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By Bill Galluccio Apr 30, 2021 A stampede at a religious festival in Israel left at least 45 people dead and more than 150 people injured in one of the worst civilian disasters in the country's history. Officials said that some of the deceased victims were children. The tragedy occurred during the festival of Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron, where over 100,000 mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews had gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Rabbi  Shimon bar Yochai, a second-century sage. The celebration features huge bonfires as people feast, sing, and dance throughout the night. Accordin...

By Bill Galluccio Apr 30, 2021 A stampede at a religious festival in Israel left at least 45 people dead and more than 150 people injured in one of the worst civilian disasters in the country's history. Officials said that some of the deceased victims were children. The tragedy occurred during the festival of Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron, where over 100,000 mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews had gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Rabbi  Shimon bar Yochai, a second-century sage. The celebration features huge bonfires as people feast, sing, and dance throughout the night. Accordin...

By Bill Galluccio Apr 30, 2021 A stampede at a religious festival in Israel left at least 45 people dead and more than 150 people injured in one of the worst civilian disasters in the country's history. Officials said that some of the deceased victims were children. The tragedy occurred during the festival of Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron, where over 100,000 mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews had gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Rabbi  Shimon bar Yochai, a second-century sage. The celebration features huge bonfires as people feast, sing, and dance throughout the night. Accordin...

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews attend the funeral of Yehuda Lev Lubin in Jerusalem, one of the victims of the Meron tragedy, where 45 people were crushed to death in Meron, northern Israel, April 30, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) JTA — Long before COVID-19 arrived in Israel, devastating Israel’s Hasidic communities, the annual Lag B’Omer gathering at Mount Meron was a moment of release for Israel’s Orthodox Jews, a festive night marking the end of a religious period of mourning. And this year, when that release was especially needed after a year of loss, it became yet another tra...

By Bill Galluccio Apr 30, 2021 A stampede at a religious festival in Israel left at least 45 people dead and more than 150 people injured in one of the worst civilian disasters in the country's history. Officials said that some of the deceased victims were children. The tragedy occurred during the festival of Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron, where over 100,000 mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews had gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Rabbi  Shimon bar Yochai, a second-century sage. The celebration features huge bonfires as people feast, sing, and dance throughout the night. Accordin...