Ukraine grave of Rabbi Nachman’s daughter destroyed and desecrated with pig parts Also this week, a grave at a Jewish cemetery in Greece and a monument for Holocaust victims in Moldova were vandalized.
In first, Israel sets up temporary consulate in Uman for Rosh Hashanah A diplomat dispatched from Israel to help Israelis participating in the mass pilgrimage to the Ukrainian city will work out of the compound of the grave of the revered by the tourists.
Ukraine readies for record pilgrimage of 40,000 Jews to Uman Amid the rising popularity of the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage, street brawls between the visitors and locals are not uncommon.
