Ukraine: Jewish New Year in Uman - 2008

UKRAINE, Uman, 2008/09..For one week a year, tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews gather in Uman, Ukraine, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year. This is a time for personal introspection and prayers close to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism..© Cyril Horiszny / EST&OST