The government does not have the authority to create a plan that would interfere in law enforcement activities, specifically in regards to allowing draft dodgers to leave Israel, Gil Limon said. Young ...

Every year thousands of Hasidic Jews fly in from around the world to visit their spiritual leader’s grave in Uman – much to the consternation of some of the locals ...

Israel and Ukraine will deploy police, medics, and volunteers in a joint security operation to protect tens of thousands of Rosh Hashanah pilgrims heading to Uman. Israel and Ukraine announced on ...

UMAN, Ukraine (Reuters) - Huge crowds of Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrated the Jewish New Year in the Ukrainian city of Uman on Wednesday, as unfazed by news of Iranian missiles raining on Israel ...

(JTA) — KYIV, Ukraine — For the first time since Ukraine was plunged into war in 2022, soldiers on the front lines could hear the blast of the shofar marking the Jewish new year. The largest Jewish ...

Thousands of Orthodox Jews flocked to the Ukrainian city of Uman on Monday for the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, despite warnings from Kyiv not to travel due to the Russian invasion. It is the second ...

An agreement made between Moldova and Israel to bring about 50 charter flights to Chisinau ahead of religious trips to Uman, Ukraine, has collapsed just weeks before Rosh Hashanah. Last week, Israel ...

Thousands of Hasidic pilgrims from around the world arrive in the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Followers of the Breslov Hasidic movement come to Uman every ...

Once a year, the sounds of music and prayer fill the streets of Uman. The city in Ukraine's Cherkasy region is a pilgrimage destination for tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews, who travel here to ...