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Meron and other holy sites close for Lag B’Omer

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This year’s Lag B’Omer celebrations in Israel will see significant changes due to the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah in the north of the country, and recent emergency measures taken by Israeli authorities. The traditional pilgrimage...

Meron commission calls for Israeli Police Chief to resign

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In its findings published on Wednesday, the State Commission of Inquiry into the 2021 Meron disaster found multiple Israeli officials responsible for the tragedy, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On April 30, 2021, 45 Israelis...
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu arrives for a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Jan. 29, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli minister visits Druze security guard who was attacked at Mount Meron

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Israel’s Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu on Tuesday visited the Israeli Druze security guard whose vicious beating by Jewish youth at Mount Meron on the Saturday before Lag B’Omer was caught on security cameras. “I came on behalf of the...
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Is the Kabbalah for mystics or for everyone?

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Tuesday was Lag B’Omer. The day has much more depth than just the traditional bonfires scattered across the land. It is considered nothing less than the anniversary of the Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism. The...
Cousins Aviel Haddad and Benjamin Haddad were murdered at the synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, May 9, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Jewish cousins among victims of Tunisia synagogue shooting

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Two of the four people shot dead in a terrorist attack at a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba were identified on Wednesday as Aviel Haddad, a dual Israeli-Tunisian citizen, and Benjamin Haddad of France. The...

Montenegro Jewish community to inaugurate Torah scroll on Lag B’Omer

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During Lag B’Omer last year in Montenegro, which is roughly east of Rome across the Adriatic Sea, the Jewish community was eager to gather around a bonfire and put the pandemic behind it. This...
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Feasting and feting Israel at 75

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While platters of falafel, pita and Israeli salad adorn many a table on Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day) in homes, synagogues and Jewish schools—a nod to Israel’s well-known cultural foods—the celebration of Israel’s hard-won...
Smaller crowds celebrate the holiday of Lag B'Omer in Meron on May 19, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

130,000 worshippers arrive at subdued Mount Meron Lag B’Omer celebrations

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A more subdued religious celebration occurred on Mount Meron in northern Israel on Wednesday evening, in which a total of some 130,000 worshippers arrived at the site, according to Israeli media outlets. One year after...
Grand Rabbi of Boyan (Chassidic dynasty) lights the bonfire during Lag B'Omer celebrations in Meron on May 18, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israel celebrates Lag B’Omer with thousands in Meron amid extra precautions

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Thousands of people traveled on Wednesday night to Meron in northern Israel to celebrate Lag B’Omer a year after tragedy struck the festivities. A heavy police presence was reported on-site, where a memorial ceremony took...
Candles mark the site of the Meron disaster, at the Rashbi's gravesite on Mount Meron in northern Israel, March 2, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Families of Mount Meron stampede victims seek millions in damages

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The families of those who died in the 2021 Mount Meron disaster have filed a lawsuit against the government, emergency services and several private organizations that greenlighted the Lag B’Omer festivities that ended in the tragic...