Orthodox Jewish pilgrims are asked to refrain from visiting Uman next month to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, “due to the threatening epidemiological situation,” according to a joint statement by Israel and Ukraine. In a normal year, 30,000-50,000 Orthodox make the pilgrimage. This year, it would be Sept. 18-20. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that last month the government reached a similar agreement with Ukraine’s Orthodox churches to refrain from the traditional July 28 mass processions celebrating the Christianization of Kyivan Rus.