The annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel attracts as many as half a million visitors every year. Because of COVID-19, this year’s event was less crowded, but even so, over 100,000 ...

The annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel – which in 2022 falls on Wednesday night, May 18 – until recently has attracted as many as half a million visitors every year. The annual ...

Jerusalem — A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials ...

JERUSALEM — More than 40 people died in a stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel on Friday, an ambulance service confirmed to The Associated Press. Update 11:45 a.m. ET April 30: Medical ...

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(JTA) After months of distanced learning, Sharon Levin was excited for her school to celebrate Lag BaOmer together with a day of outdoor activities. The spring holiday, which is popular among students ...

“Fire is never neutral. It warms, it cooks, it illuminates—or it destroys. The same flame can kindle Torah or consume our unity.” —Inspired by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks As the sun sets over Israel, ...

Police make an arrest in Mount Meron on Lag BaOmer. May 12, 2020. The police arrested some 300 Ultra-Orthodox Jews on Tuesday who stormed Mount Meron to celebrate Lag Ba’Omer at the site, although it ...

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(The Conversation) — A scholar of Jewish history explains why the annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel has such power and meaning. (The Conversation) — The annual Lag BaOmer ...