Who they are
Kaufman worked as a private banker at TBC Bank from 2011 to 2016, then led business development at Build to Suits until 2020. He was chief operating officer at Tama Jameson from 2020 to 2021 and headed corporate structure at Invest Squared from 2021 to 2023. He joined Beit Shemesh’s council in 2024.
Positions and record
Language access: Calls for municipal guidance, departmental responses and website access in languages understood by English-speaking residents and immigrants.
Public safety: Supports wider security-camera coverage, monitored around the clock through the municipal 106 centre, with rapid responses to incidents.
Immigration: Supports sustained education, services and community integration for immigrants beyond their initial reception.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
Judea & Samariaparty lineNo line on the West Bank beyond haredi towns and hesder yeshivas along the eastern border Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & Securityparty lineNothing on the war or the hostages, but it wants conscription tracks in the Shin Bet, the Mossad and the police, and a body for haredi reserve families Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi Enlistmentparty lineAbsolute protection for a young man learning all day. Everyone else serves, in the army or in national and civil service
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
Judiciaryparty lineIt has taken no position on the courts Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
Economyparty lineTraining, civil-service affirmative action and five times the housing starts, with yeshivas weaned off state money onto private support
Social spendingFree market
Educationparty lineHaredi schools stay independent, with maths and English taught inside them through the state-haredi stream
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & Stateparty lineRuns on the sector's own institutions, not on the state's religion policy Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineNo position on citizenship. It asks the state to open the gates to every Jew and to fund absorption past the airport Equal citizenshipJewish national state
