shas to open Sephardi schools, party responds amid renewed discrimination debate

‘LAST WEEK, the city that had effectively erased its women elected a woman to be mayor’: Aliza Bloch.

Israel Police rescue Beit Shemesh mayor from violent haredi protest

 A PASSENGER’S photo of the bus in which he was traveling; the bus swerved off the road, possibly trying to avoid a car, at Nachshon junction near Latrun, injuring some 20 passengers, in March.

Reckless driving on public transportation has to stop - opinion


Nissim Black's new Hanukkah song 'Victory' fights against antisemitism

The song is about taking a stance against anti-Jewish discrimination as well as the story of Hanukkah.

Nissim Black in a field wearing traditional Hasidic garb. (Tziporah Litman/Courtesy of Black)

Xperience: A happy space for Anglo Israeli seniors in Ramat Beit Shemesh

Xperience is a Ramat Beit Shemesh-based enrichment program and community for Anglo adults aged 50 and over, boasting a range of classes, programs and trips.

 CELEBRATING HANUKKAH.

This woman is one of the happiest olim in Israel - here's why

The secret to Marlene’s successful aliyah, according to Evelyn, has been “the love and acceptance of everyone around her who make her feel like such a worthwhile person."

 MARLENE JACOBS, 67 FROM Toronto to Ramat Beit Shemesh, 2000

Beit Shemesh is getting another mall and office building after 4 attempts

After 4 tries to develop a mall in Beit Shemesh, Niami Towers has won the lot for construction.

Niami Towers in Beit Shemesh, Israel

Radical Haredim put up new 'modesty' signs after municipality takes them down

On Tuesday morning, the municipality removed the signs, but only a few hours later, many of them reappeared.

Ultra Orthodox and secular Israelis clash in Beit Shemesh.

Bringing the women back to Ramat Beit Shemesh

This past October, in Jerusalem, pictures of actresses from the satirical television program 'Eretz Nehederet' were defaced on billboards throughout the city.

Orthodox Jewish women at the Western Wall

Artifacts from 1,500-year-old monastery and church unearthed in Beit Shemesh

Well-preserved Byzantine-era colored mosaic floors and imported marble antiquities discovered.

An image of the mosaic floor.

Extremist Haredi residents fight to keep modesty signs up in Beit Shemesh

Activists challenged the legality of the signs in court, leading to rulings by the Supreme Court ordering the Beit Shemesh municipality to remove the offending signs.

Extremists protests as Beit Shemesh takes down modesty signs

Supreme Court threatens ultra-Orthodox officials with jail over ‘modesty’ signs

“It won’t happen that women will be excluded from the public domain.”

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are seen in the southern city of Arad, Israel October 2, 2017.

Spitting, harassment a matter of course in Beit Shemesh neighborhood

Non-haredi residents face threats when walking through Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet neighborhood.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men praying in Ramat Beit Shemesh

Haredi drug trade network in Mea Shearim and Beit Shemesh uncovered by police

The undercover agent was able to purchase stolen cars, weapons and drugs, including marijuana, hashish, ecstasy and Cocaine in the ultra-Orthodox communities.

Jerusalem Mea Shearim