The KYIV Post reports:
Authorities have deported to Israel ten Hasidic pilgrims, who attempted to disrupt public order in Uman, and who were suspected of causing bodily harm to local residents.
The pilgrims have been banned from Ukraine for five years, the media liaisons department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s main office in Cherkasy region reported.
The deputy head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s main office in Cherkasy region, Ivan Korsun, said that pre-investigation checks were being conducted with respect to three more Hasidic pilgrims.
Korsun also noted that two conflicts had erupted during the Hasidic pilgrims’ visits to Uman. One of the injured residents is already at home, while the other is still in hospital.
Clashes between the residents of Uman and the pilgrims broke out on September 10. In particular, a conflict erupted near a local children’s hospital between activists of the first Jewish Evangelical Church, who arrived from Odesa to preach their faith and the Hasidim. The activists of the Jewish Evangelical Church distributed leaflets and T-shirts with the slogans of the unity of the Jews in a common faith, and they said they were not planning to create a conflict situation. The Hasidic pilgrims objected to the rally, and a conflict broke out. The participants of the rally were obliged to return to Odesa.
The second case was connected with a reaction to a remark by a woman from Uman, who had leased her apartment to the Hasidim for the period of the pilgrimage, but due to noise said she would call the police. A man from the neighboring apartment came out and phoned the police.
“The Hasidim… started beating the man, chasing him onto the street. A passer-by came to his defense and suffered several blows,” the department said.
The two injured men were hospitalized in a local city hospital.
Every autumn, Hasidic pilgrims travel to Uman to visit the gravesite of their spiritual leader Rabbi Nachman and celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
According to the police, around 24,000 Hasidic pilgrims from 23 countries arrived in Uman this year.
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(Source: KYIV Post)
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7 Responses
Truly a busha! When you travel to another country you are GUESTS in that country. And no matter who you are, you must act with kovod and respect. Especially if you are Jews, you must make a kibud Hashem and not make a chilul Hashem. When you travel on such a pilgrimage, leave your arrogance in your own home, and come with humility and humbleness. Such disgusting behavior reflects not only on the entire group you came with but on the Rebbe you came to honor.
Big friggin deal …..
10 out of 24,000??? That is sad, but stil no big deal, especially since there are ppl there from all backgrounds and walks of life.
It reminds me of when I went to Crown Heights on Sukkos, there are ppl there from evreywhere and when something happens its crown heights’s fault?
What is with the picture?
Not surprising there were riots. Those Jews For yoshke couldn’t find a better time to riot and they are locals so naturally the police were on their side!!
Unfortunatly many many of the ppl who go to uman for yom tov are crazy and lowlifes and are a disgrace to klal yisroel as any1 who’s been at the airport in israel after rosh hashone can see and can be seen from this article.
Why men are leaving their families and Eretz Yisrael for Rosh Hashana is insane. Ban them all.
Yes my friends this is why moshiach hasn’t come.
Jewish Evangelicals in Uman on R”H is like building a Mosque on Ground Zero. You’re just asking for trouble. BTW I would take all these stories with a grain of salt. Have they been verified or are they just Hearsay?