Hertzberg recently visited RFE/RL headquarters in Prague. Upon "beaming" back to the U.S., he posted these items to the New Yorker's blog.

Almost 25,000 hasids have arrived in Uman from across the globe to celebrate there the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, on the grave of their spiritual leader Tsadik Nahman, National radio reported.

A religious Jewish man blow a ram's horn at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidism, in the town of Uman, Ukraine.

Yair Ben-Walid managed to keep up his good spirits, considering the situation ahead of him.

The Mishna offers us important advice, especially for Rosh Hashana, when it says , "Don't separate yourself from the public." When a person prays as a part of the tzibur , the public community, he or she gets judged together with the entire public.

Some 25,000 Jews from all over the world are expected to make the annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian city of Uman.

Some 25,000 Jews from all over the world are set to make the annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian city of Uman.

Ukrainian television reported Friday that a building housing Rebbe Nachman of Breslov Hasidim in the city of Uman has been set on fire.

Ukrainian television reported Friday that a building housing Rebbe Nachman of Breslov Hasidim in the city of Uman has been set on fire.

Azamra Tours in conjunction with Yissa Bracha Travel, is happy topresent an organized trip to the Ukraine for women and girls, to visit Kivrei Tzadikkim, led by world renowned educator, lecturer, and author, Rebbetzin Tziporrah Heller.

Baruch Hashem, I'm back in Israel after a wonderful Shavuot holiday in Uman, Ukraine, by the holy gravesite ofour beloved Rebbe and teacher, Rebbe Nachman of Breslev, of saintly and blessed memory.

Perhaps nothing else serves to uphold a newspaper's prestige as does its consistent, unswerving editorial policy.

The Apogee Foundation is presenting a series of virtuoso concert events in Odessa featuring Apogee Awards laureates from five leading music academies in Belarus, Moldova, Switzerland and Ukraine.