Will one of the world’s most popular Jewish pilgrimage sites be relocated to Israel? Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov Hassidic movement, was buried in the Ukrainian town of Uman 207 ...

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“Na, Nach, Nachma, Nachman m’Uman.” It’s a secret message, and if you repeat it, you are promised salvation, miracles and wonders. Wherever you go in Israel, and particularly in Jerusalem, you will ...

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrim blows a shofar, near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New Year, in Uman, Ukraine, Sept. 21, 2017.

The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, met with a delegation of Breslov Hassidic Jews in Israel Tuesday and vowed to defend Rebbe Nachman's gravesite in Uman along with the synagogue situated ...

A delegation from Israel's Foreign Ministry visited the Ukrainian town of Uman last week in order to inspect the handling of the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov by the Ukrainian authorities. Legal ...

Batya Ayala Darmonlives with her husband and daughter in Eli and recently started a long-term transcription project of Likutei Moharan on Wikisource. “The wicked receive their ruach from… the impure ...

The following thoughts come from Michal Shneur, who lives in Shomria, a religious kibbutz in the south: "Lockdown again, confusion again, feeding everyone non-stop again, juggling again – and feeling ...

Schocken/Nextbook, 384 pages, $25. In “Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka,” Rodger Kamenetz has set for himself the ambitious task of bringing about a meeting of sorts between two ...

The Bucharest airport was very busy. Since Romania was accepted into the European Union, the country is prospering. Now lots of traffic in the town which has been so long under communist rule, and ...