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More than 800 University of Connecticut engineering students participated in the Senior Design Demonstration Day, showcasing innovative designs for some of...

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This follows the disastrous crush incident in April, which saw 45 people killed on the Lag Ba'omer holiday.

With no insurance policy, site will announce closure of Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai as of next Thursday - Click the link for more details

Outrage is mounting at New York Times coverage of the recent Israel-Gaza war, with prominent Israeli and American Jewish leaders... The first person we know of who made the connection between Meron and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was a 12th-century Jewish traveler by the name of Jacob ben Netanel HaCohen, who wrote a travel diary of his visit to the Holy Land. He mentions Rashbi’s tomb in Meron, and adds that his son Rabbi Eleazar is also buried there. Oddly enough, various other medieval pilgrim...