Month April 2021

At least 45 people were killed late Thursday night after a stampede broke out as massive crowds gathered at Meron for Lag BaOmer. Rescue operations were underway Friday morning to… Read more » The post Tragedy in Meron: Death Toll… Continue Reading →

The Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department (PID) will take over the investigation from Israel Police into the stampede that killed over 40 people late Thursday night and injured over 150… Read more » The post Justice Ministry to Investigate Meron… Continue Reading →

Chareidi journalist Aryeh Erlich retweeted a warning of a potential tragedy occurring on the narrow Toldos Aharon passageway that he wrote in 2018! “Tell the police to stop making excuses,” he captioned the retweet. “I refer you to my tweet… Continue Reading →

Two hours before the unfathomable mass casualty occurred, Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Yossi Deitsch warned the police that a tragedy was imminent, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. Deitsch told B’Chadrei that he took part in the Boyaner hadlaka two hours before the tragedy… Continue Reading →

Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox, director of Project Chai, the crisis intervention, trauma, and bereavement department of Chai Lifeline, offers practical suggestions and guidelines following the horrific tragedy in Meron. If you have any questions or are in need of guidance, contact… Continue Reading →

Due to the many people in the United States that are frantically trying to contact loved ones who were in Meron and have been unable to locate them, Misaskim has opened their command center to try and assist people. Please… Continue Reading →

Due to the many people in the United States that are frantically trying to contact loved ones who were in Meron and have been unable to locate them, Misaskim has opened their command center to try and assist people. Please… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] At the request of Maran Harav Chaim Kanievsky Shlit”a, Kupat Ha’ir is setting up a fund to help the families of the victims and the wounded. All the money will be distributed according to the guidelines set by HaRav… Continue Reading →

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Morty Wartel described to Hamodia his experience in Meron on the night of Lag BaOmer. “We went up the Mehadrin Road and at the top of the stairs there is… Read more » The post Eye Witness Report From Meron… Continue Reading →

President Biden said he did not know about the FBI plans to raid the home of former President Trump’s personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani before it happened, and that he learned of the operation “when… Continue Reading →

The Chareidi community in Jerusalem is still reeling at the news of the Christian missionary family that was living among them, completely integrated into Chareidi society. There are many questions about the story but one of the first questions some… Continue Reading →

As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s chances of forming a government seem further and further away, extensive negotiations are being held between Naftali Bennett and Gideon Sa’ar with Yair Lapid and other center-left party leaders to form a national-unity government. And… Continue Reading →

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has probably toured more COVID-19 vaccination centers than he ever imagined. If he ever imagined that at all. His drop-ins at places where people are rolling up their sleeves for a… Continue Reading →

All over Eretz Yisrael 100,000 of Jews are loading onto buses to start traveling to Meron for Lag B’omer.  Yeshuos Rashbi is preparing for these large crowds. Every year, Yeshuos Rashbi hosts the single largest Seudas Hillulah D’Rebbe Shimon in… Continue Reading →

A tragedy is unfolding now in Meron at the tziyon of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai after a bleacher reported collapsed, killing many and injuring dozens. According to initial reports, at least 22 have been killed with at least 34 others injured. A… Continue Reading →