April 2024 - UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

Shtetls through the centuries

Posted On: April 29th, 2024

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

Taras Vozniak, a culture expert, political analyst, editor-in-chief and founder of the Ji independent cultural journal, talks about shtetls as a social and cultural phenomenon. What is a shtetl? Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: Let us begin our...

Arkadi Zeltser: "In Israeli historiography, considerable attention has always been paid to the problems of Jewish life and suffering during the Holocaust"

Posted On: April 23rd, 2024

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Ukraina Moderna

Abstract: A conversation with Dr. Arkadi Zeltser, who is an Israeli historian and specialist in the history of Soviet Jews during the interwar period and the director of the Moshe Mirilashvili Center for Research on...

Righteous Vasyl Nazarenko speaks on WWII and the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war

Posted On: April 18th, 2024

Posted In: The Holocaust in Ukraine, Ukrainians who saved Jews, History

We continue our series of publications about the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations. Most of the 2,700 Ukrainian Righteous recognized by Yad Vashem have passed away, and only four are still with us. Three of...

"Joseph Roth — Coming BAck," documentary by Oksana Lyniv

Posted On: April 17th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Culture, History, Music

Oksana Lyniv, the internationally known conductor and artistic director of the LvivMozArt festival, tells the stories of Joseph Roth and Leonard Bernstein and his parents in a documentary that also features a commemorative concert near...

Avoiding the word "zhydivskyi" means silencing trauma: Oleksandr Averbuch

Posted On: April 15th, 2024

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture

"I am not afraid of the word zhyd. It does not hurt me, and I want it not to hurt anyone else." So says the poet and translator Oleksandr Averbuch during a conversation about his...

Ukrainian nationalist Ivan Vovchuk's story must be brought to light — Opinion

Posted On: April 10th, 2024

Posted In: Commentary, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Commentary and Analysis

By Borys Lozhkin President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Over two years after Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainians are still fighting valiantly. Two years on, Russian President Vladimir Putin is still spewing baseless...

What was the "anatomy" of the Holocaust in tri-national Galicia? Ukraїna Moderna

Posted On: April 8th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, Ukraina Moderna, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Other Programs

Mykhaylo Gaukhman Historians like delving into the past, and I am no exception. Thus, I propose to start a discussion about a reviewed monograph by comparing two historical situations. In September 1655, the armies of Bohdan...

Israeli war for Ukraine, or brothers in different ways

Posted On: April 4th, 2024

Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, Diverse Voices

[Author's note: This article was written in the spring of 2014, on the heels of Ukraine's Maidan victory and Russia's annexation of Crimea. The text in Russian was published in the print version in the Kyiv...

Roman Kabachiy: In a way, Zionism is a response to antisemitism

Posted On: April 2nd, 2024

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

What is Zionism, on what basis was it formed, and what should be done to make people understand that there is no antisemitism in Ukraine? These questions are discussed by Roman Kabachiy, a senior researcher...

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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.

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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Shtetls through the centuries

Arkadi Zeltser: "In Israeli historiography, considerable attention has always been paid to the problems of Jewish life and suffering during the Holocaust"

Righteous Vasyl Nazarenko speaks on WWII and the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war

"Joseph Roth — Coming BAck," documentary by Oksana Lyniv

Avoiding the word "zhydivskyi" means silencing trauma: Oleksandr Averbuch

Ukrainian nationalist Ivan Vovchuk's story must be brought to light — Opinion

What was the "anatomy" of the Holocaust in tri-national Galicia? Ukraїna Moderna

Israeli war for Ukraine, or brothers in different ways

Roman Kabachiy: In a way, Zionism is a response to antisemitism

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

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A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Student's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022

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Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

Web Excellence Awards:

w3 Awards:

Anthem Awards:

Communicator Awards:

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 Student's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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All-Ukrainian Student's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022