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Tragedy in Meron: Israel Mourns By Jewish Link Staff | May 06, 2021
After Lag B’Omer night’s celebration turned tragic, with heavy hearts, the Jewish nation began grieving 45 lives lost at Mount Meron, with a national day of mourning declared on Sunday.
Many communities, populations and subpopulations within Israel were personally affected by events of the night, either directly as they were also at the mountainside celebration, or knew people who were there; or by seeing news reports or harrowing posts on social media as the events unfolded. With 150,000 attendees at Meron at the time of the disaster and about another 300,000 on their way or having already left, many were left with indelible images in their minds of the events as they transpired. Individuals attending the event were also stranded or separated from their groups. In addition to those who died, approximately 150 people were injured. The cell phone system was not working during the
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On March 1, 2021 Israel’s Supreme Court by a verdict of 8-1 dealt a major blow to the country’s powerful Orthodox establishment, ruling that people who convert to Judaism in Israel through the Reform and Conservative movements must be recognized as Jews under the provisions of the Law of Return, and are thus entitled to Israeli citizenship.
Study: Anti-Semitism on The Rise as Pandemic Continues to Rage on
The Israeli Diaspora Affairs Ministry released a study on Tuesday that says that anti-Semitic attacks are likely to surge globally in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic
The annual report of the ministry released Sunday said that “the rising rates of anti-Semitic sentiment are expected to lead to a significant increase in violence against Jews and Jewish sites in 2021. This is expected to challenge communities around the world, especially the American Jewish community.”
According to the report, the pandemic is being exploited to spread conspiracy theories that Jews allegedly “launched” the COVID-19 outbreak last year to make a profit from it. It also notes that while physical attacks against Jews declined last year due to virus-induced lockdowns, hatred is expected to continue even after the pandemic is over, especially on social media.
The uptick in hate crimes could be tied to the spread of conspiracy theories claiming Jews were responsible for the COVID-19 outbreak, and will likely continue even.