Jewish New Year: Ukraine Sees Record Number of Hasidic Pilgrims, Despite the War

More than 30,000 people came to Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Kyiv Post interviewed some of them to get their views on the war and what they know about Ukraine. More than 33,000 Hasidic pilgrims recently arrived in the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration which begins today and will last until Oct. 4. Every year, thousands of ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews flock to this city, where the grave of the founder of Hasidism, Rebbe Nachman, is located. Kyiv Post visited Uman to find out if pilgrims were afraid to come to Ukraine and what the celebration means to them.