Saturday, May 25th, 2024
Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer at the Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim Jerusalem, Sunday, May 26, 2024. The holiday that honors a second century sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai also celebrates the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews during the Roman times with bonfires, prayers and dancing. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)