Ukraine’s chief Rabbi, Moshe Reuven Azman, is urging Jewish pilgrims to stay away from Uman in eastern Ukraine.
“It’s a real war… my message to people is to please try to not come this year,” the Rabbi said from Basel, Switzerland, where he is attending a conference. “Don’t come this year. It’s dangerous. It’s a war,” the Rabbi reiterated.
Despite the warnings, there are reports of hundreds of pilgrims already gathering in Uman and flights are being chartered to bring thousands more ahead of the Yomim Noraim.
