By Shimon Briman In the heart of the former Jewish ghetto in Lviv, on Gazova Street, I am watching the ribbon cutting at the opening of the Honorary Consulate of Israel in Western Ukraine. I...
When Shimon Redlich laughs — which he does often — his mouth opens wide and emits a high-pitched sound of unbridled mirth. Redlich, 80, is one of the few Holocaust historians for whom laughter can...
Iryna Slavinska: You are listening to a new episode of the program “Encounters” on Hromadske Radio, with Iryna Slavinska working in the studio. I would like to remind you that the podcast “Encounters” is dedicated...
A very lively discussion on the once and future role of Jewish museums in Ukraine and their place in the greater European context, as well as how best to honor the Jewish past of Lviv,...
Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. He is relentless and outspoken. And he has paid the price. He was arrested twice for his human rights activities and...
On 20 May 2015 Ukraine International Airlines airline starts direct flights between Tel Aviv to Lviv once a week. This can become a historic event for the development of tourism and business ties between Israel...
The contemporary Ukrainian philosopher and director of European Programs of Internews Ukraine Volodymyr Yermolenko talks about a number of important European thinkers of Jewish heritage, their influence on the world of ideas, and Ukrainian roots....
Summarizing the events held by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter in conjunction with the Jerusalem Book Fair in February 2015, Miriam-Feyga Bunimovych talked with Ukrainian writer Irena Karpa and journalist Iryna Slavinska about their experiences and...
Leonid Finberg is the editor-in-chief of the publishing house Dukh i Litera and the director of the Judaica Center at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. For the project “Encounters” we talk about the architects of mutual understanding from...
Ihor Pomerantsev is a famous poet and journalist, author, and host of the truly cult radio show “Over The Barrier” on Radio Liberty. For the project “Encounters” Ihor Pomerantsev talks about the polyphony of Chernivtsi,...
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.
Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:
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."
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.
