The Battle for Uman: How Russian Propaganda Is Targeting a Sacred Jewish Pilgrimage In the quiet town of Uman, nestled along the banks of the Syomukha River in central Ukraine, something extraordinary happens every autumn. Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews from across the globe pack their bags, bid farewell to their families, and undertake a journey that for many represents the spiritual anchor of their entire year. They come not for business, not for politics, but for something far more profound: to stand at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, the charismatic 18th-century mystical teacher whose final request…

On a warm June night in Brandon, Manitoba, a 24-year-old woman named Cassity Delvenne got into a car. She was a fourth-year psychiatric nursing student, a single mother to a four-year-old girl, and someone’s whole world. That night set off a chain of events that no one could have imagined. Within minutes, police were called about a possible impaired driver, and by the time the night ended, Cassity was handcuffed, injured and facing charges of impaired driving and resisting arrest. Nine days later, she was dead. Her family is left with grief, rage and questions that no one seems able…