The continuation of a conversation with Olena Braichenko, founder of the yizhakultura project, about contemporary Ukrainian cuisine and the variety of cultural trends that can be found in it. Iryna Slavinska: Speaking of home cooking,...
We talked about the interesting culinary areas that can be observed in Ukrainian culture. Olena Braichenko, the founder of the yizhakultura project, will help us figure things out. Olena Braichenko: The link between Ukrainian cuisine...
Borsch. Nalysnyky. Daruny. |Borsht. Blintses. Latkes. Varied names. But the same food. And a shared heritage. We invite you to enjoy a newly designed version of our popular brochure Ukrainian-Jewish Cross-Cultural Influences in Language and Cuisine. It...
Borsch. Nalysnyky. Daruny. | Borsht. Blintses. Latkes. Varied names. But the same food. And a shared heritage. On 28 May 2015, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter launched a groundbreaking traveling community exhibition entitled "A Journey through the...
Daniel Haykin treasures his memories of preparing for Passover when he was a kid in the 1980s. Gefilte fish, an appetizer served during the Passover seder, didn't come from the store.
Borscht, one of the favorite dishes of both athletes and spectators at the Olympic Games, is not actually Russian in origin. The soup, made bright red by its base of beets, is Ukrainian (and the...
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.
