Pilgrim

Iraqi Airways to resume Iran flights in October after securing US exemption

The announcement follows Reuters reporting on Monday that the Trump administration was set to grant a one-month US Treasury waiver allowing Iraqi Airways to fly between Iran and Najaf.

|ByREUTERS
Iraqi Airways aircraft are parked at the gates at Baghdad airport on February 20, 2025; Illustrative.
Jewish men in the street during Tikkun HaKlali near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, on eve of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, September 22, 2025.

Russia spreads AI fakes claiming Jews are being paid to settle in Ukraine

A record number of Jewish pilgrims traveled to the Ukrainian city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah this year, according to local statistics.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pilgrims in Jerusalem

The way to Jerusalem: A modern-day pilgrimage in the land’s ‘diverse embrace’

If ancient pilgrimages were about holy sites, religious ritual, forgiveness, and redemption, modern pilgrimages are about personal growth and connection with people and places.

|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Remains of building believed to be a caravansai (inn) at the previously lost city of Asila in Egypt, August 28, 2026.

Egypt unearths Mamluk-era pilgrim’s inn belonging to lost city along historic Sinai trade route

The discovery at Asila opens a window into the trade network connected Egypt with the Arabian Peninsula, said Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Uman pilgrim tests positive for coronavirus, mayor threatens to close city

Uman's mayor plans to use all legal options to block the city as pilgrims enter despite regulations.

AUGUST 31, 2020ByEVE YOUNG
JEWISH PILGRIMS pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in Uman, Ukraine, September 20, 2017.

Jerusalem, still touching her lovers online with gifts of faith and hope

JULY 27, 2020ByLEO GIOSUÈ

Jewish representatives, Ukrainian authorities deny 'pogrom' in Uman

Early reports described a nightmarish situation with Ukrainians running throughout the city armed with knives and clubs looking for Jews.

JANUARY 13, 2020ByAARON REICH, LEON SVERDLOV
Jews are pictured making the pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine.

Thanksgiving: Let’s give thanks

As an Australian, Thanksgiving was never part of my tradition. Nevertheless, it always sounded wonderful.

NOVEMBER 21, 2019ByDVORA WAYSMAN
YOU CAN’T help feeling glad and grateful for blue skies and sunshine; the endless waves of the ocean rolling into the shore.

NOVEMBER 22, 2019: JERUSALEM POST CROSSWORD PUZZLE - Pilgrim parley

NOVEMBER 20, 2019ByJPOST CROSSWORD
Crossword puzzle [Illustrative].

Muslims at haj gather on Mount Arafat to atone for sins

For others, the pilgrimage is a form of relief.

AUGUST 10, 2019ByREUTERS
Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the city of Mecca this week

IDF prepares for crossing of 10,000 Palestinians through Jordan to Mecca

"I am pleased to announce that we are prepared to welcome the pilgrims to the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca," stated Khatib.

DECEMBER 31, 2018ByCASSANDRA GOMES-HOCHBERG
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand mosque ahead of annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 16, 2018

Israel’s Christian friends

After Sukkot, the pilgrims will pay a solidarity visit to Israel’s border with Gaza, where they will hold a ceremony with community leaders from the Eshkol Region.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Christian worshippers in Jerusalem. ‘Early Christian writers spoke of a Jewish Restoration to the Holy Land. After the Reformation this became a movement. In English-speaking countries the 19th and early 20th centuries saw many strong Christian Zionists.’

Israel’s Christian friends

After Sukkot, the pilgrims will pay a solidarity visit to Israel’s border with Gaza, where they will hold a ceremony with community leaders from the Eshkol Region.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Christian worshippers in Jerusalem. ‘Early Christian writers spoke of a Jewish Restoration to the Holy Land. After the Reformation this became a movement. In English-speaking countries the 19th and early 20th centuries saw many strong Christian Zionists.’

Jewish pilgrimage in West Bank a rare sign of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation

Out of a bus guarded by Israeli troops emerge Jewish pilgrims, on a visit to the ruins of a Byzantine-era synagogue entrusted to Palestinian security forces.

MARCH 13, 2018ByREUTERS
The covered ark and seven priests with rams' horns, at the Battle of Jericho, in an eighteenth-century artist's depiction