The origins and meaning of the minor Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer (celebrated this year on May 25-26) are not as clear as those of the major Jewish holidays like Rosh Hashanah, Passover or Purim. It ...

WILKES-BARRE — For the Bais Menachem Youth Development Program of the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre, Sunday was a day of pride for their religion. The program held a parade that processed ...

NATICK, MA — The Jewish holiday Lag B’omer will be observed Monday and Tuesday around the world. But in spring 2020, the holiday is especially pertinent. Lag B’omer has several meanings, and one is to ...

Editor’s note: Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews were killed in a stampede on April 29, 2021, while celebrating Lag B’Omer in the city of Meron in northern Israel. As details of the horrific incident are ...