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Ukrainians and Jews: problems of historical memory and manipulations in the politics of memory

Posted On: April 10th, 2018

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

Dr. Vasyl Rasevych is a senior academic researcher in the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv, Ukraine. Rasevych has become a very popular historian in the field of Ukrainian-Jewish historical memory….

Ukraine-Israel: bridges of cooperation and volunteering

Posted On: April 6th, 2018

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

The cooperation between the volunteers of Israel and Ukraine began immediately after the victory of the Maidan in February-March 2014. The first joint project was the dispatch and treatment of the wounded from the Maidan…

Mariupol: How the Jewish community is living on the front line

Posted On: December 6th, 2017

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Diverse Voices

The largest front-line Jewish community in Ukraine is in Mariupol. Today on the program Encounters Menachem Mendel Cohen, the chief rabbi of Mariupol, talks about the life of the Jewish community and the displaced persons…

Tel Aviv participants discuss controversial issues in the historical memory of Jews and Ukrainians

Posted On: December 1st, 2017

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

These sessions were presented in Russian on 14-16 September 2017 at a seminar in Tel Aviv for Israeli youth entitled “Jews and Ukrainians: Controversial Issues of Historical Memory.” A round table discussion on the possibility…

Ukrainian, Israeli, and German scholars address historical memories at Tel Aviv conference

Posted On: November 30th, 2017

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

These three lectures were presented in Russian on 14-16 September 2017 at a seminar in Tel Aviv for Israeli youth entitled “Jews and Ukrainians: Controversial Issues of Historical Memory.” Major topics from the lectures are…

Lviv historian Dr. Vasyl Rasevych addresses the historical memory of Ukrainians and Jews at Tel Aviv conference

Posted On: November 28th, 2017

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

Dr. Vasyl Rasevych is a senior academic at the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv, Ukraine. His two lectures were presented in Russian on 14-16 September 2017 at a seminar in…

What does Ukraine mean to Israelis born in Ukraine?

Posted On: May 30th, 2017

Posted In: Diverse Voices

Ukraine aroused a much bigger interest among Israelis in 2014-2017 than in previous decades. The events of the Maidan in Kyiv, the crisis in Crimea, the military conflict in Donbas, as well as the achievements…

A Dialogue With Historian Serhii Plokhii

Posted On: March 6th, 2017

Posted In: Diverse Voices

Serhii Plokhii is one of the most prominent contemporary historians specializing in the history of Ukraine across the English-speaking world. Plokhii is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University, and also serves…

Six Cups

Posted On: January 26th, 2017

Posted In: Diverse Voices

A wedding present, a family history, and Ukraine’s dark 20th century, 75 years after Babi Yar The miniature porcelain cups sitting in the china cabinet of our dining room have long been my favorites. From…

Lviv Mayor: “Israel is the country of the future and an example for Ukraine”

Posted On: January 17th, 2017

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Diverse Voices

The mayor of the largest city of Western Ukraine Andrii Sadovyi became the first high-ranking Ukrainian guest to visit Israel in 2017. The mayor of Lviv has strong and established contacts with Israel. On the…

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