Dave Bloom is a member of the board of an organization dedicated to preserving the story of two Jewish communities and surrounding areas in Ukraine. One of them is called Drohobycz and the other is…
The historian Iryna Yavorska talks about “Jerusalem on the Prut River” after the war, Soviet propaganda, and the Yiddish language in Chernivtsi. Andriy Kobalia: The Second World War changed the face of many Ukrainian cities….
Photo essay: A little-known page of Ukraine’s national history. Below is a photo essay about efforts to create Jewish colonies in the south of Ukraine and in Crimea with the help of Jewish organizations in…
The American historian Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern discusses the Golden Age of the Jewish town, Polish magnates, and fragments of shtetl culture. Iryna Slavinska: We met through the lecture “Shtetl: The Jewish Town Phenomenon,” which was held…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
