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    Hava Nagila—the song, the story and the movie

    Posted On: March 21st, 2019
    Posted In: Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Music, Cinema

    Hava Nagila. The words are Hebrew for Let Us Rejoice. They also comprise the title of one of the most recognizable and well-known songs in the world. And little did I know just how appropriate a...

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    The Ukrainian-born French writer Irène Némirovsky

    Posted On: February 18th, 2019
    Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Istorychna Pravda, Other Programs, Culture, Cinema

    [Editor’s note: Irene Nemirovsky joins Aharon Appelfeld and Amos Oz as a writer with deep ties to Ukraine, but who is still largely unknown by the country’s citizens. 24 February 2019 marks the 116th anniversary...

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    Wrestling with dark history: Soviet Holocaust films and the new Ukraine

    Posted On: December 7th, 2018
    Posted In: The Odessa Review, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Other Programs, Cinema

    Despite the fact that almost half of all Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust were killed on the territory of the Soviet Union, their Jewish identity was for decades effaced by Soviet policy. It was...

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    Focus on the 85th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Holodomor

    Posted On: December 2nd, 2018
    Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, Culture, Holodomor, History, Cinema, Outreach

    The documentary film Hunger for Truth tells the story of Canadian-Jewish journalist Rhea Clyman.  Although little known today, Clyman reached international acclaim in her day for her coverage of the Soviet Union, including the 1932-33...

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    Ukrainian Director Ivan Orlenko on his debut film “In Our Synagogue”

    Posted On: May 3rd, 2018
    Posted In: The Odessa Review, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Other Programs, Cinema

    “In Our Synagogue” is the first film by Ukrainian director Ivan Orlenko. The 30-minute, black-and-white short is based on Franz Kafka’s unfinished short story of the same name. Of the film’s total budget of just...

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    “A Boomerang of Goodness”: Akhtem Seitablaev talks about his new film “A Prayer of Strangers”

    Posted On: March 5th, 2018
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Cinema

    We are speaking with the director Akhtem Seitablaev about his new film A Prayer of Strangers. At the beginning of the conversation we are introduced to Saide, the main character of the film. Akhtem Seitablaev:...

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    Nash Holos: Shimon’s Returns

    Posted On: June 9th, 2017
    Posted In: Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Cinema

    Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. An astonishing new film called Shimon’s Returns proves the point in a...

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    Bitter Harvest

    Posted On: March 14th, 2017
    Posted In: Culture, History, Holodomor, Cinema

    The Ukrainian novelist Oksana Zabuzhko once wrote, “We, the poor relatives of the European household, have but a meager chance of being heard in the post-informational world.” Zabuzhko was writing for a specifically Western readership...

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    The Israeli premiere of Crimea: As It Was

    Posted On: August 29th, 2016
    Posted In: Culture, Cinema

    The Israeli premiere of the new documentary Crimea: As It Was (2016), which took place against the background of skyscrapers in the heart of Tel Aviv, was a resounding success. The film recounts the personal...

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    UAToday: Finding Babel: Film of Ukraine-born Jewish writer executed by Stalin premieres in Kyiv

    Posted On: November 5th, 2015
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Finding Babel, Cinema

    Director/producer of the documentary David Novack describes the remarkable experience of following in footsteps of the Soviet writer.

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