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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

Ramat Beit Shemesh

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
An illustrative photo of new residential towers in Beit Shemesh, April 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
August 25, 2023, 6:03 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
Apartment buildings in the Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, one of the most popular locations for Israeli investment properties, January 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 28, 2023, 6:51 am
Real property pain underpins Israel’s sobering housing statistics
With price highs and transaction lows, securing a property deal seems harder than ever
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative: A construction site in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 30, 2023, 5:16 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative: Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 25, 2023, 5:38 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now
By Danielle Nagler
Orthodox schoolgirls looking at posters in Beit Shemesh in June 2014. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
May 16, 2023, 8:08 pm
Beit Shemesh ad telling girls to play out of men’s view draws pedophilia accusations
Unsigned PSA aimed at ultra-Orthodox community runs in circular that once reportedly refused to publish safety advice because charities buying ad space ‘cooperated with Zionists’
By ToI Staff
The scene of an ATV accident in Ramat Beit Shemesh, April 10, 2023. (United Hatzalah)
April 11, 2023, 3:21 pm
Man killed in ATV crash; sister in critical condition
Vehicle overturns and crashes into a fence near driver’s home in central city of Beit Shemesh
By ToI Staff
An aerial view of the northern city of Nahariya, March 2018. (Vicu9 via iStock by Getty Images)
November 18, 2022, 6:28 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel
The Times of Israel’s behind-the-scenes feature on what’s going on in Israel’s housing market right now
By Danielle Nagler
A view of Jerusalem. (Liran Sokolovski Finzi via iStock by Getty Images)
September 16, 2022, 12:09 am
Housing snapshot: Apartment sales and rentals across Israel
Our regular behind-the-scenes feature on what is going on in Israel’s housing market right now
By Danielle Nagler
Police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox men during a raid in a neighborhood of Beit Shemesh on April 28, 2020 (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
April 28, 2020, 4:34 pm
Hasidim clash with police in quarantined Beit Shemesh neighborhood
Tensions rise as police and IDF close off ultra-Orthodox enclave at the center of a coronavirus outbreak
By Sam Sokol
Residents walk in the Hasidic enclave of Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet under lockdown, April 27, 2020. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
April 28, 2020, 5:40 am
The shuttered neighborhood next door: Touring one of Israel’s virus hotspots
As life returns to something like normal for many Beit Shemesh residents like me, some of the town’s Hasidic residents find themselves under a government lockdown
By Sam Sokol
Byzantine-era church near Ramat Beit Shemesh which was dedicated to a 'glorious martyr,' October 23, 2019. (Cathy Rossi Borschel)
October 31, 2019, 12:56 pm
Tales from a crypt: Shedding light on a mysterious – female? – ‘glorious martyr’
A 1,500-year-old Christian site in the heart of ultra-Orthodox Ramat Beit Shemesh takes The Times of Israel down a rabbit hole to meet St. Thecla, a feisty 2nd-century preacher
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The Eagle, symbol of the Byzantine Empire, discovered at a Byzantine-era church complex in Ramat Beit Shemesh, October 2019. (Asaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 23, 2019, 11:41 am
Opulent 1,500-year-old church to mystery ‘glorious martyr’ found at Beit Shemesh
Site yields rare intact crypt of anonymous martyr immortalized by Greek inscription; Jerusalem museum exhibit of findings showcases massive collection of delicate glass artifacts
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Children watch a fire raging in Jerusalem, July 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
August 25, 2019, 10:48 pm
Preteens suspected of setting 70 fires around Beit Shemesh
Group of 12-year-olds, allegedly motivated by boredom and competition, caused damage to nature areas and forced evacuations of buildings
By ToI Staff
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