It felt like a scene from just about any past Rosh Hashanah season in Uman, when the town’s Jewish quarter turns into a shtetl of sorts, hosting thousands of mainly Israeli pilgrims who belong ...
After Moldova unexpectedly refused to approve charter flights for Hasidic pilgrims planning to spend the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah in Uman, the Moldovan Prime Minister’s Office puts out a ...
(JTA) — The Ukrainian government has agreed to let at least 5,000 people attend the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage in the city of Uman, Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich said. The quota ...
Rabbi Binyamin Hota, a rabbi and halachic judge, issued a halachic ruling forbidding travel to Uman in Ukraine during Rosh Hashanah, Arutz Sheva reported Sunday. While speaking on the Kol Barama ...