Exactly sixty years ago, a group of Israelis, including top officials and distinguished personalities of the young Jewish state, perceived themselves for the first time as natives of Ukraine. Who organized the first “Ukrainian encounter,”…
Last week, which marked the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, my wife, Olena, and I, dressed in Ukrainian embroidered shirts with Jewish ornamentation, took part in celebrations held in Haifa,…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
