B'Omer

Once, on the holiday of Lag B'Omer, which falls this Saturday night, children cast into bonfires images of Adolf Hitler and others who have preached and in some cases practiced the mass killing of Jews.

Bradley Burston: Ritual Terrorism: Hating Obama as a New Form of Religion 2010

Tonight marks the beginning of Lag B'Omer, a popular Jewish holiday with roots in mysticism and Kabbalah that most people don't understand.

Ilana Teitelbaum: Lighting Up the Jerusalem Night with Bonfires 2009

Tonight marks the beginning of Lag B'Omer, a popular Jewish holiday with roots in mysticism and Kabbalah that most people don't understand.

Ilana Teitelbaum: Lighting Up the Jerusalem Night with Bonfires 2009

Now I'm one of the boring adults who isn't making a bonfire, but I treasure what I do remember of my Lag B'Omer experience.

Ilana Teitelbaum: Lighting Up the Jerusalem Night with Bonfires 2009

Lag B'Omer is only celebrated by Jews in Israel, as far as I know -- certainly in New York we did not have bonfires.

Ilana Teitelbaum: Lighting Up the Jerusalem Night with Bonfires 2009

Tonight marks the beginning of Lag B'Omer, a popular Jewish holiday with roots in mysticism and Kabbalah that most people don't understand.

Ilana Teitelbaum: Lighting Up the Jerusalem Night with Bonfires 2009

Better fill it up before it gets raided for Lag B'Omer...

I Built a Compost 2008

It was a week before Lag B'Omer, and the friends of the Jacobs family continued to attend every Friday evening to hear a letter from Jerusalem read.

Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago Hannah Trager

Once, on the holiday of Lag B'Omer, which falls this Saturday night, children cast into bonfires images of Adolf Hitler and others who have preached and in some cases practiced the mass killing of Jews.

Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010

Once, on the holiday of Lag B'Omer, which falls this Saturday night, children cast into bonfires images of Adolf Hitler and others who have preached and in some cases practiced the mass killing of Jews.

Propeller Most Popular Stories Progressive 2010