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The names and faces of the Meron catastrophe

They came from all over Israel and all over the world to celebrate the first open religious event in Israel since the start of the pandemic.

by  Yehuda Shlezinger and Hanan Greenwood
Published on  05-02-2021 10:21
Last modified: 08-23-2021 09:39
The names and faces of the Meron catastrophe
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A number of the victims of the Mount Meron stampede overnight Thursday were laid to rest starting at the end of the Sabbath and throughout the night, with the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine having identified 45 of the bodies.

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As of Sunday morning, the list of names released included:

Menachem Zakbach (24) from Modiin Illit

David Kraus (33) from Beit Shemesh

Yosef Amram Tauber, an American citizen

Rabbi Eliezer Mordechai Goldberg (37) from Betar Illit

Eliezer Tzvi Youzef (26) from the US

Eliyahu Cohen (16) from Betar Illit

Simcha Bunim Diskind (23) from Beit Shemesh

Shimon Matalon (37) from Betar Illit

Rabbi Hanoch Slod (52) from Ashdod

Moshe Ben-Shalom (20) from Bnei Brak

Yonatan Chevroni (27) from Givat Shmuel

Haim Rach from Beit Shemesh

Yishai Mualem (17)

Yedidiya Asher Fogel (22) from Jerusalem

Elazer Yitzhok Koltai (13) from Jerusalem

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Rubin (27) from Beit Shemesh

Moshe Levy (14) from Bnei Brak

Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald (43) from Beitar Illit

Yosef Mastorov (17), a yeshiva student from Ramle

Haim Seller (24) from Jerusalem

Dubi Steinmetz (21) from Montreal who was studying at a Jerusalem yeshiva

Yaakov Elchanan Strakovsky (20) from Elad

Nahman Kirshbaum (15) from Beit Shemesh

Yosef Yehuda Levy (17) from Rechasim

Rabbi Ariel Tzadik (56) from Jerusalem

Daniel Morris (19) from New Jersey 

Rabbi Eliezer Gafner (52) from Jerusalem

Yisrael Ankawa (24) from Jerusalem

Avrohom Daniel Ambon (21) from Argentina

Yosef Greenbaum (22) from Haifa

Pinchas Menachem Knoblowitz (21) from New York

Elkana Shiloh (28) from Jerusalem

Yedidya Hayut (13)

Moshe Tzarfati (65) from Jerusalem

Ariel Achdut (20) from Jerusalem

Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz (19) from Safed

Yosef Kahan from Cleveland

Yosef Kahan

Mordechai Yoel Fakata (24)

Chen Doron (41) from Holon

Moshe Bergman (24) from England

Two sets of siblings were also among the victims:

Moshe Engelrad (14) and Yehoshua Engelrad (9) from Jerusalem

Yosef David Elchadad (18) and Moshe Mordechai Elchadad (12) from Jerusalem

Moshe Mordechai Elchadad and Yosef David Elchadad

Hassidic singer Rabbi Shraga Gestetner (35) from Montreal, who came to Israel specifically for the Lag B'Omer celebrations, was also killed in the disaster. He was buried in Jerusalem on Friday afternoon but with no immediate family present in Israel to attend the funeral.

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