Two Montrealers among dead after stampede at Meron festival

'A loss felt the world over': Montrealers among dead after stampede in Israel
Jason Magder, Montreal Gazette
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Montrealer Sharga Gesttner was among the dead after at least 45 participants were crushed at a religious bonfire festival in Israel April 30, 2021.
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Montreal’s Jewish community is reeling after two young members were among at least 45 killed in a stampede during a religious festival in Israel on Friday.
Officials said it appears the dead had been asphyxiated or trampled at the Lag B’Omer event in Mount Meron in Galilee.
Dovi Steinmetz, 21, from the Darlington district in Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, and Outremont native Shraga Gestetner, 35, a father of five, were killed.

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