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New York Times: Virus strands Hasidic pilgrims on Ukraine-Belarus border

Published Sept. 16, 2020. Updated Sept. 16 at 6:29 am

Hundreds of Hasidic pilgrims have been stranded at the Belarusian border on Sept. 15, 2020, after they were denied entry into Ukraine to celebrate the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah.

Photo by State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

They sang. They danced. They slumped in exhaustion on their luggage. For a second night in a row, hundreds of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims remained outdoors along a road between checkpoints on the border between Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday, stranded by coronavirus travel restrictions.