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Over 100,000 Tickets To Meron Sold Within Two Days, Sale Closes...
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Less than two days after the Israeli transportation ministry started selling tickets to the Meron festivities, the ministry reports that over...
New Info On Kleinerman Case: Searches To Resume In Meron Area
Searches for Moishe Kleinerman are expected to resume on Monday in the Meron area following the finding of new DNA evidence tied to the...
130,000 worshippers arrive at subdued Mount Meron Lag B’Omer celebrations
A year after 45 men and boys died in a stampede, police cap 16,000 worshippers on the mountain at a time.
A more subdued religious...
Government Plans Major Changes In Meron, Including Limited Visitor Capacity, Demolishing...
MERON (VINnews) — Moni Matuk, Director General of the Religious Ministry, is planning to make dramatic changes to the site of the Kever HaRashbi, which...
Multiple Reports Dating Back Years Categorized Meron as Potential Deathtrap
As funerals for the 45 victims of the Lag B’Omer stampede in Meron continued, the Israeli government was finding itself in the hot seat.
As...
Poles react to Meron disaster: ‘The less Jews there are, the...
Comments section to article on Meron disaster in Polish media swamped with anti-Semitic hate.
As the Jewish People mourns for the 45 victims of the...
Netanyahu declares national day of mourning as tragedy strikes during Lag...
(April 30, 2021 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a national day of mourning for Sunday over the disaster that took place at a massive...
Tragedy in Meron: 44 people killed in mass stampede during Lag...
At least 44 killed and dozens more seriously injured in a mass stampede during Lag Ba'Omer celebrations in Meron. Air Force helicopters evacuate injured...
In Israel, Lag B’Omer leads to Meron
In Israel, Lag B’Omer leads to Meron
An estimated 250,000 men, women and children are expected to travel to gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai...