March 25, 2015 marked the 71-st anniversary of the death of Father Omelian Kovch, who was known as the “Pastor of Majdanek”. Renata Hanynets reports on his courageous life. The audiofile is here. Transcript:...
Dr. Dmytro Tyshchenko talks (in Yiddish) about his new Yiddish-Ukrainian dictionary in Tel Aviv on 11/2/15. The event was sponsored by UJE. Listen here. Read more: UJE Presented in Tel Aviv Dr. Dmytro Tyshchenko, Author...
Leonid Finberg is the editor-in-chief of the publishing house Dukh i Litera and the director of the Judaica Center at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. For the project “Encounters” we talk about the architects of mutual understanding from...
A new Yiddish-Ukrainian dictionary was presented at Kyiv’s Sholom Aleichem Museum. A striking volume of impressive size, the dictionary is the result of serious work by linguists, translators, and philologists. It will delight connoisseurs and...
TORONTO - On March 3-7, the vice-president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the Confederation and Communities in Ukraine, Josef Zissels, spoke to both Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking communities in Toronto and Ottawa.
Is there a difference between antisemitism in Ukraine and in Europe? What now influences interethnic relations between Ukrainians and Jews? How can you find a path to understanding? Oleksandr Voitenko, a historian from the Hadyach...
Madam chair! Representatives of the government and the diplomatic corps! Members of the Parliament! Distinguished participants! Thank you for the invitation to speak within these halls, which have over the last year had the attention...
Ihor Pomerantsev is a famous poet and journalist, author, and host of the truly cult radio show “Over The Barrier” on Radio Liberty. For the project “Encounters” Ihor Pomerantsev talks about the polyphony of Chernivtsi,...
On 11 February 2015 the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter hosted an event with Dr. Dmytro (Motl) Tyshchenko, editor of Ukraine’s Mame-loshn journal (1993-98) and author of the newly published Yiddish-Ukrainian dictionary, at the Shalom Aleichem House...
Purim is a holiday Jews observe in memory of an ancient victory recounted in the Book of Esther. This story had eerie parallels in Europe during the bloody 20th century. About twenty five hundred years...
Ukrainians and Jews have lived as neighbours for centuries, creating and sharing enduring cultures that continue to inform their identities today. Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is proud to present Part 1 of an integrated narrative of these two peoples in the belief that there is much to be gained by viewing their historical experience together, in all its complexity.
Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:
The 'Encounter' prize aims to build on the common experiences of Ukrainians and Jews over the centuries, expressed in literature and nonfiction. The Prize will be awarded annually to the most influential work in literature and nonfiction (in alternate years) that fosters Ukrainian-Jewish understanding, helping solidify Ukraine's place as a multi-ethnic society and giving truth to the motto, "Our stories are incomplete without each other."
The goal of the richly illustrated catalogue is to present an integrated narrative that looks at the experience of these two peoples together, in all its complexity — through periods of crisis, as well as long stretches of normal co-existence and multifaceted cultural interaction from antiquity to 1914.
