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    Now in PDF format: "The Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Cultural Dimensions"

    Posted On: September 14th, 2023
    Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Publications

    The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter was founded in 2008 with the goal of building stronger relations between Ukrainians and Jews, two peoples who, for centuries, lived side by side on the territory of what is modern-day...

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    UJE announces new project "War is…" in cooperation with Ukraine's Krytyka magazine

    Posted On: March 6th, 2023
    Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Krytyka, "War is…", Culture

    Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shocked the world. For months, Western governments had warned of the impending criminal war — "absurd," the world responded. In the 21st century, larger powers invading smaller...

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    Now in PDF: Makhno's bilingual poetry collection "A Private Interpretation of History"

    Posted On: November 22nd, 2023
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, 'Encounter' Literary Prize, Literature, Culture

    Vasyl Makhno is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, and essayist who is a laureate of many awards, including "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize"™ (2020), sponsored by the Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) with the support of...

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    Vasyl Makhno: Reflections on Israel and Ukrainian culture

    Posted On: November 21st, 2023
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Hromadske Radio, 'Encounter' Literary Prize, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture

    [Editor’s note: Vasyl Makhno is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, and essayist who is a laureate of many awards, including “Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize"™ (2020), sponsored by the Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter...

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    Video: Vladislav Davidzon's book on Ukrainian-Jewish relations presented in New York, Toronto, and Frankfurt

    Posted On: November 20th, 2023
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Outreach

    Journalist Vladislav Davidzon is the author of a newly published collection of essays titled Jewish-Ukrainian Relations and the Birth of a Political Nation: Selected Writing 2013-2023 (Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2023). The Paris-based writer appeared recently...

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    Toronto and New York: Two upcoming literary events with writer Vladislav Davidzon

    Posted On: November 8th, 2023
    Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Other Programs, Special Projects

    Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is proud to support two North American literary events by Paris-based writer Vladislav Davidzon. The European culture correspondent at Tablet Magazine, a leading online magazine dedicated to Jewish news and culture, Davidzon...

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    Video: 'Ukraina Moderna': "The Holocaust in Ukraine: How the history of the crime is (not) written."

    Posted On: November 2nd, 2023
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Ukraina Moderna, Outreach

    The idea for the thematic issue No. 34 of the magazine Ukraina Moderna arose before the start of Russia's large-scale war against Ukraine, but the issue itself was released after the war’s first year. Most...

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    Video: Discussion with jury members about the 'Encounter' prize in the context of modern Ukrainian-Jewish relations

    Posted On: October 25th, 2023
    Posted In: 'Encounter' Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Literature, Culture

    By chance, the books shortlisted for the 2023 'Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize' ™ were related to World War II. What does this indicate about how Ukrainians see their past and relationship with the Jewish...

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    Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957)

    Posted On: October 19th, 2023
    Posted In: Did You Know?, Literature, Culture

    Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957) was a controversial psychoanalyst born into an assimilated Jewish family in Dobrianychi in Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now western Ukraine, and grew up in Bukovina on a large farm operated by...

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    Olha Mukha: "Jewish culture is an integral part of Ukrainian identity that we must restore"

    Posted On: October 4th, 2023
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, 'Encounter' Literary Prize, Literature, Culture

    [Editor's note: LB.UA, one of Ukraine's leading publications, ran a series of interviews with jury members for the 2023 "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" ™ before the prize winner was announced on 18 September 2023....

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    Olena Stiazhkina: "We are speaking about modern times only with words with which we had described the past"

    Posted On: September 27th, 2023
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, 'Encounter' Literary Prize, Literature, Culture

    [Editor’s note: LB.UA, one of Ukraine’s leading publications, ran a series of interviews with jury members for the 2023 "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" ™ before the prize winner was announced on 18 September 2023....

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    "These texts give me strength": Olena Styazhkina on the Encounter Literary Prize initiative

    Posted On: September 25th, 2023
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, 'Encounter' Literary Prize, Literature, Culture

    We talked about “Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize": senses and meanings with Professor Olena Stiazhkina, a member of this year's jury. She holds a doctorate in History and is also a writer and journalist. “Encounter:...

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    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."

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