Museum gangsters: How Moscow loots and appropriates Ukraine's unique Jewish heritage objects

Posted On: June 27th, 2024
Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Ukrainian statehood and identity, Culture, History, Diverse Voices, Ethnography, Religion

The International Council of Museums (ICOM), headquartered in Paris, is the most prestigious global organization of museums and museum professionals. In mid-June 2024, President of ICOM Ukraine Anastasiia Cherednychenko spoke at the annual meeting of...

Read More

Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva: "In my opinion, Russian historians did not play any active role in forming an imperial paradigm"

Posted On: March 25th, 2024
Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Ukrainian statehood and identity, Ukraina Moderna, Other Programs

During our conversation with the Russian historian Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva, we discussed the following questions: Did Russian historians take part in forming the ideologemes of the Putin regime? What position did they adopt after 24 February...

Read More

Oleksandr Melnyk: "Whereas the Soviet metanarrative talked about the contribution of various peoples to the victory over Nazism, the contemporary Russian state is trying to privatize it."

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Ukrainian statehood and identity, Ukraina Moderna, Diverse Voices

The conversation with the Ukrainian-Canadian historian Oleksandr Melnyk is about his recently published monograph, World War II As an Identity Project. He finished inputting corrections to it in the Kherson oblast, occupied by Russian troops...

Read More
Newer posts
Older posts

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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.

As Ukraine defends its very existence against Russia, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline serves to counter the malicious and false narratives about Ukraine and its history. The Timeline demonstrates that Ukraine is home to diverse peoples and, for centuries, one of the world’s oldest and largest Jewish communities.

Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:

Web Excellence Awards:

  • Excellence — Website Non-profit (2023)

w3 Awards:

  • Silver — Website Non-profit (2023)
  • Silver — Website Best Structure and Navigation (2023)
  • Silver— Website Best Visual Appeal and Aesthetics (2023)

Anthem Awards:

  • Bronze — Website Digital and Innovative Experiences (2024)

Communicator Awards:

  • Gold — Website Non-Profit (2024)
  • Silver — Website Structure and Navigation (2024)
  • Silver — Website Visual Appeal and Aesthetics (2024).

 

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize  

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."

Learn More

 

Download the complete 168-page book

A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

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.

Download for desktop

Download for mobile

All-Ukrainian Student's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022

View catalogue

Learn More

© 2025 Ukrainian Jewish Encounter