Stranded Hasidic Jewish Pilgrims Bet On Faith To Overcome Ukraine’s COVID-19 Restrictions

They believe in the power of divine intervention against obstacles – even the coronavirus pandemic. A few thousand Hasidic Jews now stranded at the border between Belarus and Ukraine want just one thing this Rosh Hashanah: entrance into Ukraine to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman, founder of Judaism’s Breslov Hassidic movement. Ukraine has closed its border because of COVID-19 restrictions, but, so far, these believers show no sign of moving on.