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10 boys and teens among the dead in Israel festival stampede

Springfield News-Sun 01 May 2021

The stampede early Friday had cut short the annual festival of Lag BaOmer on Israel’s Mount Meron ... Lag BaOmer is very popular with Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community to honor Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a 2nd-century sage and mystic who is believed to be buried there ... Mourners attend the funeral of a person who died during Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt.

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Three men from Rockland and Kiryas Joel died in Israel disaster that claimed 45 lives

The Oneida Daily Dispatch 01 May 2021

The disaster took place at Mount Meron in northern Israel, where Orthodox Jews from around the world converge each year to celebrate the Lag BaOmer holiday near the gravesite of a revered, 2nd-century rabbi on the anniversary of his death ... time zones, many gatherings here for Lag ...

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Fri. 8:56 a.m.: Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 45, hurts dozens

The Vindicator 01 May 2021

Ultra Orthodox Jews look at the scene where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews during Lag BaOmer festival today at Mount Meron in northern Israel ... The stampede occurred during the celebrations of Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron, the first mass religious ...

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Religious leaders 'put pressure on organisers NOT to limit numbers at Israeli festival' after more ...

The Daily Mail 01 May 2021

People gathered to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer on Mount Meron, Israel, on April 29 ... Mourners gather next to the house of Menahem Zachach, 24, who died during Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt ... A man weeps at the funeral of Rabbi Eliezer Goldberg, who died during Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt.

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Israel to resume stampede funerals after Sabbath pause

Arab News 01 May 2021

JERUSALEM ... Tens of thousands of people had thronged to Mount Meron and the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai to mark the Lag BaOmer holiday and commemorate the second-century Talmudic sage’s death ... In a cruel irony, the Lag BaOmer holiday celebrates the end of a plague that killed thousands of Talmudic students at the time of Rabbi Bar Yochai.

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Stampede kills 44 at religious site in Israel

Dawn 01 May 2021

The nighttime disaster struck after pilgrims thronged to Meron at the site of the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second-century Talmudic sage, where mainly ultra-Orthodox Jews mark the Lag BaOmer holiday ... In a cruel irony, the BaOmer holiday celebrates the end of a ...

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Israel mourns deaths of 45 in stampede at religious festival

Egypt Independent 01 May 2021

JERUSALEM (AP) — The holiday of Lag BaOmer is one of the happiest days on the calendar for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community — a time of mass celebrations in honor of a revered sage ... Lag BaOmer is very popular with Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community.

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Israeli Protesters Boo, Throw Bottles at Netanyahu During Speech at Deadly Stampede Site

Sputnik 01 May 2021

... people celebrating Lag BaOmer attempted to flee the venue.

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Only 32 bodies of stampede victims so far identified for religious reasons: Israeli ministry

China Daily 01 May 2021

  ... Described as Israel's worst civil disaster ever, the stampede took place during a festival celebrated on the eve of the Jewish holiday Lag BaOmer and resulted in 45 deaths and at least 150 injuries ... .

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Israel funerals for pilgrimage deaths to resume after Sabbath pause

Urdu Point 01 May 2021

Tens of thousands of people had thronged to Mount Meron and the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai to mark the Lag BaOmer holiday and commemorate the second-century Talmudic sage's death ... ....

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Orange County man among those killed in religious festival stampede in Israel

Daily Freeman 01 May 2021

... were reported among the 45 people killed when a stampede followed a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in Mount Meron, Israel, on Friday.

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Israel buries dead after Jewish pilgrim stampede kills 45

The News International 01 May 2021

JERUSALEM ... The night-time carnage struck after pilgrims thronged to Meron at the site of the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second-century Talmudic sage, where mainly ultra-Orthodox Jews, or haredim, mark the Lag BaOmer holiday. The health ministry put the toll at 45 dead ... The police "closed it (the ramp) ... .

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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Finger Lakes Times 01 May 2021

Number of Americans fully vaccinated tops 100 million ... by midsummer, as the number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached another milestone. 100 million ... JERUSALEM (AP) — The holiday of Lag BaOmer is one of the happiest days on the calendar for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community — a time of mass celebrations in honor of a revered sage ... .

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