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The post-independence period should have benefited Ukrainian culture, but even functioning institutions have been ravaged — Oksana Boiko (pt. 2)

Posted On: October 13th, 2022

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

[Editor's note: Russia's unprovoked and criminal war against Ukraine suspended the regular work of many organizations, reorienting their efforts. So it is with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. In the coming weeks, we will run interviews...

How and when did the first synagogues appear in Ukraine, and why is this an important aspect of Ukrainian history (Pt. 1)

Posted On: October 11th, 2022

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

Slobidska Ukraine is a region where various cultures intersected — Volodymyr Masliichuk

Posted On: April 26th, 2022

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media, Ethnography

How important are local identities? Do they exist in Ukraine? How did people learn to coexist with each other after many years? On the latest "Encounters" program devoted to Ukrainian-Jewish relations, we talked about Slobidska...

The states that were formed after the First World War arose around the idea of an "exclusive nation" based on the culture of dominant ethnic groups: A historian discusses the interethnic coexistence of Galicians

Posted On: January 17th, 2022

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media, Ethnography

A look at the inter-ethnic coexistence and cohabitation of Galicians in the years between the two world wars A conversation with Petro Chorniy, a historian, social anthropologist, Candidate of Historical Sciences, and Research Fellow of...

Calendars were the bestsellers of Jewish printing houses — Ufimtseva

Posted On: November 29th, 2021

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

A conversation about book production on the territory of Ukraine in the last few centuries with Nadia Ufimtseva, who holds an M.A. in Jewish Studies. She is a graduate student at the National University of...

“I would not consider writing with light on the bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Sophia a Hanukkah tradition”—Diana Klochko

Posted On: May 3rd, 2021

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media, Ethnography

A conversation with art historian Diana Klochko about Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s lights Iryna Slavinska: How new is the Kyiv tradition of installing Hanukkah candles on Kontraktova Ploshcha? Diana Klochko: They have been installed...

Women in the Bible are disenfranchised and treated like chattel, and their virginity—like currency: Ostap Slyvynsky

Posted On: April 26th, 2021

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media, Ethnography

We talked about Ostap Slyvynsky’s poetic cycle Imena [Names], which features figures of women whose names we have heard but have not paid attention to them. Ostap Slyvynsky: For the first time, I decided to...

Museum of the Jewish People: What is Israel’s latest tourist attraction about?

Posted On: April 1st, 2021

Posted In: Commentary, Culture, Commentary and Analysis, Ethnography

Opened in the spring of 2021 after a large-scale renewal that lasted for ten years, the former Museum of the Diaspora got a new name, a new concept, and a totally updated exhibition. I spent...

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...

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

Posted On: April 8th, 2020

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media, 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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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.

The post-independence period should have benefited Ukrainian culture, but even functioning institutions have been ravaged — Oksana Boiko (pt. 2)

How and when did the first synagogues appear in Ukraine, and why is this an important aspect of Ukrainian history (Pt. 1)

Slobidska Ukraine is a region where various cultures intersected — Volodymyr Masliichuk

The states that were formed after the First World War arose around the idea of an "exclusive nation" based on the culture of dominant ethnic groups: A historian discusses the interethnic coexistence of Galicians

Calendars were the bestsellers of Jewish printing houses — Ufimtseva

“I would not consider writing with light on the bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Sophia a Hanukkah tradition”—Diana Klochko

Women in the Bible are disenfranchised and treated like chattel, and their virginity—like currency: Ostap Slyvynsky

Museum of the Jewish People: What is Israel’s latest tourist attraction about?

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

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

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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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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