Rich East European Jewish and Ukrainian musical traditions come together with Michael Alpert, a leading Yiddishist and pioneer of the klezmer revival, and Julian Kytasty, a premier bandura (lute-harp) player. Night Songs from a Neighboring...
by Dr. Wolf Moskovich I recently visited the permanent exposition of the internationally acclaimed Ukrainian sculptor Mirtala Pylypenko Bentov in the Ostroh historical museum in Ukraine. Born in 1929, the US-based sculptor is known by...
When was the last time you were at a gallery or museum opening where a featured wine was Manishewitz Concord? Better—when was the last time you were at an opening at the Ukrainian Institute of...
The photography exhibition Between War and Peace: Ukraine—Israel is an important event in the cultural life of Israel and offers Israelis an opportunity to discover Ukraine from new perspectives. The exhibition, dedicated to the second...
Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. https://ukrainianjewishencounter.org/media/UJH-2015-1225-Agnon-Buchach.mp3 Today—some reflections on periphery and center, the province and global culture, and a literary legacy interrupted, lost, and re-imagined. Buchach is...
S. Ansky (Jewish author, playwright, and researcher of Jewish folklore) led a series of expeditions in 1912-1914, accompanied by a photographer and musicologist, with a view to recording Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement...
On the exhibition of ketubot at the Borys Voznytsky National Art Gallery of Lviv. The exhibition features Jewish marriage contracts, which were saved by the Lviv collector and hematologist Marek Reichenstein. (Editor’s note: The exhibition...
Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Architecture and memory. Restoration and commemoration. Cities and towns throughout Europe after the Holocaust have grappled with the issue of historic...
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. Today we will play a game with the alphabet. “A” is for aristocrat, someone who is privileged but also someone who...
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.
