Celebrating Lag B'Omer during wartime: How religious Jews are coping
The government moved the annual pilgrimage from Mount Meron to east Jerusalem due to fear of Hezbollah rocket attack.
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Families of Meron stampede victims vow to fight cover-up attempts
"Our conscience will not be eased until we have done everything to ensure that other people's worlds will not be ...
Gov't proposes compensation for families of Meron stampede victims
Families who lost loved ones could be allocated up to 130,000 per casualty. Head of National Insurance Institute points to ...
Haredi MKs vote against probe of Meron disaster
Most families who lost loved ones in Lag B'Omer stampede back government inquiry, but representatives of MKs are still trying ...
'If your conscience is clear, there's no reason to resign,' public security minister says
Amir Ohana, who has been criticized for saying he is responsible for, but not guilty of Mount Meron tragedy, says, ...
Haredi sage: After Meron disaster, women should dress more modestly
In the aftermath of the Lag B'Omer tragedy that killed 45, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky also issued instructions to study Torah ...
AG: Provisional government can launch state probe into Meron disaster
"After the period of mourning is over, we will examine in an orderly, thorough and responsible fashion every matter that ...
Jewish, pro-Israel groups react to Meron tragedy on Lag B'Omer
"We pray for the recovery of those injured and mourn for the families who lost loved ones,” says the American ...
Justice minister calls for state commission of inquiry into Mt. Meron disaster
As Police Internal Investigations Department readies to collect officers' testimony on Lag B'Omer stampede, Justice Minister Benny Gantz demands state ...
Pope prays for Meron stampede victims
Speaking at St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis expresses his "closeness to the people of Israel" and promises to remember the ...