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0 shares The shock of Friday’s catastrophe at Mount Meron is still raw. The graves of the victims, including the children killed in the crush, are still fresh. Yet the debate over what it all means for the country and for Haredi society has only begun. A few overpowering facts, not least that nearly all the victims were Haredi, are driving an unusual new introspection, and leading the major media outlets of the community to turn against one of its characteristic traits: its longstanding and much-criticized “autonomy” from the Israeli state. Haredi Israelis are simultaneously part ...

Moshe Natan Neta Englander, 14, and Yehoshua Englander, 9, were from Jerusalem. (courtesy) At least a dozen children and teens younger than 18 were among 45 people killed in a stampede at a Lag B’Omer festival in northern Israel, according to a partial list of names published Saturday as the identification of victims in Israel’s deadliest civilian disaster continued. Four Americans, a Canadian and a man from Argentina were also among those killed. Two families each lost two children. The youngest victim, Yehoshua Englander, was nine years old. His brother, Moshe Natan Neta Englander, 14, ...

5 shares Ultra-Orthodox Jews light candles for the 45 victims who were killed in a stampede, at the scene of the fatal disaster, at Mt Meron. May 01, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90) Israel on Sunday marked a national day of mourning over the Mount Meron stampede that killed 45 people, including over a dozen children and teenagers, in the country’s deadliest-ever civilian disaster. Flags were lowered to half-staff and ceremonies were expected at the Knesset and army bases. A cabinet meeting scheduled for Sunday was canceled. Concerts and sports events were postponed. And the Jerusalem scho...

Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau March 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) “The site needs to be handled differently. What is happening at the moment does not respect the place or human life. The state is obligated to take responsibility for it,” he said. The chief rabbi also suggested spreading out the Lag B’Omer festivities to avoid overcrowding in the future. “It could be that the events need to be divided over a whole week,” Lau told the Kan public broadcaster. He suggested that some bonfires and prayers could be held before Lag B’Omer, which falls on a particular date...

Israel remembers festival dead: Day of mourning is held for 45 people crushed to death in stampede after British man, 24, was named amongst victims Flags were lowered at half-mast across Israel on Sunday to mourn victims of the stampede on Thursday night Brit Moshe Bergman, 24, from Manchester, was formally identified as amongst the victims on Saturday  Insiders claimed there was political pressure on police to 'hold the event at any cost' ahead of deadly crush Reports say the head of Shas, a Haredi religious political party in Israel, asked there to be no limit of numbers A total of 45 peop...