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 ...

(CNN) — Hundreds of buses stretched over miles of winding road were ferrying thousands of worshipers off Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday after 45 people were killed and some 150 others ...

At least four U.S. citizens and one Argentine are among the 45 victims of the deadly stampede during Lag Ba’omer festivities in northern Israel overnight Thursday, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Within seconds of getting off the bus a bag of chocolate milk came flying at me. I caught it, bit it open, recited the shehakol blessing — that was the point, to make a blessing on this holy ground — ...

Israel Police disperse hundreds of civilians who entered Mount Meron on Monday, on the eve of Lag Ba'omer, in an attempt to light bonfires after the government banned the event earlier this week due ...

A crush during a religious celebration at Israel’s Mount Meron killed at least 45 worshipers Friday. An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people had crowded onto the mountain to celebrate the Lag B’Omer ...

According to a new outline taking shape for the Lag Ba'omer celebration on Mount Meron, three bonfire-lighting ceremonies will be held under police management, with up to 200 participants at each ...