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How openness and honesty help in the discourse of difficult questions in Ukrainian-Jewish history: Israel’s experience

Posted On: March 11th, 2021

Posted In: Videoblogs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine, Sponsored Projects, Diverse Voices

(With English CCs) Five years ago, the Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, together with the non-governmental organization Israeli Friends of Ukraine, launched a new pilot project — seminars for Israelis to discuss acute…

Ukrainian mayor appeals to Jews abroad to become partners in developing the city of their forefathers

Posted On: February 4th, 2021

Posted In: The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Diverse Voices

The mayors of a number of cities in Ukraine issued statements on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January 2021). The city managers of Kyiv, Odesa, and Lviv addressed themselves to this sad date, noting the…

Yiddish and the Ukrainian–Jewish roots of the new U.S. Secretary of State

Posted On: November 30th, 2020

Posted In: Diverse Voices

When Joe Biden is sworn in as the new President of the U.S., an important member of his government will be Antony (Tony) Blinken, who has been chosen as the next secretary of state. Tony…

UJE’s activities in Israel, 2014-2020

Posted On: November 18th, 2020

Posted In: Videoblogs, Diverse Voices

This film describes the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter’s multifaceted activities in Israel in the years 2014-2020. Who in Israel supports and is interested in Ukraine, and why? What projects related to Ukraine and Ukrainian culture are…

UJE in Ukraine video blog, Episode 4: “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence”

Posted On: October 23rd, 2020

Posted In: Videoblogs, Diverse Voices

With English CCs In Episode 4 of our video blog, we discuss the organization of public events in Ukraine centered on the outstanding UJE-supported book Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence. Namely, about our…

UJE in Ukraine video blog, Episode 3: Museums and Exhibitions Project

Posted On: October 15th, 2020

Posted In: Videoblogs, Diverse Voices

(With English CCs) Episode 2 of this video blog highlighted the exhibition “A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939”, which was displayed in Kyiv in late May 2020. Episode 3 discusses UJE’s…

The trident with Hebrew: What a Ukrainian-Jewish document from 1919 tells us

Posted On: July 2nd, 2020

Posted In: Culture, Diverse Voices, Ethnography

There are very few extant documents that illustrate the brief period of the coexistence between the fledgling Ukrainian state and independent Jewish communities in 1917–1920. Military actions, pogroms, and the displacement of millions of people…

UJE in Ukraine videoblog, Episode 2: Exhibition in Kyiv

Posted On: June 5th, 2020

Posted In: Videoblogs, Diverse Voices

In the second episode of our video blog, we will talk about the exhibition “A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939” which was displayed at the end of May 2020, in partnership…

UJE in Ukraine videoblog, Episode 1: Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

Posted On: June 3rd, 2020

Posted In: Videoblogs, Diverse Voices

The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is beginning a video blog about its activities in Ukraine and Ukrainian-Jewish relations. In the first episode, we talk about this Canadian non-profit organization and its activities in Ukraine in 2016-2019….

The spiritual leaders of Ukraine’s Jewish community

Posted On: May 28th, 2020

Posted In: Culture, Diverse Voices, Religion

The lands of modern Ukraine have historically been home to various Hasidic movements as well as a significant share of “Lithuanian” Judaism, a non-Hasidic branch with an emphasis on Talmudic scholarship. This mosaic has practically…

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