Belarus: Jewish pilgrims leave checkpoint on Ukraine border

Subscribe to our channel! Hundreds of Hasidic pilgrims returned to Belarus on Friday after being stuck for days on the Novaya Guta checkpoint on the border with Ukraine. The pilgrims had sought to cross the border and travel to the Ukrainian city of Uman to the tomb of Rabbi Nachman to celebrate the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah. Ukraine’s state border is closed to foreigners from August 28 to September 28 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Minsk has accused Kiev of shutting its bord