For the second year in a row, those who celebrated Lag B’Omer dealt with obstacles 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.
About 30 undergraduates and grad students, all of them vaccinated, attended an outdoor Lag B’Omer barbecue at the Chabad House at Penn.
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
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
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
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.
Cub Pack 1958 celebrated Lag B’Omer at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El with archery, bonfires and a barbecue.
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
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.
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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