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"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: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Visual Arts, History, Audio/Visual Media, 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...

"Rabbi’s Hen": A Jewish-Ukrainian ironic fairy tale

Posted On: June 19th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Culture, History, Ethnography, Religion

Fact: you can't read Russian folktales to Jewish children as they don't teach what is needed. I read "Ryaba the Hen" to my son, which left me in a mental shock. The plot is as...

"A strong person does not blame their problem on some ethnic group." The story of the Rapoport family

Posted On: June 17th, 2024

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

This Hromadske Radio broadcast is about Olena Ahamian, Liubov Rapoport, their development as painters, and their Jewish context. The guest in the studio is painter Olena Ahamian, Liubov Rapoport's sister. How Liubov Rapoport's and Olena...

Eugene Finkel: "I believe that Russian violence against Ukraine's civilian population is genocide"

Posted On: June 10th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Ukraina Moderna, History

The following conversation with the American political scientist and expert in comparative genocide is devoted to his comparative research on the Holocaust and understanding of the Russo-Ukrainian War. We discussed the consequences of the latest...

Jewish Kultur Lige (1918-1924), its legacy, and world-famous members

Posted On: May 13th, 2024

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

This episode of the Encounters program is about the Kultur Lige, a Jewish secular cultural and educational organization that was founded in Kyiv and operated in 1918-24. The program's guest is Leonid Finberg, a sociologist,...

Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin: "The current war clearly has a pronounced Jewish aspect"

Posted On: May 6th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, Ukraina Moderna, History, Ethnography

The Israeli political scientist and expert on the integration of olim (Jewish immigrants) from the former Soviet Union (FSU) into Israeli society discusses the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War on migration trends in the Jewish...

"Joseph Roth — Coming BAck," documentary by Oksana Lyniv

Posted On: April 17th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Culture, History, Music

Oksana Lyniv, the internationally known conductor and artistic director of the LvivMozArt festival, tells the stories of Joseph Roth and Leonard Bernstein and his parents in a documentary that also features a commemorative concert near...

What was the "anatomy" of the Holocaust in tri-national Galicia? Ukraїna Moderna

Posted On: April 8th, 2024

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Ukraina Moderna, History, Other Programs

Mykhaylo Gaukhman Historians like delving into the past, and I am no exception. Thus, I propose to start a discussion about a reviewed monograph by comparing two historical situations. In September 1655, the armies of Bohdan...

Roman Kabachiy: In a way, Zionism is a response to antisemitism

Posted On: April 2nd, 2024

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

What is Zionism, on what basis was it formed, and what should be done to make people understand that there is no antisemitism in Ukraine? These questions are discussed by Roman Kabachiy, a senior researcher...

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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.

"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

"Rabbi’s Hen": A Jewish-Ukrainian ironic fairy tale

"A strong person does not blame their problem on some ethnic group." The story of the Rapoport family

Eugene Finkel: "I believe that Russian violence against Ukraine's civilian population is genocide"

Jewish Kultur Lige (1918-1924), its legacy, and world-famous members

Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin: "The current war clearly has a pronounced Jewish aspect"

"Joseph Roth — Coming BAck," documentary by Oksana Lyniv

What was the "anatomy" of the Holocaust in tri-national Galicia? Ukraїna Moderna

Roman Kabachiy: In a way, Zionism is a response to antisemitism

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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All-Ukrainian Children'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 Children's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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All-Ukrainian Children's
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