More than a year after 45 families lost loved ones on Mount Meron, there is still nobody able to stand up and say, “I’m sorry, I was partially to blame.” A couple of days after the horrific Mount ...
Though the investigation into the deadly disaster at Mt. Meron on Thursday night was still in its earliest stages as the weekend ended, recriminations from current and former officials in top ...
In the late fifteenth century, R. Obadiah of Bartenura described Jews ascending to Meron on Lag BaOmer, gathering at the tomb of R. Shimon bar Yochai with bonfires, charity, and prayers for healing ...
Israel Police announced on Sunday morning that the annual Lag Ba’omer pilgrimage at Mount Meron will not take place, and that roads leading to the area have already been blocked. Religious protesters ...
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