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Over 35,000 pilgrims traveled to Uman for Rosh Hashanah

Uman serves as the burial place of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement, making it an important pilgrimage site for his followers during the holiday.

Kyiv celebrates 125th anniversary of the Brodsky Synagogue

The event was attended by local government representatives, ambassadors, military officers and senior government officials.

Nina Bogorad, oldest Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations, dies at 98

Bogorad was recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations, after she saved a Ukrainian soldier of Jewish origin during World War II. 

20,000 pilgrims travel to burial site of Rabbi Nachman in Uman

Thousands of Jewish pilgrims traveled to central Ukraine to mark the Jewish new year. The pilgrims converged on the small city of Uman, the burial site of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, a revered Hasidic rabbi who died in 1810.

Shoah Foundation shares testimony of Holocaust survivor who died in Mariupol

The testimony of Holocaust survivor Vanda Obiedkova, who died in Mariupol on April 4, has been shared by the Shoah Foundation.

Ukraine passes law criminalising antisemitism

The new legislation amended an existing law "On Preventing and Countering Antisemitism in Ukraine" passed in 2021 to add criminal liability.

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