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.

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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.”

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Pilgrims leave Uman amid reports of heavy damage to property

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New super-size kitchen awaits Jewish pilgrims to Uman

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