A hotel in Uman, Ukraine, has a policy that refuses to rent rooms out to Jews, revealed Eduard Dolinsky, director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee.
Dolinksy said he decided to call the 17-room Uman City Plaza hotel after reading an online review written by a Jew who was turned away.
“I didn’t believe it, so I called myself,” Dolinsky wrote on his Facebook page. The hotel administrator replied, “Yes, indeed, rooms are not rented out to Jews,” and informed Dolinsky that “last time, repairs were necessary after the Jews stayed in the rooms.”
Uman is a popular destination for Jews during the Rosh Hashanah holiday because it is where Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov Hasidic Jewish sect, is buried. About 25,000 Jews from Israel, the U.S., and Europe visit Uman for Rosh Hashanah each year.
(Source: JNS.org)
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ya know saying the hotel won’t take Jews is very misleading when the reason is because the Jews who have stayed there trashed the place.
Uh. If a white person trashes a hotel room a hotel owner can say no more white people?
I agree with Syag. In any case, if the owner of the place wants to turn away that much business, it’s his loss.
Unfortunately this type of Chillul Hashem is not limited to Uman. Many holday makers in Switzerland and elsewhere had a similar experience. It only needs one Jew to missbehave or to leave the accomodation in a messy state and all Jews will be banned.
Jewish holiday makers must learn and understand local customs, follow the rules of the hotel/appartment and behave in as expected by non-jewish locals.
so don’t visit Uman and give money to Ukrainian Nazi collaborators einkelach.
#4 you MAY be right but I would put money on it not being ONE Jew leaving the accomodation messy. He said it needed repairs. If NCSY or Aguda had a convention and the hotel needed repairs afterwards, I would be very surprised they would let them book again. The men coming to Uman are part of one group, like it or not.