June 2018 - UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

How has the face of Lutsk changed? The history of three Jewish quarters

Posted On: June 27th, 2018

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, History, Audio/Visual Media

Regional historian Oleksandr Kotys talks about the lost city, the small, narrow streets of the Jewish quarters, and the rise of the Lutsk ghetto. In the center of Lutsk stands the eighteenth-century Great Synagogue. Permission...

Poetry festival celebrates the historical memory and literary legacy of Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Posted On: June 22nd, 2018

Posted In: Literature, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media

Poetry in a time of war. Such is the headline by the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, or FAZ, in its recent reporting on the dynamic annual poetry festival Meridian Czernowitz, held earlier in September...

Israel’s “ETHNO-khutir” Ukrainian festival a grandiose success in Tel Aviv

Posted On: June 20th, 2018

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

The fourth annual festival of Ukrainian cultural heritage "ETHNO-khutir" held in Tel Aviv on 15 June 2018 surpassed the success of all previous years. More than two thousand Israelis enjoyed Ukrainian songs, cuisine, and fashion...

The gap between family history and official memory: the writer Cécile Wajsbrot

Posted On: June 18th, 2018

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media

The writer Cécile Wajsbrot talks about the fault lines and discussions taking place in French society. In the spotlight are various topics, including collaborationism, the Holocaust, and the memory of the Algerian War. Iryna Slavinska:...

Serhii Kravtsov: During the Soviet period, attempts were made to erase the traces of urban Jewish communities

Posted On: June 15th, 2018

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

Iryna Slavinska: Today the Encounters program is hosting Dr. Serhii Kravtsov, an architectural historian at Hebrew University’s Center for Jewish Art in Jerusalem. We are talking about Jewish architecture and its traces in Ukrainian cities....

“East West Street”: A Book about how two lawyers from Lviv changed the world

Posted On: June 11th, 2018

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media

Our guest on today’s broadcast of Encounters is Philippe Sands, a lawyer who works at Matrix Chambers. He is also the director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals, Queen’s Counsel, and Professor of...

A Ukrainian city in Jewish mysticism and music

Posted On: June 9th, 2018

Posted In: Culture, Music

For Ukrainians, Zolochiv is one of the small district centers of Galicia. For traditional Jews, the word "Zolochiv" or "Zloczow" gives birth to special associations. For religious Jews the very name of the city of...

Ukrainian Jews after the Maidan

Posted On: June 6th, 2018

Posted In: Commentary, Commentary and Analysis

To understand the position of Jews in modern Ukraine, you must first understand what the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution meant for Ukrainians of all ethnicities. This article was originally written in March 2014 in the immediate...

An evening of discussion and music in Stockholm

Posted On: June 5th, 2018

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Publications

In an evening of engaging conversation and music, Canadian professor Paul Robert Magocsi and renowned Swedish journalist Peter Johnsson appeared in Stockholm recently to discuss trends in Jewish-Ukrainian relations, past and present. The event marked...

The Holocaust has become part of Ukraine’s history: Marianna Kiyanovska talks about “Babyn Yar. In Voices”

Posted On: June 1st, 2018

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media

Marianna Kiyanovska talks about her new poetry collection Babyn Yar. In Voices and reads some poems from her book. The focus of our conversation is the degree to which the Holocaust theme is represented in Ukrainian...

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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.

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

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."

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

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.

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How has the face of Lutsk changed? The history of three Jewish quarters

Poetry festival celebrates the historical memory and literary legacy of Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Israel’s “ETHNO-khutir” Ukrainian festival a grandiose success in Tel Aviv

The gap between family history and official memory: the writer Cécile Wajsbrot

Serhii Kravtsov: During the Soviet period, attempts were made to erase the traces of urban Jewish communities

“East West Street”: A Book about how two lawyers from Lviv changed the world

A Ukrainian city in Jewish mysticism and music

Ukrainian Jews after the Maidan

An evening of discussion and music in Stockholm

The Holocaust has become part of Ukraine’s history: Marianna Kiyanovska talks about “Babyn Yar. In Voices”

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

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Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

Web Excellence Awards:

w3 Awards:

Anthem Awards:

Communicator Awards:

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

Download the complete 168-page book

A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Student's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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