Posts Tagged ‘beit shemesh’

Protecting the Pedophiles in Beit Shemesh

Was it swept under the rug, or did it not happen?
Today’s Haaretz newspaper has a long article on the story that has been brewing here in our little village. Today’s article states that Haredi parents in Ramat Bet Shemesh who have complained of sexual abuse from teachers in the schools, have been ostracized in [...]

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RBS Boy Beaten by Police – Followup

This week the Knesset’s interior ministry held a special meeting to discuss the events of a couple weeks ago when a 14 year old boy from Bet Shemesh was seemingly beaten by police. The incident was caught on video, otherwise it would not have generated as much attention.
Attending the Knesset meeting were the boys [...]

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Abutbul Gets the Haredi Vote

Moshe Abutbul is the Sha”s candidate for Mayor of Bet Shemesh.  In the final day before the elections, RBS residents have gotten a steady flow of mail box goodies from Abutbul’s camp.  Surprisingly, we’ve seen little from Vaknin or Lerner in the last day.
Today’s Abutbul flyer makes the case for the Anglo RBS community in [...]

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More Bet Shemesh Garbage

Following up on yesterday’s post, to the credit (sic!) of the perpetrators of yesterday’s mess, by this morning, most if not all of them were cleaned up.
However, not to be undersold, today’s leaflet shows that the old bard still has some fight left in him!
Well, I’m impressed that at least this time someone is fessing [...]

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Elections in Bet Shemesh – Shalom Lerner Has the Lead in Banners

Believe it or not, another five years has passed, and it’s time once again to elect a mayor in Bet Shemesh. The elections are set for November. Suprisingly, the current 3-time elected mayor, Danny Vaknin, has not been out on the town.
Having arrived in Bet Shemesh in 1994, a year after [...]

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