By Peter Bejger As the winter season accelerates into its darkest moments, many cultures have developed holiday rituals to mark the passage of time and to place hope in the return of brighter days. A...
Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Consider the following: Night songs from a neighboring village Come drifting at times to my balcony They quench my sorrow, caress...
This video was created by the Los Angeles-based artist and educator Benny Ferdman in 2010. It was inspired by, and features music from a unique concert program, “Night Songs from a Neighboring Village”, composed and...
Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. The beautiful Western Ukrainian city of Lviv has over the past few years blossomed as an artistic and cultural center, a...
The popular Ukrainian folk ballad Vziav Bi Ya Banduru (I’d Rather Take a Bandura) represents one of several shortened versions of an original poem written by the Ukrainian poet Mykhailo Petrenko (1817-1862). It tells 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.
