(JTA) — London’s fire and rescue service gave a statement reminding Jewish congregations to keep holiday bonfires outdoors after the city’s Jewish News outlet shared video of a synagogue celebrating ...

Why Is Lag BaOmer Celebrated? Lag BaOmer is celebrated for two different reasons. One is the end of a deadly plague that is believed to have killed a whopping 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva Ben Yosef.

The Jewish holiday Lag BaOmer started on Monday night, and Bronx residents gathered at the Bronx Jewish Center for celebration. Rabbi Pewzner says that Lag BaOmer is about religious freedom and giving ...

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LITCHFIELD — The Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, May 18-19, marks the end of a plague more than 2,000 years ago, as well as the passing of sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar, ...

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“Though we are keen to see communities enjoying the festival of Lag b’Omer, we don’t want to see anyone harmed as a result,” wrote the London Fire Brigade. The video showed a fire raging inside Beis ...