Tag: Mount Meron
On Tisha B’Av, mourning incomparable loss, working on increased unity
Why is Tisha B’Av the saddest day of the Jewish year?
Eerily, not only were both of the holy temples in Jerusalem destroyed on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av (the first...
Israel launches probe into Mount Meron disaster
The state commission of inquiry into the April 30 Mount Meron tragedy, which saw 45 people killed and 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag B’Omer festival at the site, began its work on Sunday.
The...
Israel to hold formal inquest into Mount Meron disaster
Israel’s government on Sunday ordered the formation of a state commission of inquiry into the April 29 Mount Meron tragedy, which saw 45 people killed and 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag...
‘Day of Unity’ offers comfort, outreach for women who lost relatives on Lag B’Omer
Dozens of women whose husbands, sons, brothers or fathers lost their lives in the crush on an overcrowded ramp at Mount Meron on Lag B’Omer joined together in Jerusalem last week in an emotional...
National Insurance Institute proposes compensation for families of Meron victims
Israel’s National Insurance Institute (NII) is proposing compensation in the amount of 100,000 shekels ($30,800) for each of the families who lost loved ones in the Lag B’Omer stampede at Mount Meron. A total of 45...
Knesset approves legislation for government probe into Meron disaster
Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a bill to establish a governmental commission of inquiry into the deadly Lag B’Omer stampede last month at Mount Meron.
The bill, sponsored by Knesset member Mickey Levy of the Yesh Atid...
‘If your conscience is clear, there’s no reason to resign,’ says Israel’s public security...
Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana is sticking to his guns after sparking controversy for saying that while he was responsible for the tragedy at Mount Meron on April 30, “responsibility does not mean...
Can a disaster breed Jewish unity or widen the communal breach?
There is nothing positive to be gleaned from an event that led to the deaths of 45 Jews and injuring of 150 others. The wake of a fatal stampede in the early hours of...
Israeli AG: Provisional government can launch state probe into Meron disaster
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said on Monday that there is no legal impediment to establishing a state commission of inquiry into the Lag B’Omer disaster, not even in the case of a provisional government.
“Although...
Rivlin at Jerusalem Unity Prize ceremony: ‘We are one human fabric’
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted the seventh Jerusalem Unity Prize ceremony at his official residence in the capital on Monday.
The event, which is a joint initiative of the Jerusalem Municipality, Gesher and the families of Eyal...