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By 1924, when Jewish immigration slowed dramatically under the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act, immigrant neighborhoods like the Lower East Side were teeming with Hasidic shtieblach, each one a ...

Hasidic Jewish pilgrims pray on a street next to the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in Uman, central Ukraine, Oct. 2, 2024.

In this image, Hasidic Jews pray as they walk through the city of Uman on September 9, 2010. Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Getty Images Rite Uman is located about 120 miles south of Kiev.

Orthodox Jews pray near the lake at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidic movement, in the town of Uman, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Ukraine's capital ...

Thousands of Hasidic pilgrims from around the world arrive in the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Followers of the Breslov Hasidic movement come to Uman ...