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    UJE Showcase a Hit at the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival 2017

    Posted On: September 28th, 2017
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Outreach

    Celebrities, food, and finding your roots proved to be a winning combination for the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter exhibition at this year’s Ukrainian Festival in Toronto’s Bloor West Village, held on 15-17 September.  Warm weather drew...

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    Ukrainians and Jews in Israel discuss historical memory of the Holodomor and the Holocaust

    Posted On: September 28th, 2017
    Posted In: Israeli Friends of Ukraine, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs

    The tragic moments of Ukrainian and Jewish history were discussed at a three-day seminar entitled “Jews and Ukrainians: Controversial Issues of Historical Memory,” which ended late last week in Tel Aviv. The focus of the...

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    Nash Holos: City of Lions

    Posted On: September 26th, 2017
    Posted In: Literature, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture

    Today, two perspectives on loss and memory. “I close my eyes and I can hear the bells…ringing; each one rings differently. I can hear the splash of the fountains on the Marketplace, and the soughing...

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    Turning the Page…

    Posted On: September 22nd, 2017
    Posted In: Publications, Sponsored Projects

    What is a book? As the train from Lviv races back to Kyiv after a trip that has taken our organization to Uzhhorod, Bershad, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Chernivtsi, Paris, and then Lviv, the question consumes me. I...

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    UJE-supported book wins award in Lviv

    Posted On: September 16th, 2017
    Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, Publications, Sponsored Projects, Outreach

    Baby Yar: History and Memory was named one of the best books of the Lviv Book Forum at a ceremony that took place at the city’s famed opera house on 14 September 2017. “We are very...

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    From the concentration camp to the revolution of dignity: The Kyiv collection of artists

    Posted On: September 13th, 2017
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture

    [Editor’s note: The Lviv Book Forum will take place this year from September 13-17. As it has in the past, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter will host a variety of events, from book presentations to panel...

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    “Whosoever saves a single life, saves an entire universe”

    Posted On: September 8th, 2017
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History, Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky

    Andriy Kobalia: I think we should begin by saying that nearly 2,500 Ukrainians have been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. In Ukraine, the first mass killings of the Jewish population by Nazi troops began...

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    Nash Holos: Zhovkva Synagogue

    Posted On: September 5th, 2017
    Posted In: Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Architecture

    Zhovkva is a beautiful and extraordinary town located 25 kilometers from Lviv. From its earliest days, Zhovkva’s population was a mix of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. Today the town’s architectural, historical and cultural diversity make...

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    Andrei Sheptytsky, Righteous Among the Nations and Politician

    Posted On: September 1st, 2017
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History, Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky

    Olesia Stasiuk, ethnologist and director of the Holodomor Victims Memorial National Museum, discusses an exhibition at the museum in honor of Andrei Sheptytsky. Iryna Slavinska:  You are listening to Hromadske Radio. My name is Iryna...

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