On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This second stage of a war that began in 2014 came in the wake of earlier pronouncements by Russia's president Vladimir Putin, denying the...
For over three decades, Adrian Karatnycky has been one of the leading analysts of Ukraine in the United States. He has consulted civil society and politicians and written extensively about the country for various newspapers...
Our conversation with the Israeli historian Semion Goldin is focused on how the Russo-Ukrainian War has affected Jewish Studies and Holocaust Studies, on the whole, in Ukraine and Russia. We also discussed the connection between...
In the following interview, the well-known German historian and former head of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission discusses the Russo-Ukrainian War and the roots of Russian imperialism. He reflects on these very topics in one of...
A new trend in Israel is that young immigrants from Ukraine are searching for ways to integrate their Ukrainian, Jewish, and Israeli identities against the backdrop of wars in both countries. This demand is met...
In the following interview, the Ukrainian historian and political scientist Maksym Gon discusses the impact of his service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU) on comprehending the past, particularly the history of the Second...
Ukrainian Holocaust survivor Roman Schwarzman has implored Germany to increase support for Ukraine in the fight against Russia's "war of extermination." Addressing the Bundestag this week as part of events to mark 80 years since...
Never before has the topic of Israel, the history of the Arab-Israeli wars, and the Middle East conflict been covered in textbooks so thoroughly and objectively, without Soviet stereotypes but with accurate pro-Ukrainian and pro-Israeli...
Carol of the Bells is one of the world's most recognized and beloved Christmas melodies. Yet many people still don't know the song originated in Ukraine. First performed in the United States in Carnegie Hall...
In November–December 2004, as an Israeli journalist, I was in Kyiv on the eve of the Ukrainian presidential elections. I found myself in the epicenter of the Orange Revolution, which was unfolding before my eyes...
[Editor's note: Earlier this year, a lively debate took place in Ukrainian media about the Holocaust and memory in the context of Russia's criminal war against Ukraine. On 18-19 November, we offer two points of...
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.
