Explosion Disrupts Jewish New Year Celebrations in Ukraine

As Hasidic Jews converged on the central Ukrainian town of Uman to mark Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, an explosion in a garage near the main celebrations lightly injured two Israeli pilgrims.

Police are investigating the cause of the explosion as a criminal case, according to the Kyiv Post.

Thousands of pilgrims make their way to Uman each year to pray at the grave of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Storyful