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    Memorial Concert Commemorating Babyn Yar

    Posted On: September 29th, 2020
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Babyn Yar Commemoration (1941-2016)

    A memorial concert dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Babyn Yar was held at the Kyiv Opera House on 26 September 2016.  Engaging artists from all over the world, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra performed Max Bruch’s...

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    “The Encounter Prize was created so that Ukrainian writers will focus on the problems of Ukrainian-Jewish relations”—Pavlyshyn

    Posted On: September 24th, 2020
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    [Editor’s note: This interview aired on Ukraine’s Hromadske Radio before Eternal Calendar by Vasyl Makhno was named winner of “Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize”™ on 16 September 2020 at the 27th Lviv International BookForum. The...

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    Marla Osborn: How a U.S. citizen is saving Ukraine’s Jewish heritage

    Posted On: September 21st, 2020
    Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, History

    Originally appeared in Russian @jewishnews.com.ua Marla Osborn is an American citizen who is engaged in the preservation of Jewish heritage in western Ukraine and heads the project Rohatyn Jewish Heritage. Marla actively shares the successes...

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    Eternal Calendar by Vasyl Makhno wins the "Encounter" prize

    Posted On: September 16th, 2020
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), a Canadian charitable non-profit organization, and Ukraine's NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine) are pleased to announce that Eternal Calendar (Vichnyi calendar) by Vasyl Makhno, published by Ukraine's "The Old Lion Publishing...

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    Awards ceremony for the “Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize” ™ will take place on 16 September

    Posted On: September 14th, 2020
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    The “Encounter: the Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize”™ is awarded every year for the most important work of fiction and non-fiction (in alternate years), which promotes Ukrainian-Jewish understanding by helping to strengthen Ukraine’s position as a multiethnic...

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    Borys Zabarko: New books on the Holocaust in Ukraine for foreign audiences

    Posted On: September 8th, 2020
    Posted In: Literature, Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

    Recent sociological surveys have shown that more than thirty percent of Europeans and more than half of the world’s population know nothing about the Holocaust. On the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust...

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    Ukrainians and Jews in the world of Ivan Franko

    Posted On: September 3rd, 2020
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Outreach

    Ivan Franko (1856-1916) is considered one of the founding fathers of modern Ukrainian literature. Yet his attitude towards Jews was often ambivalent in his literary and journalistic works. The panel discussion “Ukrainians and Jews in...

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    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 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."

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