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Two dead after bleacher collapses at unsafe Israel synagogue
16 May, 2021 10:13 PM
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The bleacher was packed with ultra-Orthodox worshippers and collapsed during prayers at the beginning of Shavuot. Photo / via Real News IL
The bleacher was packed with ultra-Orthodox worshippers and collapsed during prayers at the beginning of Shavuot. Photo / via Real News IL
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Israeli medics said at least two people were killed and more than 150 injured after a bleacher collapsed at an uncompleted West Bank synagogue on Sunday, the eve of a major Jewish holiday.
The bleacher was packed with ultra-Orthodox worshippers and collapsed during prayers at the beginning of Shavuot.
Babyn Yar was the site of one of the single biggest massacres of Jews by German Nazis. The movable structure of the new, folding synagogue recalls a book and is the first building in what will be a much larger memorial.