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How the Israelis rescue the families of the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations during the Russo-Ukrainian war

Posted On: November 11th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

Our series of articles on the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations tells the stories of Jews rescued by Ukrainians. In contrast, this piece is about Israelis helping Ukrainians from the Righteous families during the ongoing...

Videos: Professor Paul Robert Magocsi on Babyn Yar and memorialization

Posted On: October 24th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, UJE Initiatives, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Publications, History, Outreach

Ottawa — September 25, 2024 University of Ottawa On September 25th, 2024, the University of Ottawa, in conjunction with the Ukrainian-Canadian Congress and UJE, brought together politicians, community leaders, and students to a presentation by...

Josef Zissels

Posted On: September 23rd, 2024

Posted In: Did You Know?, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Culture, History

Josef Zissels, a dissident of Jewish origin, is the co-president of Ukraine's Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD) and executive vice-president of Ukraine's Congress of Ethnic Communities. He is an outstanding public figure who...

Video: Meridian Czernowitz, the poetry and fate of Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger

Posted On: September 19th, 2024

Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Literature, Culture, History, Outreach

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a long-standing sponsor of the Meridian Czernowitz International Poetry Festival in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, which took place on 6–8 September 2024. This year's program included discussions on the Ukrainian-Jewish literary dialogue,...

How families of the Righteous survive in war-torn Kyiv

Posted On: September 5th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

By Marharyta Ormotsadze Ukrainian Jewish Encounter reports on the extreme conditions in which the families of the Righteous Among the Nations are forced to survive in the capital of Ukraine One of the largest cities...

Prominent Jews in the history of Kharkiv

Posted On: August 27th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Did You Know?, Culture, History

Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine. In 2024, as it fights off Russian aggression, Kharkiv marks the 370th anniversary of a Ukrainian Cossack fortress, its inception point. Jews have been an important, influential,...

Paths to success: Jewish businesses at the turn of the nineteenth century and their (in)visibility

Posted On: August 12th, 2024

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

A conversation about entrepreneurship and business in Ukraine in the second half of the nineteenth–early twentieth centuries, particularly the sector that was in the hands of the Jewish community. The second half of the nineteenth...

It was hard to return to Karaism — Abraham Kefeli

Posted On: July 29th, 2024

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

Our guest is Abraham Kefeli, a hazzan and teacher of computer music, music theory, piano, arrangement, and composition. He is a Karaite who was born in Simferopol and now lives in Israel. On 9 August,...

"These people aimed to prove that Jewish art existed." Lviv's Jewish artists in the early 20th century

Posted On: July 2nd, 2024

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

Art critic Bohdana Pinchevska talks about secular Jewish art of Eastern Galicia in 1900–1939. Bohdana Pinchevska's book on secular Jewish art Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: Today, we will talk about your book. This book, I'm sure, is...

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...

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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.

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."

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.

How the Israelis rescue the families of the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations during the Russo-Ukrainian war

Videos: Professor Paul Robert Magocsi on Babyn Yar and memorialization

Josef Zissels

Video: Meridian Czernowitz, the poetry and fate of Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger

How families of the Righteous survive in war-torn Kyiv

Prominent Jews in the history of Kharkiv

Paths to success: Jewish businesses at the turn of the nineteenth century and their (in)visibility

It was hard to return to Karaism — Abraham Kefeli

"These people aimed to prove that Jewish art existed." Lviv's Jewish artists in the early 20th century

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

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

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A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Student's
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Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

Web Excellence Awards:

w3 Awards:

Anthem Awards:

Communicator Awards:

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

Download the complete 168-page book

A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Student's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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All-Ukrainian Student's
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