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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: Book Fairs/Festivals, UJE Initiatives, Sponsored Projects, Literature, Ukraina Moderna, The Holocaust in Ukraine, 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...

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

Posted On: October 25th, 2023

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, 'Encounter' Literary Prize, 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...

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...

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....

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....

"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:...

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...

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno discusses his novels, poetry, and S.Y. Agnon in Jerusalem

Posted On: August 28th, 2023

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, 'Encounter' Literary Prize, Literature, Culture

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno traveled to Israel between 23 June and 2 July 2023 to discuss the intersection of Ukrainian and Jewish literature and culture in Ukraine and abroad. His presentations before Ukrainian-, English- and...

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno reads his poetry in Tel Aviv and Haifa

Posted On: August 10th, 2023

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, 'Encounter' Literary Prize, Literature, Culture

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno traveled to Israel between 23 June-2 July 2023 to discuss the intersection of Ukrainian and Jewish literature and culture in Ukraine and abroad. His presentations before Ukrainian-, English- and Hebrew-language audiences...

"I feel very confident now as a Jewish Ukrainian": executive director of Project Kesher Ukraine

Posted On: August 9th, 2023

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

Project Kesher Ukraine is a national Ukrainian Jewish women's civic organization that supports female entrepreneurs, promotes gender equality, and encourages Jewish women to preserve their people's traditions and pass them on to the next generation....

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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.

As Ukraine defends its very existence against Russia, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline serves to counter the malicious and false narratives about Ukraine and its history. The Timeline demonstrates that Ukraine is home to diverse peoples and, for centuries, one of the world’s oldest and largest Jewish communities.

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.

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

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

Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957)

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno discusses his novels, poetry, and S.Y. Agnon in Jerusalem

Ukrainian writer Vasyl Makhno reads his poetry in Tel Aviv and Haifa

"I feel very confident now as a Jewish Ukrainian": executive director of Project Kesher Ukraine

UJE Timeline

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

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A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Children's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022

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UJE Timeline

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 Children's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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All-Ukrainian Children's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022