Ukraine again showcased its rich literary and cultural heritage at the 2023 London Book Fair, following the impressive presentation by the country’s contemporary publishers at the Frankfurt book fair last October. Held at London’s Olympia...
[Editor's note: Russia's unprovoked and criminal war against Ukraine suspended the regular work of many organizations, reorienting their efforts. So it is with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. We are occasionally running interviews and articles done...
Thanks to the longstanding cooperation between the Ukrainian office of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and the Polish Cultural and Educational Center at Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, familiarization meetings were held between the UJE...
Ruth Katcher, whose great-grandfather is leading the seder, shares the digitized version of the film. By Ruth Katcher April 20, 2022 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's...
One year after Russia invaded, a modern Ukraine has emerged with ideals that are liberal, democratic and inclusive. By Vladislav Davidzon So-called denazification and Volodymyr Zelensky The Russian invasion that commenced on February 24, 2022,...
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.
Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:
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."
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.
