Investment Securities (Details) - Schedule of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) Investments	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) Investments
Corporate bonds [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 1,887	$ 1,910
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 247	$ 237
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 1,887	$ 1,910
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 247	$ 237
US treasuries [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 890	$ 897
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 109	$ 102
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 890	$ 897
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 109	$ 102
US government agencies [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments		2
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value		$ 7,533
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses		$ 50
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	12	10
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 17,700	$ 11,123
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 1,900	$ 1,888
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	12	12
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 17,700	$ 18,656
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 1,900	$ 1,938
State and political subdivisions [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	2
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 748
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 13
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	30	30
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 18,575	$ 18,964
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 3,178	$ 2,912
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	32	30
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 19,323	$ 18,964
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 3,191	$ 2,912
Asset-backed securities [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	3	8
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 11,479	$ 26,746
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 42	$ 145
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	7	7
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 3,708	$ 4,866
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 16	$ 71
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	10	15
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 15,187	$ 31,612
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 58	$ 216
Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	1	2
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 1,161	$ 2,869
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 1	$ 36
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	63	62
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 48,817	$ 48,896
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 9,592	$ 8,929
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	64	64
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 49,978	$ 51,765
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 9,593	$ 8,965
Total investment securities [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	6	12
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 13,388	$ 37,148
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 56	$ 231
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	114	111
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 91,577	$ 86,656
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	15,042	14,139
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	104,965	123,804
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 15,098	$ 14,370
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Investments	120	123

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