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  • The trident with Hebrew: What a Ukrainian-Jewish document from 1919 tells us

    Posted On: July 2nd, 2020
    Posted In: Culture, Diverse Voices, Ethnography

    There are very few extant documents that illustrate the brief period of the coexistence between the fledgling Ukrainian state and independent Jewish communities in 1917–1920. Military actions, pogroms, and the displacement of millions of people…

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    Jewish women in the nineteenth century: Discriminated against as women or as Jews?

    Posted On: April 8th, 2020
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Ethnography

    Social historian Daryna Podhornova, who researches women’s history, discusses the lives of Jewish women in gubernial cities and small shtetls, and explains how education was connected with revolution. Iryna Slavinska:  We met on the occasion…

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    Jewish history is a part of ours, says German historian

    Posted On: November 20th, 2019
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Ethnography

    Kerstin Bauer and I talk about the Jewish Museum Munich, new formats, and migrants from the East. When we enter Ukrainian museums, we often see a preserved space in which exhibitions change once every few…

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    BookForum discussion: Ukrainian-Jewish relations in museum collections and art

    Posted On: November 8th, 2019
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Culture, Symposia, Outreach, Ethnography

    The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization’s initiatives and…

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    Tales from the Hutsul region, the meeting place of Oleksa Dovbush and Ba`al Shem Tov

    Posted On: July 10th, 2019
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Ethnography

    Our featured guest today is Boris Czerny, who teaches Russian language and culture at the University of Caen Normandy in France. On today’s edition of Encounters, we have an opportunity to get to know a…

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    Who was the creator of the Jewish Renaissance in Chernivtsi?

    Posted On: June 24th, 2019
    Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, History, Ethnography

    The historian Iryna Yavorska talks about “Jerusalem on the Prut River” after the war, Soviet propaganda, and the Yiddish language in Chernivtsi. Andriy Kobalia:  The Second World War changed the face of many Ukrainian cities….

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    The Meridian: Chernivtsi

    Posted On: May 13th, 2019
    Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, History, Ethnography

    Chernivtsi inspires the imagination. Sitting at the crossroads of great empires, this western Ukrainian city located in the country’s famed Bukovyna region was home to a myriad of writers, artists, musicians and ethnic groups, each…

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    A historian reveals who built the Actor’s House

    Posted On: May 3rd, 2019
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Architecture, Ethnography

    Kyiv expert Mykhailo Kalnytsky discusses Moorish architecture in Kyiv, the Karaites, and a mysterious building on Yaroslaviv Val Street.  Andriy Kobalia:  In Kyiv, not far from the Golden Gates, is an extraordinary old building. It…

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    Christmas as an “Ecumenical Picnic” and a community meeting in urban space

    Posted On: December 12th, 2018
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Ethnography, Religion

    During the winter holidays, when markets were being held in cities, an encounter of various ethnic and religious communities in a single, common space took place on a central square. Diana Klochko is at the…

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    The magic of Kharkiv

    Posted On: April 19th, 2018
    Posted In: Culture, Diverse Voices, Ethnography

    We are pleased to present a short video about Kharkiv, its history, and the city’s Jewish community and student population. Narrated by Maksym Rozenfeld, a well-known Kharkiv-based regional historian, art historian, architect, and lecturer at…

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