According to the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience, more than 30,000 Hasidic pilgrims intend to come to Uman for Rosh Hashanah [the Jewish New Year] this September.

Jewish pilgrims should refrain from visiting Uman for Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, Cherkasy Oblast Governor Ihor Taburets warned on Sept. 10. Thousands of Hasidic Jews make a pilgrimage to Uman in ...

(JTA) The U.S., Israeli and Ukrainian governments have all called it an extremely dangerous voyage into the heart of an ongoing war. But despite the warnings, tens of thousands of Jewish men and boys ...

“God has not always protected us, not on European soil and not on Ukrainian soil,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (JTA) — The U.S., Israeli and Ukrainian governments have all called ...

Orthodox Jews gathered in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, at the tomb of a rabbi who preached his vision of a joy-filled... War didn't stop Hasidic pilgrims from gathering in ...

UMAN, Ukraine — As he jogged up a hill in this central Ukrainian town, a Chasidic man in a black knee-length coat flicked through a pocket prayer book. He was heading towards the one-story complex ...

This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Israelis travelling to Rabbi ...

Some are ignoring curfew and other local rules imposed since the Russian invasion — a war that has seen the town bombed multiple times. UMAN, Ukraine (JTA) — As he jogged up a hill in this central ...

Israel’s Foreign Ministry issued another travel warning for Ukraine with an emphasis on the city of Uman and its surroundings, a site usually visited by tens of thousands of Israelis during the High ...

The U.S., Israeli and Ukrainian governments have all called it an extremely dangerous voyage into the heart of an ongoing war. But despite the warnings, tens of thousands of Jewish men and boys are ...

UMAN, Ukraine — For all but a week a year, the city of Uman is like any small city in Ukraine. The economy usually revolves around a bus factory and some grain processing facilities. But every fall, ...

Jewish pilgrims gather at a lake to perform Tashlikh, an atonement ritual that involves symbolically casting one's sins into a body of water, during the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman's ...