June 2019 - UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

Who was the creator of the Jewish Renaissance in Chernivtsi?

Posted On: June 24th, 2019

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

The historian Iryna Yavorska talks about “Jerusalem on the Prut River” after the war, Soviet propaganda, and the Yiddish language in Chernivtsi. Andriy Kobalia: The Second World War changed the face of many Ukrainian cities….

Lviv museum exhibit illuminates Ukrainian-Jewish history and culture

Posted On: June 17th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter, Exhibits

A remarkable exhibit at the Lviv Historical Museum explores the relationship between two of the peoples at the heart of this land. “A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939” focuses on the…

Radutsky: Oz and Appelfeld, two sons return to Ukraine

Posted On: June 14th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Culture, Outreach

Aharon Appelfeld and Amos Oz are two Israeli literary giants who died in 2018, nearly a year apart. Although they were writers from Israel, how many people know both were deeply connected to lands that…

“Jews on the Land”: Agro-Joint in the 1920s–1930s

Posted On: June 10th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, Istorychna Pravda, Other Programs, History

Photo essay: A little-known page of Ukraine’s national history. Below is a photo essay about efforts to create Jewish colonies in the south of Ukraine and in Crimea with the help of Jewish organizations in…

“The shtetl was a Jewish Atlantis,” says Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

Posted On: June 6th, 2019

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

The American historian Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern discusses the Golden Age of the Jewish town, Polish magnates, and fragments of shtetl culture. Iryna Slavinska: We met through the lecture “Shtetl: The Jewish Town Phenomenon,” which was held…

Portnikov, Lyubka, and Radutsky: “Small Town: Together and Apart”

Posted On: June 5th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Publications, Sponsored Projects, Outreach

“The discussion was incredibly unpredictable, metaphysical, and current, even though it concerned phenomena that would appear to be steeped in the past.” This was what our old friend and moderator Andriy Pavlyshyn said about the…

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Who was the creator of the Jewish Renaissance in Chernivtsi?

Lviv museum exhibit illuminates Ukrainian-Jewish history and culture

Radutsky: Oz and Appelfeld, two sons return to Ukraine

“Jews on the Land”: Agro-Joint in the 1920s–1930s

“The shtetl was a Jewish Atlantis,” says Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

Portnikov, Lyubka, and Radutsky: “Small Town: Together and Apart”