How an annual religious pilgrimage created a year-round Jewish community in Uman, Ukraine Relying on tourism for their livelihood, around 70 families have settled in this sleepy Ukrainian city where their rabbis says they are “not wanted.”
Ukraine police free Jewish businessman abducted for ransom outside synagogue The unnamed victim broke both legs trying to escape captors sent for him by his former business partner, the local Jewish community said.
Jewish man beaten at supermarket in Uman, Ukraine Clashes between locals and haredi Orthodox Jews coming to the city for a Jewish New Year pilgrimage are a common occurrence.