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CategoryIsrael’s Foreign Ministry to take control of Uman?
Reports from the Israeli Chareidi Press (Kikar Shabat News Service) indicate that the Israeli Government is negotiating a deal with the Ukrainian Government in regards to the administration of the Uman holy sites. After attempts made by the State to bring the remains of Rebbe Nachman Za”l to Israel failed due to the protest of … Continue Reading
Report: Rebbe Noson’s Kloiz (Synagogue) Restored to the Chassidim
According to a report in the Kyiv Post, ownership of the synagogue Rebbe Noson built called the “kloiz” has finally been restored to the Breslover Chassidim. Here is the original article: Hasids who come to Uman, Cherkasy region of Ukraine, to visit the grave of their spiritual leader Tsadik Nahman every year can now use … Continue Reading
Rebbe Nachman’s kever stays in Uman
In the last few years the issue of re-locating Rebbe Nachman’s kever (grave) to Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel) has been bandied about a number of times. Usually, those who suggest the move are vociferous, well-meaning, but ignorant of Breslov tradition and, often, not even affiliated with Breslov in any way. Various reasons, many … Continue Reading
Uman On Display (Video and Pictures)
The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art is now featuring a display called ” Next Year in Uman: A Journey to the Ukraine: Photographs by Ahron D. Weiner.” It is on display from April 7th to August 15th. For a fascinating video about the display and Uman watch: Next Year in Uman: A Journey to Ukraine from Jewish Forward … Continue Reading
The General
As told by Gedaliah Fleer. AFTER THE CEMETERY IN UMAN WAS DEMOLISHED during World War II, there were some Holocaust survivors who remembered the location of Rebbe Nachman’s tzion. In New York, I met one of the last people to see the tzion before it was destroyed, and who even witnessed the fierce battle that … Continue Reading
HaModia article
This article originally appeared in the Erev Sukkos 5771/2010 edition of the English-laguage version of HaModia. It is posted here with their kind permission. Since I wrote it on the Sunday before Rosh HaShanah, less than 24 hours before my pilgrimage to Uman, prior to packing for my flight to Odessa, I thought of titling … Continue Reading
You Should Go
I returned from Uman shortly before dawn last Monday (18 Sivan/31 May). Arkia Airlines has recently started flights between Tel Aviv and Kiev. Occasionally, as happened last week, they offer low-priced tickets. I paid $270. A number of other Breslover chassidim that I met on the plane paid only $250. One passenger paid a measly … Continue Reading
My Trip to Uman 2003
Written by Julian Ungar-Sargon MD My trip was motivated by a number of factors. The romance of travel, the exotic nature of Sofia park and her possible relationship with Reb Nachman and my learning of his work Lekutei Moharan since pesach this year when Yehuda Leib my friend had placed “samech daled” the 64th maamar … Continue Reading


















