Rosh Hashanah pilgrims make 'mess' at grave of rabbi, official says, reportedly in frustration at the limitations imposed on numbers due to the coronavirus outbreak

In first for Jewish religious leader, Chabad-Lubavitch movement emissary Yonatan Markovitch decorated as 'outstanding individual in the world of science, culture, and art'

A gang of criminals allegedly led by a former business partner abducted the man in Kyiv, but police managed to track him down and rescue him

Some 200-odd Israeli observant Jews have made the Ukrainian city their home, catering to the visitors to Rabbi Nachman's grave

'This was a classic anti-Semitic incident,' victim says; Likud MK, Hasidic leader link attack to letter sent by Israel's virus czar asking that Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage be canceled

Ukrainian authorities don't rule out arson in blaze that caused some damage to gravestones, but say heat and dry foliage are also likely culprits

Another group tries to cross border from Belarus but is detained, amid fears of virus outbreak if thousands attend annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage in Uman

Ministers to examine proposal to allow restricted visits to pilgrimage site, even though Ukraine closed its borders to all foreign nationals Friday night

Conflict comes ahead of ban on allowing foreign nationals into country from Friday midnight, amid fears mass gatherings at rabbi's gravesite for New Year could spread COVID-19

Hasidic sect blames PM for Ukraine closing its skies, foiling pilgrimage; dozens of worshipers held for many hours at Ukrainian airports, despite ban not yet taking effect