The following event has been advertised around Bet Shemesh: The event is a Thursday night Hannukah kumzitz in honor of Shabbat Hannuka...

Minister Aryeh Deri said in an interview with Israel Hayom that he has no intention to shut any shops on Shabbos, nor does he have the powe...

Achdus, or calls for achdus, almost always means you should give up your own preferences and desires and follow me and do it the way I want....

Today is a big day for women in politics. For the first time (I think), a woman has declared her candidacy for the position of Mayor of J...

MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz) is proposing a law that would place term limits on the position of mayor. Gilon's proposal would set a two-term l...

A guest post by David Bar-Cohn Let me start with the famous introduction from the Dickens novel which inspired the above title: “It...

As you probably know by now, 3 months ago I endorsed (whatever my endorsement is worth) Eli Cohen for the position of mayor of Bet Shemesh ....

Very strange, but I like the idea. According to this report , the haredi parties in Jerusalem  leading up to local municipal elections, hav...

Last night Eli Cohen officially announced his candidacy for mayor of Bet Shemesh. Cohen announced in front of a hall packed to the rafters o...

I went to a meeting last night with another candidate for mayor of Bet Shemesh. This time it was Shimon Biton. Biton announced his candidacy...

I know that we are all busy and interested in what will happen this Tuesday with national elections, but I want to interrupt that briefly wi...

Ynet is reporting that people have been sending threatening letters to the mayors office, with bullets included. The letter, signed by ...

I went running last night with the running group. Last night we ran what we call "The Merkaz run". Basically, we run an 11km circl...

Clearly he had the upper hand because he was the only candidate with a real jingle... I have not yet heard any official numbers, but I did h...

There has been a lot of talk and speculation about the possibility that the Eidah and Neturei Karta rabbonim would not publicize their stand...

I don't remember the Haredi UTJ party ever being so divided in any previous election season as they are this year. they always squabble ...

While I was out running last night, I had the opportunity to pay attention to some election campaigning by Shas candidate for mayor of BS, M...

Two weeks ago there was a cute ad in the local Haredi rag "Chadash". The ad was in the form of a letter seemingly sent from a chi...

I always enjoy reading Letters to the Editor. It is probably my favorite part of any newspaper/magazine, aside from the sports section of co...

This past MOtzei Shabbos, Shalom Lerner held his event in which he offically announced his candidacy for the position of mayor of Bet Shemes...