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Lag B’Omer Celebrations Go On Despite Challenges
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JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
FOR THE SECOND YEAR
in a row, those who celebrated
Lag B’Omer dealt with obsta-
cles both commonplace — iffy
weather — and extraordinary
(you know, the pandemic).

But with more and more
members of the community
having received vaccines, this
year’s Lag B’Omer celebrations
allowed for groups to come
together safely. l
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At the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, students were treated to
miniature golf, a pareve whipped cream eating contest and a barbecue lunch,
among other outdoor activities. Here, Noah Cohen enjoys a hot dog and Avital
Uram recovers post-whipped-cream eating contest. 
Photos by Marcia Harwitz
At Adath Israel on the Main Line, Cheryl Milgram’s pre-K class created their
own “bonfires” out of toilet paper rolls, cardboard and tissue paper.

Photo by Cheryl Milgram
changing addresses?
Cub Pack 1958 celebrated Lag B’Omer at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El with
archery, bonfires and a barbecue. 
Photos by Lisa Richman/Hallie Chandler
About 30 undergraduates and grad students, all of them vaccinated, attended an outdoor Lag B’Omer barbecue at
the Chabad House at Penn.
Photos by Debora Haskelevich
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Cheder Chabad of Philadelphia held a Lag B’Omer parade down Bryn Mawr Avenue with more than 200 students
and adults, ending the parade with an activity-filled fair. 
Photos by Rabbi Motti Yarmush
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ACTOR, COMEDIAN and
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Kevin Pollak, 63, has starred
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