Orthodox Jews dance at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidic movement, to mark the Jewish new year in the town of Uman, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Ukraine's ...

Ilya Knizhnik came to the United States from Ukraine 31 years ago, but no amount of time or distance can change the fact that he is a Ukrainian. He is also a Jew. So, when Russia invaded Ukraine in ...

A Ukrainian Jewish leader opposed to the Russian takeover of Crimea failed to drum up support this week from Israel, which is sitting out the crisis pitting its U.S. ally against Moscow. Edward ...

Praying with the minyan at Masoret Kyiv. Credit: Masorti Olami Kyiv photos Tsenya Garashchenko holds the Havdalah candle, marking the end of Shabbat. The following article was written by the New Haven ...

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 communal ...

Thousands of Orthodox Jewish pilgrims converge on the Ukrainian city of Uman every year — Anatolii STEPANOV Like thousands of other pilgrims, Rony Eli-Ya travelled from his home in Israel to the ...

(JTA) — KYIV, Ukraine — Viktoria Maksimovich’s students at the Sha’alavim Jewish Day School no longer run for shelters when air raid sirens sound. “They don’t want to hear the alarms. They don’t care ...

Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has been going on for almost three years. Its destructive impact has been felt by all Ukrainians – Jews and non-Jews alike. How much longer the largest war in ...

UMAN, Ukraine — Prayer chants and the sounding of traditional ram's horns fill the air in the town of Uman, in central Ukraine, as thousands of pilgrims join an annual gathering to mark the Jewish new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite warnings from Ukrainian and Israeli officials about security risks, around 35,000 Jewish pilgrims traveled to Uman in ...

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