35,000 Hasidic pilgrims mark Jewish New Year in Uman with prayer and symbolic rituals
The first day of the Jewish New Year 5786 began traditionally for Hasidic pilgrims in Uman with prayer…
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Israel sends cops and medics into wartime Ukraine — to protect pilgrims at a rabbi’s grave
Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews will arrive in Uman despite Russian missile threats.
35,000 Jewish pilgrims arrived in Ukraine for New Year, defying war
35,000 Hasidic Jews have traveled to Uman in the Cherkasy Oblast, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. This marks the second time they are celebrating the Jewish New Year in Ukraine during the full-scale invasion by Russia. Before the war, nearly 40,000 Hasidic Jews visited Ukraine for this occasion.
Zelenskyy has phone conversation with Netanyahu
On 7 September, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the…
Ukraine urges Hasidic Jews to skip Uman visit for Rosh Hashanah
Cherkasy Regional Military Administration advises Hasidic Jews against traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah due to security concerns, but assures heightened security measures.
Hasidic pilgrims donate for Ukrainian soldiers
Hasidic pilgrims who arrived in the city of Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah have donated UAH…