How An Annual Pilgrimage Created a Year-Round Jewish Community in Ukraine

How An Annual Pilgrimage Created a Year-Round Jewish Community in Ukraine

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Jewish Telegraphic AgencyHow an annual religious pilgrimage created a year-round Jewish community in Uman, Ukraine

JTARelying on tourism for their livelihood, around 70 families have settled in this sleepy Ukrainian city where their rabbis says they are „not wanted.”

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