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    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…

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    UJE’s activities in Israel, 2014-2020

    Posted On: November 18th, 2020
    Posted In: 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…

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

    Posted On: October 23rd, 2020
    Posted In: UJE in Ukraine Videoblog, 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…

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

    Posted On: October 15th, 2020
    Posted In: UJE in Ukraine Videoblog, 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…

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    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…

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    UJE in Ukraine videoblog, Episode 2: Exhibition in Kyiv

    Posted On: June 5th, 2020
    Posted In: UJE in Ukraine Videoblog, 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…

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    UJE in Ukraine videoblog, Episode 1: Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

    Posted On: June 3rd, 2020
    Posted In: UJE in Ukraine Videoblog, 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….

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    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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    Serhiy Krymsky was a great performer, says Taras Liutyi

    Posted On: April 2nd, 2020
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Diverse Voices

    Today our guest on Encounters is Taras Liutyi, the Ukrainian philosopher, writer, and professor in the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. We will be talking about the…

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    It is frightening to encounter another if you are afraid of knowing yourself: Iryna Solovey

    Posted On: March 12th, 2020
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Diverse Voices

    This is Encounters, a program dedicated to Ukrainian-Jewish relations. Today we are talking about diversity as a resource. This topic was inspired by a Facebook posting authored by Iryna Solovey, the co-founder of Garage Gang….

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