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“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…

How did Belz turn into a “city of newcomers”? The story of the ruins of a frontier town

Posted On: April 24th, 2019

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

The regional historian Lyubov Khomyn talks about Belz Hasidism, the central square, and the town’s Jewish history. Andriy Kobalia: This city is located three kilometers from the Polish border. In his research the historian Janusz…

A discussion in New York: Viewing the Ukrainian-Jewish relationship within historical contexts

Posted On: April 17th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Publications, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Symposia, History, Outreach

NEW YORK – The historic development of the Ukrainian-Jewish discourse, the need for a greater understanding of history and its contexts, as well as the current political situation in Ukraine were discussed during a wide-ranging…

History of the War beyond the Zbruch River and Jews in the Galician Army

Posted On: April 15th, 2019

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

Regional historian Petro Hutsal talks about Jewish military units in the Ukrainian Galician Army. In the fall of 1918 the Habsburg Empire fell after four years of war, and new states rose up from its…

Jewish Scouting: Born in Ukraine

Posted On: April 10th, 2019

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

It is generally known that the city of Lviv is the birthplace of the Polish and Ukrainian scout movements: harcerstwo and Plast, respectively. However, to this day hardly anyone is aware that the capital of…

How did Jews serve in the Russian, Austrian, and Soviet armies?

Posted On: April 1st, 2019

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

The historian Vladyslav Hrynevych spoke on the topic of Jews serving in the armies of the Romanovs, Habsburgs, and Bolsheviks. Historians often call the First World War the “Great War,” as it was the first…

Jewish nomads, or was the Khazar Khanate a Jewish State?

Posted On: March 19th, 2019

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

The historian Shaul Stampfer discusses the religion of Khazaria The Khazar Khanate existed from the seventh to the tenth century. At the peak of its prosperity this nomadic Turkic state controlled the Northern Caucasus, the…