A photo essay from the inauguration of the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky memorial statue in Lviv, courtesy of the administration of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Nash Holos: “The Seduction of Propaganda: Mass Violence in Ukraine in the 20th and 21st Centuries”
Posted On: July 31st, 2015
Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Symposia Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Toxic terminology and the sinister manipulation of language can lead to murder. A recent conference held in the Ukrainian cities of…
Tablet: The Vatican Recognizes ‘Heroic Virtue’ of Andrei Sheptytsky
Posted On: July 23rd, 2015
Posted In: History, Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Official Vatican news organs have reported that Pope Francis has affixed his signature to a decree affirming the “venerable” status of Metropolitan Archbishop Andrei Sheptytsky. The adjective “venerable”—and great deal many other synonyms—are undeniably apt in the case of the great cleric.
Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio
Posted On: July 21st, 2015
Posted In: Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media Ukrainian Jewish Heritage is a radio series of vignettes highlighting the significant Jewish contribution to Ukraine’s cultural heritage and nation-building efforts over the centuries. The vignettes are presented in English and explore a variety of…
BBC: Ukrainians visit Nazi atrocity sites as taboo ends
Posted On: July 20th, 2015
Posted In: The Holocaust in Ukraine, History Ukrainians are never far from painful episodes in their history, such as the mass state-enforced famine in Soviet times that killed millions. And now Ukrainians are beginning to explore another difficult chapter – the destruction…
Vyacheslav Likhachev in Jerusalem Discusses the Ukrainian Revolution, Russian Intervention, and the Jewish Community
Posted On: July 3rd, 2015
Posted In: Analysis, Commentary and Analysis In Israel there is a poignant interest in what is happening in Ukraine. The Consensus weekly seminar at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, an initiative chaired by the famous refusenik and publisher Josef Begun, invited…