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"A shift in emphasis" or a search for the truth? How Ukraine should respond to the memory of the Holocaust being instrumentalized during the war

Posted On: November 19th, 2024

Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Diverse Voices

[Editor's note: Earlier this year, a lively debate took place in Ukrainian media about the Holocaust and memory in the context of Russia's criminal war against Ukraine. On 18-19 November, we offer two points of...

Memory of the Holocaust as a weapon in a hybrid war

Posted On: November 18th, 2024

Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Diverse Voices

[Editor's note: Earlier this year, a debate took place in Ukrainian media about the Holocaust and memory in the context of Russia's criminal war against Ukraine. On 18-19 November, we offer two points of view...

Kyiv Jews defending Ukraine

Posted On: November 5th, 2024

Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, Diverse Voices

Two friends, graduates of a religious Jewish school in Kyiv, defend Ukraine, helping repel Russia's aggression. They also keep Israel on their minds and talk about the future of Ukrainian-Jewish relations after the war. Igor...

Video: To prepare a grab-and-go bag: A tale of empires falling

Posted On: October 31st, 2024

Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, UJE Initiatives, Commentary, Diverse Voices, Commentary and Analysis, Outreach

What causes empires to fall, can they fall without casualties, and which are the modern empires? Natalia Kryvda is a philosopher and a director of Academic Programmes at Edinburgh Business School Eastern Europe; James Alan...

Video: "Wars in Ukraine and Israel from a diplomatic and political point of view"

Posted On: October 15th, 2024

Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, UJE Initiatives, Analysis, Ukrainian statehood and identity, Diverse Voices, Commentary and Analysis, Outreach

The wars in Ukraine and Israel last year attracted considerable attention from the international community. With both wars still unresolved, our group discussed the political and diplomatic implications of the wars, the future of each...

"Each generation rethinks history, searching the past for answers to today's questions": War and genocide through the eyes of a Ukrainian officer with a PhD degree in history

Posted On: October 1st, 2024

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Ukraina Moderna, Diverse Voices, Other Programs

[Editor's note: Yehor Vradii will participate in the following discussions at the XXXI Lviv BookForum that will take place 3-6 October: "Wars in Ukraine and Israel from a diplomatic and political point of view" (4...

"Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Dispossession, Restitution, and Reconstructing the Home": An overview and reflections on a seminar held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Posted On: August 5th, 2024

Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, Sponsored Projects, Ukraina Moderna, Other Programs, Diverse Voices

The following article recapitulates the proceedings of the seminar "Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Dispossession, Restitution, and Reconstructing the Home" held on 8–12 January 2024 at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C....

Ukrainian Jew fighting for Ukraine and Israel in Italy

Posted On: July 11th, 2024

Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, Diverse Voices

Marina Sorina, a native of Kharkiv, is a professional guide in Verona, a translator, and an active participant in Italian political life. In an exclusive interview, she talks about having a Ukrainian-Jewish identity after living...

Museum gangsters: How Moscow loots and appropriates Ukraine's unique Jewish heritage objects

Posted On: June 27th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Ukrainian statehood and identity, Culture, History, Diverse Voices, Ethnography, Religion

The International Council of Museums (ICOM), headquartered in Paris, is the most prestigious global organization of museums and museum professionals. In mid-June 2024, President of ICOM Ukraine Anastasiia Cherednychenko spoke at the annual meeting of...

Adrian Karatnycky: When Ukraine was invisible

Posted On: June 26th, 2024

Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, Diverse Voices

The West long accepted the Soviet narrative that the country was indistinct. Our understanding of its culture and people is still incomplete.Ukraine has never received as much attention as it does today. A few decades...

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Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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.

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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"A shift in emphasis" or a search for the truth? How Ukraine should respond to the memory of the Holocaust being instrumentalized during the war

Memory of the Holocaust as a weapon in a hybrid war

Kyiv Jews defending Ukraine

Video: To prepare a grab-and-go bag: A tale of empires falling

Video: "Wars in Ukraine and Israel from a diplomatic and political point of view"

"Each generation rethinks history, searching the past for answers to today's questions": War and genocide through the eyes of a Ukrainian officer with a PhD degree in history

"Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Dispossession, Restitution, and Reconstructing the Home": An overview and reflections on a seminar held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ukrainian Jew fighting for Ukraine and Israel in Italy

Museum gangsters: How Moscow loots and appropriates Ukraine's unique Jewish heritage objects

Adrian Karatnycky: When Ukraine was invisible

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

Web Excellence Awards:

w3 Awards:

Anthem Awards:

Communicator Awards:

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 Student's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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All-Ukrainian Student's
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