October 2018 - UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

The second world [war] in Lviv—twelve locations and historical subjects

Posted On: October 29th, 2018

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

“The personal responsibility of concrete individuals, rather than peoples or nations that they represent”: the historian Oleksandr Pahiria talked about the concept and location of the exhibit ”Lviv ’43: City of (Non)Memory,” which recently concluded...

Sheptytsky and Holocaust is discussed in London

Posted On: October 26th, 2018

Posted In: The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky

UJE Board Member Wolf Moskovich appeared with Holocaust survivor Lili Stern-Pohlmann at a presentation sponsored by London’s Ukrainian Institute and the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter on 4 October 2018 to discuss the legacy of Andrei Sheptytsky,...

What is Judaica, or how do “open universities” combine history, languages, and religion?

Posted On: October 22nd, 2018

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

We are speaking with the president of the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies about the multidisciplinary research being done at young Ukrainian universities. Andriy Kobalia: In Ukraine today Jewish Studies, that is, Judaica, are offered...

Dr. Igor Shchupak lecture in Toronto casts new light on Ukrainian-Jewish relations

Posted On: October 20th, 2018

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Symposia, History

“They saved other people’s children risking their own” was the title of the lecture delivered by Dr. Igor Shchupak, Director of the “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies in Dnipro, Ukraine, that was attended by...

Ukraine, Antisemitism, racism, and the far right

Posted On: October 17th, 2018

Posted In: Commentary, Commentary and Analysis

October 14 saw the latest in a string of annual mass marches by the far right in Ukraine. As many as 10,000 people participated, mainly young men, chanting fiercely. A nighttime torchlight parade with signs proclaiming, “We’ll return Ukraine to Ukrainians,” contained echoes of Nazi-style symbolism. Lax law enforcement...

How did the Zionists live in Soviet Ukraine?

Posted On: October 16th, 2018

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, History

We are talking with the historian Viktor Husiev about Zionist parties in Soviet Ukraine during the 1920s. The founder of Zionism, the Jewish movement for the creation of a state in the historical fatherland of...

Relay of Goodness: How and why do Israeli volunteers help Ukraine?

Posted On: October 13th, 2018

Posted In: Israeli Friends of Ukraine, Sponsored Projects

“Israeli Friends of Ukraine, thanks to your help, the children of fallen Ukrainian soldiers and orphans received at the beginning of the school year 196 kilograms of gifts, stationery and children's items that are always...

Compelling book describes heartbreaking difficulties of mass migration of Eastern European Jews

Posted On: October 8th, 2018

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

Who closes the door? And who can open it? Who escapes? And who doesn’t? A compelling book entitled The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World by Tara...

The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder receives Sheptytsky Award at ceremony in New York

Posted On: October 2nd, 2018

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Sheptytsky Award

The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder, philanthropist, activist and president of the World Jewish Congress received the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award for 2018 at a ceremony at New York’s Ukrainian Institute of America on 27 September....

Ronald Lauder awarded Andrei Sheptytsky Medal by Ukrainian-Jewish organizations

Source: Tablet Magazine

Posted On: October 1st, 2018

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Sheptytsky Award

For the past week, as the annual United Nations General Assembly filled New York with visiting heads of state and foreign ministers, driving or walking through large swaths of the Upper East Side has become next to impossible.

UJE Timeline

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.

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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

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