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    Magocsi and Petrovsky-Shtern on Jews and Ukrainians

    Posted On: October 30th, 2019
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Publications, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Symposia, History

    UJE board member Paul Robert Magocsi has traveled extensively over the last two years promoting Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence, the book he co-authored with Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern. This spring, the two authors surprised…

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    Ivan Franko and his Jews: childhood, student years, politics

    Posted On: October 28th, 2019
    Posted In: Literature, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Istorychna Pravda, Other Programs, History

    I will try to define Franko’s attitude to Jews, which ranges from sincere Judeophilism to radical Judeophobia. This ambiguity in the interpretation of his views intensified after the fall of the communist regime in Ukraine….

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    Yiddish, in place and time

    Posted On: October 25th, 2019
    Posted In: Commentary, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Culture, History, Commentary and Analysis, Language

    CHERNIVTSI — I wanted to hear Yiddish. The Yiddish that Wolf Moskovich – professor emeritus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, board member of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and Chernivtsi native – spoke about only…

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    Moskovich discussed multi-ethnic Chernivtsi and Bukovyna in Stockholm lecture

    Posted On: October 23rd, 2019
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Symposia, History

    Bukovyna inspires the imagination. Sitting at the crossroads of great empires, this Ukrainian region was home to a myriad of writers, artists, musicians and ethnic groups, each who forever left their imprint. Wolf Moskovich, Board…

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    A translator reflects on how to return Hebrew writers to Ukraine

    Posted On: October 21st, 2019
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Hromadske Radio, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Outreach

    The translator Victor Radutzky discusses translations from Hebrew to Ukrainian and the reverse; Amos Oz, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and Vasyl Stus; and Kyiv and Jerusalem.​ Iryna Slavinska:  Our guest on the program today is an…

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    Just in Case

    Posted On: October 17th, 2019
    Posted In: Agnon Literary Centre, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Other Programs

    In Buchach, the roosters wake up at four o’clock in the morning. Perhaps the voices of the Buchach roosters have not changed since [Shem’uel Yosef] Agnon lived in the city. And now, during my stay…

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    “Through Agnon’s Texts: From Buchach to Jerusalem.” UJE at the 2019 Lviv BookForum

    Posted On: October 16th, 2019
    Posted In: Agnon Literary Centre, Book Fairs/Festivals, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Outreach

    Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time that we are presenting our organization’s initiatives…

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    What is Shevchenko? A curiosity or a manifestation of the viability of the Ukrainian people

    Posted On: October 10th, 2019
    Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Istorychna Pravda

    Many among us indeed consider Taras Shevchenko a linguistic curiosity. To them, it appears to be an oddity, a curiosity: the man had an excellent command of Russian and was able to pen his poems…

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    Dr. Diana Dumitru: No direct evidence yet of Stalin’s planned deportation of the Jews

    Posted On: October 7th, 2019
    Posted In: Hadashot, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, History

    What are the causes of postwar anti-Semitism in the USSR, how was cosmopolitanism combated on the ground, and is the theory about the deportation of Jews to the Far East in 1953 justified? These are…

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    Klezmer music is part of the great traditional culture of Ukraine

    Posted On: October 3rd, 2019
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Music

    Clarinetist Mitya Gerasimov, the leader of the Kyiv-based Pushkin Klezmer Band, reveals how klezmer is linked to jazz, fakelore, and new but traditional Jewish music.  Iryna Slavinska:  In this podcast we will be listening to…

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