6 haredim arrested after attempt to reach Uman despite border closure
The passengers, from London and Paris, were barred from entering the country • Ukrainian police rummaged through their personal belongings for anything indicating that they were Jewish.
Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish pilgrims pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov on the eve of the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New Year, in the town of Uman, Ukraine September 20, 2017(photo credit: REUTERS/VALENTYN OGIRENKO/FILE PHOTO)ByDANIEL NISINMAN
