Posted on 09/15/2023 12:33:39 PM PDT by Cronos
Unfazed by the bombs, undeterred by the warnings, and in the face of the raging conflict, more than 35,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews from across the world have journeyed to Uman, Ukraine, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
“Going to celebrate in a war zone en masse is crazy,” said Azoulay Ruben, a 22-year-old trainee dentist from Paris. “But at the same time, it’s a beautiful thing.”
Rosh Hashanah is a two-day holiday that falls in September or October, marking the beginning of the high holy days. In Israel, it is usually celebrated with family visits and food: traditionally, pomegranates and apples dipped in honey are eaten to symbolise hopes for a “sweet” year ahead.
...Each year it is as if an ultra-Orthodox slice of Jerusalem had been transported to the quiet city of Uman, with its population of 80,000. The streets are filled with shops that gladly accept payments in shekels, men are dressed in long black coats or white prayer robes, and advertisements and street signs are written in Hebrew.
..Israeli and Ukrainian officials pleaded for worshippers to stay away this year. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is also Jewish, spoke last week in a conversation in which the Ukrainian leader made it clear that there were “not enough shelters in Uman for local residents, let alone foreign tourists”.
The city was last hit by Russian missiles in June, while in April 23 civilians were killed, including three children, after more than 20 long-range Russian missiles struck a residential neighbourhood.
Despite the warnings, as of Wednesday more than 35,000 foreign visitors had arrived in Uman, the majority from Israel, and others from France and the US.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Nowhere near anything of military relevance. Uman is a small town in the middle of the heartland, whose sole distinction is that Rabbi Nachman of Breslov is interred there, so it has been the goal of Breslovers’ pilgrimages going back to the Cold War.
Dream on. Russia’s about to lose Sebastopol.
They are pilgrims, not people moving to Ukraine. They will stay for a few days. Why would they fight? That being said, many Ukrainian Jews are fighting and Israelis from Ukraine have volunteered and died fighting Russian aggression
Link please
You want links for Israelis fighting in Ukraine?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-videos-israelis-fighting-with-ukraine-thank-israel-jewish-people-for-support/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-04-05/ty-article/.premium/the-israeli-police-officer-now-fighting-in-the-ukrainian-army/00000187-4bbe-dde0-afb7-7fbfd4f20000
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-705154
The List of foreign volunteers under counts Israelis fighting in Ukraine, because many were born in Ukraine and hold dual citizenship.
Where does it say many Ukranian Jews are fighting?
I guarantee I’ve been in more combat than you in over 25 years of military service.
The Breslovs are pretty weird. Not sure you’d want them.
Nowhere. There is an article about Zelensky helping Jews flee to Israel though.
And?
I think he’s confused with Lincoln Battalion and the Spanish Civil War
Someone just posts made up nonsense and if you question it you’re Hitler.
I posted 3 Articles and a list. Follow the F-ing links. Sloth is not an argument.
I don’t care about you or your links. All lies.
“No, that’s a goy’s job.”
There are many IDF veterans in Ukraine fighting, and some of them have been KIA. Trope much?
Professional Jew checks in.
Not American, not Ukrainian.
Tell me, how many Slav funerals have you been to?
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