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Tens of thousands of Jews flock to Uman for Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage despite another year of wartime warnings

“God has not always protected us, not on European soil and not on Ukrainian soil,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

By Gabe Friedman September 13, 2023 5:04 pm

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A view of Pushkina Street in Uman, Ukraine on Sept. 8, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Ukraine says it will not allow in Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah

Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel exhorted Jews to pray for the war to end, but not to make their annual pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman’s grave.

July 7, 2022 11:26 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commemorates Holocaust victims at the at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv, Ukraine in April 2021. (Courtesy of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center.)

Babyn Yar wasn’t bombed. But Ukraine’s Zelensky finds a useful tool to rally Jews to his cause.

Ukraine’s Jewish president counters Russia’s lies about “denazification.”

March 3, 2022 3:28 pm

Ukrainian State Border Guard

In Ukraine, young Jews are torn between fighting for their country — and leaving for another

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 14, 2022 11:24 am

Jews pray on a street near the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 20, 2006. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine OKs Uman pilgrimage for vaccinated arrivals

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 13, 2021 9:43 am

Belarusian soldier guard the border to Ukraine against hundreds of Jewish pilgrims on Sept, 15, 2020. (Courtey of Shahar Eliyahu)

Ukraine to let in vaccinated Israeli pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 19, 2021 6:22 am

A Jewish teenager was lightly wounded in a suspected knifing attack in Uman, Ukraine on Oct. 1`7, 2020. (Courtesy of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine)

Jewish teenager lightly wounded in attack in Uman, Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 20, 2020 9:38 am

Belarusian soldier guard the border to Ukraine against hundreds of Jewish pilgrims on Sept, 15, 2020. (Courtey of Shahar Eliyahu)

The Red Cross is aiding hundreds of Jewish pilgrims who have amassed at Ukraine’s closed borders

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 16, 2020 4:59 pm

Jews walk down an alley leading to Pushkina Street in Uman, Ukraine on Sept. 8, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Ukraine deports 2 Israelis for knocking down social distancing barriers in Uman

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 11, 2020 9:52 am

Jews pray on a street near the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 20, 2006. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

How an annual religious pilgrimage created a year-round Jewish community in Uman, Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 4, 2020 3:33 pm

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