Saturday, May 25th, 2024
An Ultra-Orthodox Jew walks past bonfire during the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer celebration at the Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jersualem, Saturday, May 25, 2024. The holiday that honors 2nd 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/Mahmoud Illean)