18 Remarkable Women in Jewish History
From the blog of Brandon Marlon at The Times of Israel
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From the blog of Brandon Marlon at The Times of Israel
An 1885 photograph of the balcony that collapsed some 26 years later, in 1911. The tragedy at the celebration of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai occurred on the night of Lag B’Omer 5671, May 15, 1911, when a crowd of about 10,000 filled the compound and a railing collapsed, causing many to be crushed in the collapse and the panic that followed. Eleven people were killed in the tragedy, the deaths of seven were determined at the scene and of four others in the days following the incident. There were 40 wounded. According to Shmuel Har-Noy, Director General of the Safed Academic College, the Jewish c...