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.
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.
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