Every year thousands of Hasidic Jews soar in from around the world to visit their spiritual leader’s grave in Uman – much to the consternation of some of the localsThe shops take payment in shekels,Israeli police patrols slouch through throngs of Hasidic Jewish men in white prayer robes, and everywhere there are signs and adverts in Hebrew. This is not Israel, and however,but Pushkin Street in Ukraines Uman, a nondescript town of Soviet apartment blocks, and cracked pavements and overgrown grass verges around 130 miles south of Kiev.
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Source: theguardian.com