More than a year after 45 families lost loved ones on Mount Meron, there is still nobody able to stand up and say, “I’m sorry, I was partially to blame.” A couple of days after the horrific Mount ...

Though the investigation into the deadly disaster at Mt. Meron on Thursday night was still in its earliest stages as the weekend ended, recriminations from current and former officials in top ...

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and Northern District Commander Shimon Lavi have told associates they don’t intend to resign over the deadly stampede during Lag B’Omer celebrations at Mount ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jewish worshippers visit the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi) in Meron, northern Israel, ahead of the Jewish holiday ...

I would humbly suggest that the answer lies deep in how we generally are to approach tragedy and challenge in life. Just a year ago, in one of the most horrific events to strike the Jewish people in ...

Rabbi Yigal Cohen, a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council, called on the public to refrain from going up to Meron on Lag Ba'omer, warning of a tangible risk to visitors' lives. "Dear brothers and ...

The Lag B'Omer celebration in Meron will begin Thursday evening, approximately an hour after sunset, with the traditional lighting of the bonfire atop the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai by the Rebbe ...