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Aliza Bloch

Shmuel Greenberg, left, speaks to supporters at his election headquarters during the second round of Municipal Elections, in Beit Shemesh, March 10, 2024. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
March 11, 2024, 1:34 pm
Ultra-Orthodox retake Beit Shemesh, former Haifa mayor Yona Yahav returns to office
46.1% of eligible voters cast ballots in run-off elections across the country; right-wing candidate Matan Dil wins in Rehovot, former MK Oren Hazan trounced in Ariel
By Sam Sokol
A woman votes in the municipal elections in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 8, 2024, 8:18 am
Second round of municipal elections set for Sunday in 35 locales
Mayoral run-off votes to be held in those cities and towns where no candidate received 40%, including Haifa, Beit Shemesh, Ariel, Rehovot and Ramle
By Sam Sokol
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion speaks to the media after winning a second term in office, Jerusalem, early on February 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 28, 2024, 10:58 am
Jerusalem’s Moshe Lion, Tel Aviv’s Ron Huldai cruise to victory in mayoral races
As election results roll in, Holon’s veteran mayor loses seat after 30 years while Beit Shemesh and Haifa will go to run-off races after no winners emerge
By ToI Staff
Residents of the mixed Modern Orthodox-Haredi neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph on April 27, 2020. (Sam Sokol)
February 26, 2024, 4:43 pm
In Beit Shemesh election, the ultra-Orthodox are looking to regain power
Religious conflict no longer solely defines the city’s politics but some worry that a victory for Shas’s Moshe Abutbul could spell a return to the violence of his last term
By Sam Sokol
Haredi extremists riot in Beit Shemesh on August 29, 2023. (Screen capture/X)
August 30, 2023, 3:45 am
Police extract Beit Shemesh mayor from school as Haredi extremists riot outside
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox locals converge on building being toured by Aliza Bloch, vandalize her car parked nearby, start a fire and hurl objects at the school
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral for Vyacheslav Golev, who was shot dead by terrorists on April 29, 2022 during his shift as a security guard outside the Ariel settlement, in Beit Shemesh on May 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
May 1, 2022, 5:58 pm
‘He always protected everyone’: Guard killed in Ariel terror attack laid to rest
Hundreds attend funeral in Beit Shemesh of 23-year-old Vyacheslav Golev, who saved his fiancée from terrorists’ bullets
By ToI Staff
Israeli security personnel at the scene of a shooting attack, at the entrance to Ariel, in the West Bank, on April 30, 2022. Inset: Vyacheslav Golev. (Flash90; Courtesy)
April 30, 2022, 10:45 pm
Security guard killed in Ariel terror attack named as Vyacheslav Golev
23-year-old from Beit Shemesh used his body to shield fiancée from gunmen; the two had recently moved to West Bank settlement after getting engaged
By Emanuel Fabian
A view of the city of Beit Shemesh on September 5, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 16, 2022, 6:44 pm
Ministers approve over NIS 500 million to develop Beit Shemesh
Multi-year plan includes funds to improve transportation, infrastructure and public services; PM Bennett: ‘Unprecedented’ plan will raise quality of life in city
By ToI Staff
Police seen at the entrance to the neighborhood of Ramot in Jerusalem as Israel began enforcing a nightly curfew, September 8, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 8, 2020, 8:26 pm
1.3 million Israelis locked down as curfew kicks off in 40 virus hotspots
Residents of ‘red’ towns and neighborhoods must stay close to home from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.; schools and most businesses shuttered in affected areas
By ToI Staff
Attendees at Beit Shemesh's first gay pride event, July 25, 2019. (Screenshot/Walla news)
July 26, 2019, 2:35 am
Despite opposition, Beit Shemesh holds its first gay pride event
In milestone for city’s LGBTQ community, around 200 attendees gather to share experiences, preach tolerance; ahead of parade, signs promoting it were vandalized
By ToI Staff
Authorities clean up graffiti in Beit Shemesh appearing to say "Aliza Bloch is Hitler" on July 5, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
July 6, 2019, 11:52 am
Police, Haredim scuffle in Beit Shemesh over graffiti against female mayor
Video shows group of ultra-Orthodox men trying to interfere with cleanup of scrawl on city wall which appears to call Aliza Bloch Hitler
By ToI Staff
Michal Zernowitski, a Labor party activist who is running in the 2019 national elections. (Courtesy)
January 30, 2019, 2:53 pm
Ultra-Orthodox woman eyeing Labor seat wants to be the left’s Ayelet Shaked
Michal Zernowitski, 38, supports public transportation on Shabbat and backs civil unions, but says calls to shutter the rabbinate are ‘populist’
By Marissa Newman
Beit Shemesh's newly elected Mayor Aliza Bloch with outgoing mayor Moshe Abutbul during a press conference at the municipality building on November 20, 2018 (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
November 22, 2018, 5:33 pm
Beit Shemesh mayoral ceremony attendees told to get measles vaccine amid scare
Mayor Aliza Bloch to be immunized after baby with the highly infectious disease visits the municipal offices on the day of her swearing-in
By ToI Staff
Aliza Bloch, center, on October 30, 2018. (Yaakov Lederman/FLASH90)
November 18, 2018, 2:14 pm
Beit Shemesh’s first female mayor wants her city to be a ray of light for Israel
Entering office on Tuesday, Aliza Bloch says the Jerusalem suburb can transform from a hotbed of religious friction into a shining example of coexistence
By Marissa Newman
New Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch celebrates with supporters as the results from the municipal elections are announced on November 1, 2018. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
November 1, 2018, 9:28 pm
Women cheered for election victories, but men are still over 95% of mayors
While Haifa and Beit Shemesh elect their first female leaders, representation of female politicians on local councils remains far lower than in Knesset
By Marissa Newman
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