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Kyiv Jews helped create the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and gave rise to Golda Meir

Posted On: July 6th, 2026

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

Yulia Smilianska, Director of the Institute for Jewish Studies, talks about Jewish life in Kyiv over many centuries. History of Kyiv Jews Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: What did Kyiv sound like in the past? Where was Yiddish...

From Lviv University to introducing the concept of genocide: the story of Raphael Lemkin

Posted On: June 22nd, 2026

Posted In: Did You Know?, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, History, Audio/Visual Media

Raphael Lemkin was a lawyer of Jewish origin, a graduate of Lviv University, the author of the concept of genocide, and the initiator of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of...

Centenary of Symon Petliura's assassination: A Ukrainian-Jewish look at the past and the future

Posted On: May 25th, 2026

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

One hundred years ago, on 25 May 1926, Symon Petliura, the leader of the Ukrainian Directory in exile, was shot dead on a street in Paris by Sholem Schwarzbard, a Jewish poet, anarchist, and watchmaker....

Why Christian, Muslim, and Jewish chaplains of the Ukrainian Army met in a synagogue

Posted On: May 7th, 2026

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Ukrainian statehood and identity, Culture, History, Diverse Voices, Ethnography

In April 2026, the Central Synagogue of Ukraine (Kyiv Brodsky Synagogue) welcomed unusual guests — a large group of Christian and Muslim priests. David Milman, a Jewish chaplain of Ukraine's Armed Forces, welcomed his fellow...

Study: Ukrainians are more willing to accept Jews than Poles, Americans, or Canadians

Posted On: April 27th, 2026

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Ukrainian statehood and identity, History, Diverse Voices

In April 2026, Dr. Volodymyr Paniotto published the results of an interesting opinion survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), which he heads. At the end of 2025, KIIS explored attitudes toward...

Ilya Epstein linked Ukraine, Israel, and the USA

Posted On: March 26th, 2026

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

How a Jewish boy from a Ukrainian town lost in the forests and swamps of the Chernihiv region became a friend of the US president and played a key role in the recognition of the...

"Solomon's temple" near Kyiv: How a Jewish scholar developed Ukraine's agricultural industry

Posted On: January 29th, 2026

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

The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory recommends celebrating a number of famous people this year. Among them is Professor Solomon Frankfurt, an outstanding agrobiologist and economist. He was a statesman during the Ukrainian Revolution and...

Saving treasures from perdition

Posted On: December 18th, 2025

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

How Germany contributes to preserving Ukraine's Jewish heritage "I am impressed by the level of involvement of German specialists in our project to preserve Ukraine's Jewish heritage," said Yevhen Kotlyar, a professor at the Kharkiv...

Jewish culture as part of Ukrainian heritage: interview with researcher Khrystyna Semeryn

Posted On: December 8th, 2025

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize, Sponsored Projects, History, Audio/Visual Media

[Editor’s note: This interview with Khrystyna Semeryn was conducted earlier this year by Ukraine’s public radio, Hromadske Radio. The author was named winner of Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize in October 2025.] Jewish culture...

Religious and klezmer Jewish music and its links with Ukraine

Posted On: November 3rd, 2025

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

Our guest in the studio is Michal Stamova, who holds a Master's degree in Jewish Studies and consults Project Kesher Ukraine on Jewish education. An expert in the history, culture, and traditions of the Jewish...

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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.

Kyiv Jews helped create the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and gave rise to Golda Meir

From Lviv University to introducing the concept of genocide: the story of Raphael Lemkin

Centenary of Symon Petliura's assassination: A Ukrainian-Jewish look at the past and the future

Why Christian, Muslim, and Jewish chaplains of the Ukrainian Army met in a synagogue

Study: Ukrainians are more willing to accept Jews than Poles, Americans, or Canadians

Ilya Epstein linked Ukraine, Israel, and the USA

"Solomon's temple" near Kyiv: How a Jewish scholar developed Ukraine's agricultural industry

Saving treasures from perdition

Jewish culture as part of Ukrainian heritage: interview with researcher Khrystyna Semeryn

Religious and klezmer Jewish music and its links with Ukraine

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

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

All-Ukrainian Student's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022