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Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in prayers on the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai during Lag B'Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, early Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) JTA — “If you haven’t seen the joy of Lag B’Omer on the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, you haven’t seen joy at all,” wrote the author Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israel’s first Nobel Prize laureate. That description reflects an aspect of the annual pilgrimage to Mount Meron in northern Israel that was underlined by the deaths on Friday of at least 45 revelers in a fatal crush: It is a pl...

Human rights group hits Israel with explosive accusation: Apartheid 29 Apr, 2021 03:04 AM 8 minutes to read Israeli police stand at their post as Palestinians leave the Dome of the Rock Mosque after Friday prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo / Dan Balilty, The New York Times Israeli police stand at their post as Palestinians leave the Dome of the Rock Mosque after Friday prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo / Dan Balilty, The New York Times New York Times By: Patrick Kingsley When hundreds of rights groups gathering in South Africa in 2001 accused Israel of apartheid, some part...

Covid 19 coronavirus: My life in Israel's brave new post-pandemic future 7 Apr, 2021 06:00 AM 9 minutes to read Crowds at a concert for the band Mercedes Bend at a club in Tel Aviv. Photo / Dan Balilty, The New York Times Crowds at a concert for the band Mercedes Bend at a club in Tel Aviv. Photo / Dan Balilty, The New York Times New York Times By: Isabel Kershner A Green Pass allows us, the vaccinated, to go to concerts, restaurants and sporting events. But Israel's real-time experiment in post-lockdown living leaves many questions unanswered. As the lights dimmed and the music star...

Covid-19 Live Updates: Some U.S. Colleges Will Require Vaccinations in the Fall Last Updated April 5, 2021, 5:48 p.m. ETApril 5, 2021, 5:48 p.m. ET Walgreens acknowledges it hadn’t been following U.S. guidance on timing between Pfizer vaccine doses and will start scheduling them three weeks apart. Everyone in New Jersey aged 16 and over will soon be eligible for vaccines. Here’s what you need to know: Cornell University is requiring all students who will be on campus in the fall of 2021 to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Students walked through Ho Plaza on the Cornell campus in Ith...

Covid-19 Live Updates: Walgreens Wasn’t Following U.S. Guidance on Pfizer Vaccine Spacing Last Updated April 5, 2021, 2:01 p.m. ETApril 5, 2021, 2:01 p.m. ET But following complaints, the pharmacy chain will start scheduling Pfizer vaccine doses three weeks apart. The Navajo Nation has managed to control what was once one of the worst outbreaks in the United States. But infections are rising nationally, and health officials are warning of another surge. Here’s what you need to know: Gov. Greg Gianforte of Montana received a shot of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a Walgreen’s ph...