These days, Ukraine runs on two currencies — hryvnia and metaphor. Among the most powerful is the notion of “light in the darkness,” especially urgent amidst rolling blackouts and the billowing black ...

Jewish pilgrims dancing in the streets of Uman, Ukraine, on Monday Jewish pilgrims dancing in the streets of Uman, Ukraine, on Monday More than 35,000 pilgrams have travelled to Uman for this year's ...

(JTA) Ariel Oberfeld spent his childhood summers at a Jewish overnight camp in Wisconsin. This summer, the 17-year-old traveled further afield, to teach sports at Ramah Yachad, a Jewish camp in ...

Meanwhile, thousands of Hasidic men made their annual pilgrimage to Uman to celebrate the Jewish new year. KYIV, Ukraine — For the first time since Ukraine was plunged into war in 2022, soldiers on ...

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 ...

At the Simcha Chabad Jewish community in Kyiv, Ukraine, the congregation gathered last week for Purim — the third one they ...

Despite warnings from Ukrainian and Israeli officials about security risks, around 35,000 Jewish pilgrims traveled to Uman in Cherkasy Oblast to celebrate Rosh Hashana this year, according to local ...

(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 ...

Ukraine accused Belarus on Wednesday of trying to escalate a row over 2,000 Hasidic Jewish pilgrims stranded at a border crossing after Ukrainian border guards did not allow them to enter due to ...

When Oleg Rostovtsev hovered between life and death after a serious operation last April, he asked friends and family to do ...

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