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Jewish teenager lightly wounded in attack in Uman, Ukraine

A Jewish teenager suffered a knife wound in the attack, a local Jewish group said.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 20, 2020 9:38 am

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.

September 16, 2020 4:59 pm

Jews walk down an alley leading to Pushkina Street in Uman, Ukraine on Sept. 8, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Ukraine deports 2 Israelis for knocking down social distancing barriers in Uman

“If such hooliganism continues by other foreign citizens, they, too, will be deported,” Ukraine’s deputy interior minister wrote on Facebook.

September 11, 2020 9:52 am

Jews pray on a street near the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 20, 2006. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

How an annual religious pilgrimage created a year-round Jewish community in Uman, Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 4, 2020 3:33 pm

Jewish man beaten at supermarket in Uman, Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 1, 2020 10:10 am

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

By Marcy Oster August 30, 2020 6:19 pm

Locals in Uman, Ukraine, scuffle with Jewish pilgrims

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 28, 2020 12:11 pm

Ukraine to let in at least 5,000 Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah, chief rabbi says

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 31, 2020 10:45 am

4 Jewish tourists injured in brawl with locals in Uman, Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 12, 2020 8:00 am

2 American Jews suspected of vandalizing crucifix in Uman, Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 21, 2019 4:14 pm

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