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“When the Lenin monument was dismantled in the city of Kolomyia, it turned out that it had been standing on top of Jewish gravestones”—Yuri Andrukhovych

Posted On: December 16th, 2020

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

The sixth German–Ukrainian meeting of writers belonging to the Paperbridge Circle took place on 10–11 September in the form of the Paperbridge Circle 2020 telebridge between Ivano-Frankivsk and Berlin. The conversation with the writer Yuri…

A ducat, a broken tooth, and a black ḥupah: How Jews battled epidemics

Posted On: December 9th, 2020

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

In the mid-twentieth century, the causes of epidemics were not understood even by scientists, let alone ordinary people, who saw in this misfortune only Divine punishment and/or witchcraft, together with the machinations of evil forces….

Beneficiaries of the Holocaust: The Role of “Neighbors” in the Plunder of Jewish Property in Volyn during the Nazi Occupation

Posted On: December 8th, 2020

Posted In: Ukraina Moderna, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Other Programs, History

To the Raion Administration in Dąbrowica! The request of Pinkevych, Petro, who resides in Dąbrowica on 31 Shosova Street In keeping with permission granted to me to open a photography establishment, I request the transfer,…

The grandchildren of Ukrainians who saved Jewish children receive awards from Yad Vashem

Posted On: December 2nd, 2020

Posted In: Hadashot, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Other Programs, History

The Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ukraine, Joel Lion, recently presented the medal and diploma certifying the title of Righteous Among the Nations to Dmytro Stetsiuk of Zhytomyr, whose grandfather and grandmother were…

(Pt. 2) Jewish communities on the territory of Ukraine in the 16th–17th centuries: An interview with the researcher Natalya Starchenko

Posted On: November 26th, 2020

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

What was the cause of conflicts between Ukrainians and Jews? Did they take each other to court? How did trials take place? We are continuing our conversation about the life of Jewish communities in the…

(Pt. 1) Jewish communities on the territory of Ukraine in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: An interview with the researcher Natalya Starchenko

Posted On: November 24th, 2020

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

What do we know about the life of Jewish communities on the territory of Ukraine in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? How did people of different cultures and religions coexist? How did they communicate? Did…

“It is important to re-evaluate Ukraine as a territory of freedom and patronage, a defender of minorities”— Oles Kulchynsky

Posted On: November 5th, 2020

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

We are talking about the South of Ukraine, the intersection of cultures and civilizations. Our guest on today’s show is the Orientalist and translator Oles Kulchynsky. Oles Kulchynsky: The Black Sea Lowland [Prychornomoria] is an…

Overcoming death: A Ukrainian-Jewish love story

Posted On: October 27th, 2020

Posted In: The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

In 1936 a young Ukrainian named Nestor Sniadanko, a native of the city of Sokal, in Galicia, began his studies at the Faculty of German Philology at Lviv University. There he met a fellow student,…

A Ruthenian-Ukrainian bishop holds the title of Righteous Among the Nations

Posted On: October 16th, 2020

Posted In: The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the death of Pavlo Petro Goidych (1888–1960), bishop of the Greek Catholic Church of Slovakia and a distinguished religious figure of Ruthenian-Ukrainian background, to whom Israel awarded the…

Marla Osborn: How a U.S. citizen is saving Ukraine’s Jewish heritage

Posted On: September 21st, 2020

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, History

Originally appeared in Russian @jewishnews.com.ua Marla Osborn is an American citizen who is engaged in the preservation of Jewish heritage in western Ukraine and heads the project Rohatyn Jewish Heritage. Marla actively shares the successes…

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