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Honored anti-Semite: How Trofim Kichko became the star of anti-Zionism

Posted On: April 19th, 2021

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In the final decades of the Soviet era, hundreds of anti-Zionist books and brochures were published in millions of copies. Many authors secured themselves a steady income through their critique of “Jewish bourgeois nationalism.” Yet,…

“The individual and collective memory of Yevbaz is a certain construct; it is a mosaic of personal experience and the recollections of relatives and neighbors”: A conversation with Maryna Hrymych, pt. 2

Posted On: April 14th, 2021

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The continuation of the conversation about the Jewish Bazaar, Yevbaz, the renowned location in Kyiv that is portrayed in the novels of Maryna Hrymych. Iryna Slavinska: What is Yevbaz today? Maryna Hrymych: Today, Yevbaz is…

Any endeavor should have a “gesheft”: A conversation about Yevbaz with Maryna Hrymych, pt. 1

Posted On: April 12th, 2021

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A conversation with the writer and Doctor of Historical Sciences Maryna Hrymych. We talked about the Jewish Bazaar, a well-known area in Kyiv depicted in her novels. Iryna Slavinska: What is Yevbaz? Maryna Hrymych: Yevbaz…

The Ukrainian question in the world perception of Jabotinsky the Zionist

Posted On: March 24th, 2021

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

Copyright © 2021 RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty He was born in Odesa, studied in Switzerland, Italy, Austria, France, and Palestine, and died near New York City. In keeping with…

Chaim Radbil: How a Jewish socialist became a deputy of the Central Rada

Posted On: February 16th, 2021

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Chaim Radbil was a participant in the two Russian revolutions, a deputy of the Ukrainian Central Rada, counselor of the Vinnytsia Duma, lawyer, publisher, and journalist—an individual of whom his native city of Vinnytsia can…

“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

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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

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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….

(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

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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

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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

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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…