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Tag: Beit Shemesh

0 Politics Israel

Meet the other Bernie Sanders: He’s voting for Trump and thinks his namesake is an antisemite

Benyamin Cohen in Forward · 3 Jun

A 73-year-old man named Bernie Sanders, living in Beit Shemesh, Israel, shares a name with but starkly differs in beliefs from the well-known senator from Vermont.

0 Communities Politics

Is There A Different Genocide Facing Israel?

Natan Slifkin in Rationalist Judaism · 10 Mar

The article discusses the hyperbolic claims made by some members of the charedi community in Beit Shemesh about a potential "genocide" if a non-charedi candidate wins the mayoral election, emphasizing that the threat is spiritual rather than physical.

0 Israel Politics

Behold, a People

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 5 Mar

The article portrays a unified Jewish world facing various challenges.

0 Jewish Law Communities

Yoni Rosensweig: How Does Mental Health Affect Halacha? [Mental Health 4/6]

18forty · 5 Mar

Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig discusses the relationship between mental health and Jewish law (halacha) on the 18Forty Podcast.

0 Culture Sports

Meet… Esther Hornstein

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 27 Feb

Esther Hornstein, a martial arts expert and acupuncturist, grew up in a Modern Orthodox home in Flatbush.

0 Israel Holidays

A Soldier’s Wife

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 2 Jan

This article is a personal account of a woman whose husband is serving in the Israeli army during a time of war.

0 Communities Politics

Can an Orthodox Woman Win Votes in an Ultra-Orthodox Town?

Elazar Abrahams in Tablet · 26 Oct 2018

Aliza Bloch, a religious Zionist woman, is running for mayor in Beit Shemesh, aiming to unite the fractured community.