For the first evening of Rosh Hashana, believers gathered to pray, celebrating the jewish new year. (Dispatch Louis Lemaire-Sicre/Hans Lucas) Editor’s Note: This is the second of two stories on ...

Last year, after hearing reports of Russia’s persecution of Christians in occupied territories, we drove the entire length of Ukraine’s eastern front to capture these stories for our documentary, A ...

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 ...

Hundreds of Hasidic Jews who set off on a pilgrimage to Ukraine despite coronavirus restrictions were stuck at a border crossing on Tuesday after Belarusian border guards let them through and those in ...

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 ...

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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 ...