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Police deny reports that thousands reached Galilee shrine illegally, even as revelers recount bypassing restrictions with ...

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Cops block roads, decline to vacate thousands already at site as Haredim called on to arm themselves with pepper spray, ...

The fires of Lag Ba’omer will burn again on the slopes of Meron. What matters is that when they do, they come back to a ...

“Tragedy and happiness can live side by side, although that’s a difficult balance,” said Tamar Cytryn, director of Jewish studies and campus life at Chicago Jewish Day School. After months of ...

The pilgrimage to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's grave is rooted in a longing for the transcendent – calls for violence come from ...

The Jewish Agency for Israel will distribute emergency grants to the 45 families who lost their loved ones in the tragedy at Mount Meron. Funds will be allocated to the bereaved families to support ...

Lag BaOmer is a Jewish holiday that usually falls in the spring. According to Chabad, Lag BaOmer celebrates the life of Rabbi ...

The Jewish Agency for Israel issue a statement following Thursday night's tragedy on Mount Meron, in which 45 people died and over 100 more wounded. In their statement, the Jewish Agency said: "The ...