The Lag BaOmer pilgrimage, in which 45 people died recently, takes place each year to what is believed to be the gravesite of the second-century Talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
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Assistant Professor, College of Charleston
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Professor of Economics, College of Charleston
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Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Charleston
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Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, College of Charleston
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Assistant Professor, College of Charleston
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Professor of History, College of Charleston
