June 2023 - UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

We have managed to largely overcome harmful Soviet lies about historical Ukrainian-Jewish relations — Leonid Finberg

Posted On: June 30th, 2023

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

A conversation with Leonid Finberg, director of the Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry, editor-in-chief of the Dukh i Litera Publishing House, and member of PEN Ukraine. Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska:...

Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy: 'This may not be the last chapter of the Russian empire, but it's an important one'

Posted On: June 27th, 2023

Posted In: Diverse Voices

Charlotte Higgins The Harvard academic on writing while grieving — and where his country goes from here Before my first reporting trip to Ukraine, one of my seasoned war correspondent colleagues had two pieces...

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno in Israel 23 June-2 July 2023

Posted On: June 19th, 2023

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

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno will appear in several venues in Israel between 23 June-2 July 2023 to discuss the intersection of Ukrainian and Jewish literature and culture in Ukraine and abroad. Information about the events...

Petro Rykhlo: Paul Celan. References. Scientific studies, articles, essays.

Posted On: June 15th, 2023

Posted In: Dukh i Litera Digital Library, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture

The book contains articles and essays about the work of the outstanding German-speaking poet of the 20th century, a native of Chernivtsi, Paul Celan. The book traces his Bukovynian roots, explores little-known pages of his...

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter plans an exhibition in Uman

Posted On: June 14th, 2023

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Outreach

The Ukrainian office of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), a Canadian charitable non-profit organization, has many years of experience working with museums throughout Ukraine. Museums have often served as venues for book presentations, public discussions,...

How dead Russian culture kills Ukrainians

Posted On: June 12th, 2023

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Krytyka, "War is…"

Volodymyr Rafeyenko We have no other option but Victory, for which and for the sake of which we are all living. This event, whenever it happens, will be the biggest event in everyone’s life....

Video: Magocsi, Howlett discuss Ukrainian statehood and identity in London

Posted On: June 8th, 2023

Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, Diverse Voices

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, the world has discovered the unity of Ukrainians of all backgrounds in protecting their statehood. However, in the past, Ukraine, a multilingual and multicultural state, has...

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884–1963)

Posted On: June 7th, 2023

Posted In: Did You Know?, Culture

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, né Shimshelevich, was born into the Jewish family of Zvi Shimshelevich and Atara Kopelevich in Poltava in 1884. He received his primary education at a heder and continued his studies at the gymnasium...

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.

As Ukraine defends its very existence against Russia, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline serves to counter the malicious and false narratives about Ukraine and its history. The Timeline demonstrates that Ukraine is home to diverse peoples and, for centuries, one of the world’s oldest and largest Jewish communities.

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

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.

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We have managed to largely overcome harmful Soviet lies about historical Ukrainian-Jewish relations — Leonid Finberg

Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy: 'This may not be the last chapter of the Russian empire, but it's an important one'

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno in Israel 23 June-2 July 2023

Petro Rykhlo: Paul Celan. References. Scientific studies, articles, essays.

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter plans an exhibition in Uman

How dead Russian culture kills Ukrainians

Video: Magocsi, Howlett discuss Ukrainian statehood and identity in London

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884–1963)

UJE Timeline

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

Download the complete 168-page book

A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Children's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022

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UJE Timeline

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

Download the complete 168-page book

A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Children's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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All-Ukrainian Children's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022