Community groups
Community groups
WhatsApp, Facebook and Telegram groups, mailing lists and forums for Ramat Beit Shemesh, listed only where the group or a community organisation publishes the link itself.
I don't run these groups. Each is run by the people or organisation named on it, with its own rules. Joining is between you and the group.
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: emergency and routine updates
Official municipal updates for emergencies and day-to-day city news, in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: events and culture
Official municipal group announcing city events and cultural programmes, in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: events and information for the Haredi public
Official municipal group with events and information aimed at the Haredi community, in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: parents of school children
Official municipal group for parents of school-age children, in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: parents of young children (0-6)
Official municipal group for parents of children from birth to age 6, in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: senior citizens department
Announcement-only group of the municipal senior citizens section with updates, events and activities for older residents, in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality (welfare administration, senior citizens section)
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: updates for reservists' families
Official municipal group with updates for families of IDF reservists, in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: updates in English
The municipality's official English-language WhatsApp update group. The city says its groups carry official information only, with no chat.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- English
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Municipality: young adults centre
Official group of the municipal young adults' centre (Merkaz Tze'irim), in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Beit Shemesh Updates (ShemeshPhone) WhatsApp group
English-language news and deals from across Beit Shemesh, from shemesh.co.il.
- Run by:
- ShemeshPhone (shemesh.co.il)
- Languages spoken:
- English
- Telegram
Beit Shemesh Updates (Telegram)
Telegram version of the ShemeshPhone local news, events and deals feed.
- Run by:
- ShemeshPhone (shemesh.co.il)
- Languages spoken:
- English
- Facebook
Bet Shemesh Aliyah and Absorption Department (Facebook)
Facebook page of the municipality's Aliyah and Absorption Department, where it posts notices and events for olim.
- Run by:
- Beit Shemesh Municipality
- Languages spoken:
- English · Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Bet Shemesh News (English)
English translation of the Bet Shemesh News group.
- Run by:
- community members
- Languages spoken:
- English
- WhatsApp
Bet Shemesh News (Hebrew)
Busy Beit Shemesh news group with thousands of members, in Hebrew.
- Run by:
- community members
- Languages spoken:
- Hebrew
- WhatsApp
Buy/Sell/Swap RBS
Buy, sell or swap anything in RBS.
- Run by:
- community members
- Languages spoken:
- English
- WhatsApp
Free in Beit Shemesh
People announce things they are giving away in Beit Shemesh.
- Run by:
- community members
- Languages spoken:
- English
- WhatsApp
Kehillot M3 (shul times)
Gabbaim of most of M3's shuls post their times and announcements here; only admins can post.
- Run by:
- community members (M3 shul gabbaim)
- Languages spoken:
- English
- Neighbourhood:
- RBS A (Aleph)
- WhatsApp
KSY N'shei announcements
Announcements for the women of KSY.
- Run by:
- Kehillas Shivtei Yeshurun (KSY)
- Languages spoken:
- English
- Neighbourhood:
- RBS A (Aleph)
- WhatsApp
KSY official announcements
Announcement-only group of Kehillas Shivtei Yeshurun, an English-speaking shul in RBS A.
- Run by:
- Kehillas Shivtei Yeshurun (KSY)
- Languages spoken:
- English
- Neighbourhood:
- RBS A (Aleph)
- WhatsApp
M3 Community WhatsApp group
Neighbours in the M3 section of RBS A helping each other, with M3-only announcements; only businesses located in M3 may advertise. Join requests are approved by an admin.
- Run by:
- community members (M3 neighbourhood directory)
- Languages spoken:
- English
- Neighbourhood:
- RBS A (Aleph)
- Other
Ramat Beit Shemesh email list (RBS1)
English-language discussion list for RBS with 2,500+ members according to the M3 directory.
- Run by:
- community members
- Languages spoken:
- English
- WhatsApp
RBS Ride Sharing
Offer or ask for rides to and from RBS; hundreds of members.
- Run by:
- community members
- Languages spoken:
- English
- WhatsApp
Shemesh WhatsApp Channel
ShemeshPhone channel with local news, updates, events and deals.
- Run by:
- ShemeshPhone (shemesh.co.il)
- Languages spoken:
- English
- Other
ShemeshList (citywide English email list)
English-language email list for all of Beit Shemesh; the M3 directory gives it 3,500+ members. Subscribe on the site or by emailing list+subscribe@shemesh.groups.io.
- Run by:
- ShemeshPhone / community
- Languages spoken:
- English
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