On November 29, 2014, UJE board member Paul Robert Magocsi gave the keynote address at the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program Model Ukraine Conference in Lviv, Ukraine. The following is his speech, which was recently translated into...
The Kyiv-based vice-president of the World Jewish Congress and chair of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, Josef Zissels, visited Ottawa March 3 and Toronto March 4 to share his perspectives on Ukrainian-Jewish relations in Ukraine and...
TORONTO - On March 3-7, the vice-president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the Confederation and Communities in Ukraine, Josef Zissels, spoke to both Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking communities in Toronto and Ottawa.
Madam chair! Representatives of the government and the diplomatic corps! Members of the Parliament! Distinguished participants! Thank you for the invitation to speak within these halls, which have over the last year had the attention...
At this writing, no one knows what will come of the peace initiative launched last week by François Hollande and Angela Merkel. But what everyone should know is that it represents the last chance to...
A NEW Ukraine was born a year ago in the pro-European protests that helped to drive President Viktor F. Yanukovych from power.
Bernard-Henri Lévy, writer, philosopher, and a personal friend of the President of France, explains why Europe has betrayed Ukraine and dissects the myths of Vladimir Putin Philosopher, writer, and journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy is one of...
The sanctions imposed on Russia by the US and Europe for its interventions in Ukraine have worked much faster and inflicted much more damage on the Russian economy than anybody could have expected.
Vladimir Putin's attempts to court European support has landed him in the same folds as far right Europeans, who generally viewed as controversial figures in their home countries, said Bernard Henri Lévy, a French intellectual...
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.
