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Memory of the Holocaust during the Soviet period: permitted and proscribed practices

Posted On: July 15th, 2019

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

The historian Iryna Sklokina discusses the unofficial memory of the Holocaust during Soviet times, the search for unknown heroes, and the struggle to establish monuments. Today we will be talking about a lecture that took…

Interview with Dave Bloom

Posted On: July 2nd, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

Dave Bloom is a member of the board of an organization dedicated to preserving the story of two Jewish communities and surrounding areas in Ukraine. One of them is called Drohobycz and the other is…

Who was the creator of the Jewish Renaissance in Chernivtsi?

Posted On: June 24th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, History, Ethnography

The historian Iryna Yavorska talks about “Jerusalem on the Prut River” after the war, Soviet propaganda, and the Yiddish language in Chernivtsi. Andriy Kobalia: The Second World War changed the face of many Ukrainian cities….

“Jews on the Land”: Agro-Joint in the 1920s–1930s

Posted On: June 10th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, Istorychna Pravda, Other Programs, History

Photo essay: A little-known page of Ukraine’s national history. Below is a photo essay about efforts to create Jewish colonies in the south of Ukraine and in Crimea with the help of Jewish organizations in…

“The shtetl was a Jewish Atlantis,” says Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

Posted On: June 6th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

The American historian Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern discusses the Golden Age of the Jewish town, Polish magnates, and fragments of shtetl culture. Iryna Slavinska: We met through the lecture “Shtetl: The Jewish Town Phenomenon,” which was held…

“A city on hills in a green dress”: How did the Jews live in Chernivtsi during the Romanian period?

Posted On: May 20th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

The historians Daniel Hrenciuc and Maria Nykyrsa discuss the political and everyday dimensions of life in Chernivtsi between the two world wars. Andriy Kobalia: This small frontier city was initially part of the Principality of…

Shlomo Adler: the story of the rescue of a Jew from Galicia

Posted On: May 15th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, History

The Israeli newspaper Israel ha-Yom (Israel Today) published on the Day of Remembrance of Holocaust and Heroism, 2 May 2019, the story of the rescue of Shlomo Adler from the town of Bolekhiv in Western…

The Meridian: Chernivtsi

Posted On: May 13th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, History, Ethnography

Chernivtsi inspires the imagination. Sitting at the crossroads of great empires, this western Ukrainian city located in the country’s famed Bukovyna region was home to a myriad of writers, artists, musicians and ethnic groups, each…

A chat with Julia Korsunsky of RememberUs.org

Posted On: April 29th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

Today we’ll be speaking with Julia Korsunsky, whose story we first heard on Nash Holos last year. Julia is the Executive Director of RememberUs.org, a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts. Her organization is involved in…

Lecture by Paul Robert Magocsi: Regionalism and Jewish Ukraine

Posted On: April 25th, 2019

Posted In: Commentary, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, History, Commentary and Analysis

[Editor’s note: Prof. Paul Robert Magocsi gave the following lecture on March 28, 2019 at the Ukrainian Institute of America during a discussion of the book “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence”. The event…

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