http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/46558/Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:48:19 +0200Hasidim who come to Uman in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine to visit the grave of their spiritual leader Tzadik Nachman every year can now use the building of a former synagogue, said Serhiy Tulub, the head of the Cherkasy region's administration, the Kyiv Post informs.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/46388/Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:16:01 +0200On January 16, in the town of Uman of Cherkasy Oblast, approximately 300 activists organized a protest “Uman, Rise Against Corruption and Invasion.”Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/46321/Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:46:03 +0200On January 11, a new synagogue was opened in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia. It was given a name Hiimat-Roza in honor of the mother sponsors who financed the construction.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/extraordinary_situations/46188/Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:17:01 +0200On 1 January, at 2 am, in the town of Kremenchuk of Poltava Region, unknown persons set fire to a synagogue.Extraordinary situationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/46108/Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:25:19 +0200The Economic Court of Cherkasy Oblast on December 22 cancelled the sale by the Uman City Council of a land plot of 4 hectares, including the building of a former synagogue.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/46014/Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:23:01 +0200President Viktor Yanukovych greeted Jews of Ukraine on occasion of the feast of Hanukkah which began yesterday, in the evening.Religious holidays and traditionshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/46002/Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:54:25 +0200Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight-day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev.Religious holidays and traditionshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/temples_church_property/45717/Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:48:01 +0200The Uman Synagogue, which was once attended by Rabbi Nakhman, will be returned to the ownership of the local Jewish community.Temples, church propertyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/45475/Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:09:01 +0200The head of the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration, Mykhailo Papiev, promised the Jewish religious community Ruzhyn Sandhora that they will have a synagogue.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/conferences/45343/Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:41:15 +0200A conference focusing on Romania's Holocaust-era war crimes in Ukraine and Moldova called on Romania to acknowledge and apologize for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews.Conferences, seminars, researcheshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/45214/Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:36:09 +0200The international tender for the best concept of improvement of places connected with the Jewish history was announced by the Lviv City Council last year.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44858/Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:58:00 +0200The Hasidim Pilgrims who celebrated the Jewish New Year in Uman left the town. The pilgrimage lasted from 23 September to 5 October.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44753/Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:45:48 +0200On October 4, a grand event, the 6th convention of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine was held. According to Mignews, it was the largest of such events in the history of independent Ukraine. In total, 2,436 delegates representing the communities of all the regions of the country gathered at the National Palace Ukraine.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44752/Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:01:52 +0200The town authorities of Uman of Cherkasy Oblast do not support the idea of representatives of the opposition transporting the grave of Tzaddik Nakhman, visited by tens of thousands of Hasidim annually, to another place or country.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44675/Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:49:44 +0200Two Israeli citizens have been deported from Ukraine for violating the laws, Senior Inspector Volodymyr Umanets from the Department for Citizenship, Immigration and Registration of Individuals at the Interior Ministry Directorate for Cherkasy region told journalists in Uman on Friday.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44638/Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:19:32 +0200The celebration of the Jewish New Year began in Ukraine. In the center of Kyiv, near the Arch of Friendship of Nations, the Jewish Messianic Community, which is the world’s largest Christian Association, organized a celebration of the Jewish New Year.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44625/Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:21:38 +0200In retaliation, on September 29 and 30, 1941, the Nazis murdered 33,771 Jews in the Babi Yar ravine.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44616/Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:25:46 +020017 364 Chasidim arrived in Uman as of 27 September. Approximately 80% of them came from Israel.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/44601/Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:09:23 +0200The president wished the Jews good health, peace and wellbeing.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/44589/Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:06:08 +0200Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה‎), (literally "head of the year"), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim ("Days of Awe"), celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar.Judaism