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

[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...

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

[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...

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Ya’akov Frank: A Short Biography

[Editor’s note: The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter recently ran a series of interviews with Ostap Slyvynsky, translator of the Ukrainian-language edition of Nobel Prize winning writer Olga Tokarczuk’s monumental work The Books of Jacob, for Hromadske Radio’s UJE-supported Zustrichi program....

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