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Lag BaOmer
An attempted arson attack on Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow was the 4th antisemitic arson attack on the Jewish community in North West London in less than a month. A boarded window shows where a firebomb was thrown through a front window of the synagogue late on Saturday night. Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (HAYI), a new Islamist militant group linked to Iran, claimed responsibility. Credit: Amanda Rose/Alamy Live News
May 7, 2026, 9:24 am
Two Fires and a Press Conference
What does it say about leadership, when, after years of equivocation, the response arrives only once the flames are already visible?
By Leo Pearlman
Leo Pearlman and daughter Anoushka.
May 14, 2025, 11:40 am
OPINION: My 12-year-old daughter’s response to antisemitism inspires me every day
TV exec Leo Pearlman says Anoushka's decision to wear a Magen David after experiencing hate made her his teacher in Jewish pride
By Leo Pearlman
Thousands of orthodox Jews gather at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, on Mt. Meron in Israel's northern Galillee, in traditional celebration of the Jewish Holiday of Lag Ba'omer, early Tuesday morning, May 22, 2019. Lag Ba'omer is celebrated to commemorate the day a plague ended in which thousands of students of Rabbi Akiba, a Talmudic scholar, died. This holiday is traditionally celebrated by the lighting of bonfires and festivities. Mt. Meron is the location for the central event of the evening, attracting approximately 40,000 celebrators every year. Photo By: Gil Eliyahu-JINIPIX
May 10, 2020, 9:17 am
Israel bans traditional bonfires for Lag b’Omer
Jewish festival which begins on Monday will not feature traditional bonfires marking 33 days since the start of Pesach 
By JTA
Lag B'Omer in Djerba
June 7, 2019, 1:09 pm
Tunisian ministers join Jews in Lag b’Omer celebrations
For the first time in more than 30 years, Lag B’Omer, which starts 33 days after the beginning of Pesach, coincided with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
By Jenni Frazer
Orthodox community members watch on shortly after the explosion of the Lag Baomer fire Screenshot from Youtube
May 9, 2018, 4:46 pm
Hackney Council berates Stamford Hill Jewish group over bonfire explosion
Local authority publicly rebukes Orthodox community and says it won't give permission for events in near future
Orthodox community members watch on shortly after the explosion of the Lag Baomer fire Screenshot from Youtube
May 3, 2018, 7:35 am
Ten injured in Lag BaOmer bonfire explosion in Stamford Hill
Paramedics called to Jewish celebration as Hatzola provided a "mega response team" after the incident
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