Tag: Lag B’Omer
Meron commission calls for Israeli Police Chief to resign
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...
Israeli minister visits Druze security guard who was attacked at Mount Meron
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...
Is the Kabbalah for mystics or for everyone?
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...
Jewish cousins among victims of Tunisia synagogue shooting
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
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...
Feasting and feting Israel at 75
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...
130,000 worshippers arrive at subdued Mount Meron Lag B’Omer celebrations
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...
Israel celebrates Lag B’Omer with thousands in Meron amid extra precautions
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...
Families of Mount Meron stampede victims seek millions in damages
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...
Work continues at Meron to prepare for Lag B’Omer
Work continues at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron to prepare the site for Lag B’Omer this year after the disaster last April, when 45 people were killed in a stampede.
Structures at the...