Uman
In Uman, annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage is clouded by arrests of yeshiva students in Israel
The arrests point to how this year’s Uman pilgrimage has emerged as a flashpoint in one of Israel’s most volatile political issues: whether haredi yeshiva students must serve.
Nearly 30 haredi draft dodgers detained at Ben-Gurion Airport on way to Uman
Israel, Ukraine team up to safeguard tens of thousands of worshippers in Uman
First haredi draft-dodger arrested on his way to Uman
Israeli embassy in Ukraine tours Uman ahead of Rosh Hashana
Israeli ambassador and the team of diplomats take a tour in Uman in preparation for the annual pilgrimage to the city.
Ukraine to let in vaccinated Israeli pilgrims to Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Last year, thousands of pilgrims in Israel protested being prevented from visiting the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman.
Netanyahu discusses coronavirus, travel to Uman with Ukrainian president
Netanyahu's conversation with Zelensky followed a widespread campaign waged by the Breslov Hasidic group in Israel.
Ukrainian academic proposes to rename city of Uman for Nazi collaborator
Bilinsky said every Ukrainian city should “name stations, ports and planes after Stepan Bandera,” a nationalist who for a time collaborated with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union.
Jewish teenager lightly wounded in attack in Uman, Ukraine
The incident late Saturday night occurred near the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
13 Uman pilgrims returning on flights to Israel had COVID-19
Another 46 people who were infected in foreign countries returned to Israel last week.
Hundreds of Breslov hassidim dance without masks in Uman
Some 2,000 pilgrims managed to enter the city where Rebbe Nachman is buried, before the Ukrainian authorities banned entry to the country from August 26 to September 28.
Ukraine-Belarus border littered with trash as stuck Breslov Hassidim leave
"We asked the Belarusians not to let the pilgrims enter the Belarusian territory, they didn't listen, and not they will have to clean up."
Ukraine denies entry to all 1,000 Breslov hassidim waiting at border
Breslov pilgrims had hoped for last minute permit to enter Ukraine to go to Uman for annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage.
Red Cross aiding hundreds of Jewish pilgrims amassed at Ukraine borders
“At around 3 a.m. the wind started picking up, cold winds and children started shivering, and elderly people started turning blue.”