Uman – Tens of thousands of Israelis who are planning to depart in the coming days to visit the burial site of Rav Nachman of Breslov may not get a warm welcome this year. A group of local residents in the Ukraine city of Uman, where the rabbi’s tomb is located, have called on residents to come out to a major protest against their Israeli visitors, demanding that the city ban them.
Some Uman residents have decided they would try to keep out the large Jewish groups who take up residence in their town this time of year. And arge posters depict an “alien-like” Jewish figure behind the universal “unwanted” symbol, with the poster’s headline proclaiming “Uman With Chassidim.”
The poster invites the public to a series of protests demanding that the government refuse entry to the Chassidic groups.
Officials of the World Breslov Center, which organizes and coordinates the visits, have asked the Uman municipality to ensure the safety of visitors.