UMAN, Ukraine—Last week, approximately 35,000 Hasidim weren't home for Rosh Hashanah. Instead, they were in Uman, participating in the most intense Jewish pilgrimage since the times of the Second Temple. Read the story here.
Slate: The strange and wonderful Hasidic pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine
Each year, thousands of Hasidic Jews make the pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, to visit the grave of spiritual leader Rabbi Nachman, who died in 1810.
