יום שישי, י״ח תמוז תשפ״וFriday, July 3, 2026
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Porush said he could not carry out his responsibilities because of clashes with the Religious Affairs Ministry and the National Center for the Development of Holy Sites.
"Volunteers have come from all over the country and are active around the clock to provide emergency medical care in Meron."
Construction work ahead of the Lag B'omer festival, at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, in Meron.
When tragedy strikes, our moral and halakhic duty is to transcend the natural, and scrutinize our own actions by looking at ourselves in our own mirror, and not the actions of the others seen through the window, so that a desired change may hopefully come.
The Police’s Internal Affairs has already announced it will probe the police’s conduct.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The 19-year-old student from New Jersey was laid to rest in Jerusalem in a funeral attended by tens of thousands, including those online.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“This is an event that could have been prevented and it is now up to us to examine how this event could have been prevented,” stated the State Comptroller.
The type of things that one thinks about as a religious Jew in a shtetl or a small community are not the type of things that one has to think about as part of an entire country.
By Josh Hasten
“There were bodies piled up on top of each other—some of the people were alive, and some of them were already dead. I have never seen anything like this before,” said Itzik Itach, a senior volunteer paramedic and logistics director of the Jerusalem area for Rescuers Without Borders.
Six ambulances, two MICUs, a command vehicle and other designated emergency vehicles will be deployed in the field.
The Satmar Rebbe, enjoying his visit to Israel, dances with his Chassidim in Meron.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai interviews new Oleh Chaim Messer along with Hassidim on their way to Meron for Lag B'Omer.
July 3, 2026 
