Mount Meron
Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with the police as they try to enter the grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the northern Israeli village of Meron. Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP
May 26, 2022, 12:18 pm
Mount Meron pilgrimage ends in chaos
'Extremists' tear down barriers and clash with cops, attempting to enter the tomb site of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on Mount Meron in a chaotic capstone to the Lag b'Omer holiday.
Naftali Bennet (left) and Yair Lapid, Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool
September 5, 2021, 3:15 pm
5781: The year that was – around the world
Conflict with Gaza and the end of the Bibi era ... just some of the momentous events of the past year that The AJN has reported on.
By Peter Kohn
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