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A Letter from Shalom Lerner – Bet Shemesh or Meah Shearim?

HolyExposures Note: Shalom Lerner is on the Bet Shemesh City Council, and was the ‘other’ (e.g. non haredi) candidate in last year’s mayoral elections .  This open letter sent by Shalom to both the Bet Shemesh and Ramat Bet Shemesh lists, in English, is presented in its entirety for your viewing pleasure.  I find it [...]

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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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Garbage Politics – Bet Shemesh Style

It’s just a few days before the local municpal elections and the “dirty” politics of Bet Shemesh are heating up.
Residents of Bet Shemesh woke up this morning to a blanket of leaflets all over the streets of Dolev, HaYarkon, HaYarden, and more.  The latest leaflets have been particularly nasty in language, at least for the [...]

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Vaknin’s Big Coming Out Party

Tonight was Danny Vaknin’s big support rally for the upcoming Bet Shemesh mayoral election next month.  Much of the Likud (and Mafdal) elite were there.
Who was there from the national political scene?  Silvan Shalom, Ruby Rivlin, Limor Livnat, Gilad Arnon, Chaim Katz, Zvi Hendel, and Yitzchak Levi.  Where was Bibi Netanyahu,  Miki Eytan, Gideon Ezra?  [...]

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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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