Rabbi Nachman of Breslav

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

“Mostly we pray and we pray to be let in,” one pilgrim said about his daily life since landing in Belarus en route, he hoped, to Rabbi Nachman’s grave in Uman.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 16, 2020 4:59 pm

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Jewish men walk down a street in the Pushkin area of Uman, Ukraine of ‎Sept. ‎9, ‎2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

South Carolina congressman asks Trump to pressure Ukraine to allow Rosh Hashanah pilgrims

The letter asks Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “consider advocating on behalf [of] a group of American citizens whom find this annual pilgrimage extremely important.”

August 30, 2020 6:19 pm

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Why this non-Jewish lawmaker quoted a famous Hasidic rabbi

A California congressman cited Rabbi Nachman of Breslov during a hearing on the Trump campaign and Russia.

December 14, 2017 5:43 pm

Ukraine readies for record pilgrimage of 40,000 Jews to Uman

August 30, 2017 11:15 am

Ukraine’s Uman airport to service pilgrims thanks to $140M investment

January 20, 2017 6:34 am

Fires, rowdiness by Jewish pilgrims reported in Ukraine on Rosh Hashanah

October 7, 2016 10:41 am

Ukrainian nationalists destroy Hasidic tent city at rabbi’s grave in Uman

September 8, 2015 7:04 am

Now fighting in Syria, British grandson of Holocaust survivor has aliyah plans

August 30, 2015 10:17 pm

Pilgrims leave Uman amid reports of heavy damage to property

September 8, 2013 8:22 am

New super-size kitchen awaits Jewish pilgrims to Uman

August 14, 2013 1:26 pm

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