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“I always noticed a correspondence between the destinies of the Jewish and Ukrainian peoples during the Stalinist period”: Boris Khersonsky

Posted On: March 18th, 2020

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

Khersonsky talks about the repressions against the Jews, the Yiddish language, and family memory. Our guest today is the poet Boris Khersonsky. Our talk is pegged to a sad but very crucial date, 12 August...

Now available with English captions: Andriy Pavlyshyn: Fate and Memory

Posted On: March 10th, 2020

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Outreach

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization’s initiatives and...

Time to reject the myths of Andrei Sheptytsky – opinion

Source: jpost.com

Posted On: March 9th, 2020

Posted In: Commentary, History, Commentary and Analysis, Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky

Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Andrei Sheptytsky, together with Ukrainian Greek Catholic clergy, saved nearly 150 Jews in Western Ukraine during the Holocaust. On Sheptytsky’s orders, these people were provided with false documents identifying them as Greek Catholics – as well as shelter.

Semén Aizenshtein, the forgotten pioneer of national radio technology

Posted On: February 24th, 2020

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

In his native land Aizenshtein’s name was consigned to oblivion, despite the fact that after Popov’s death in 1906 he became his spiritual successor and the most prominent national figure in the field of radio...

Unique document from Ukraine put up for auction in Jerusalem

Posted On: February 20th, 2020

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

The Kedem Public Auction House held an unusual auction in the capital of Israel in July 2019. Whereas hundreds of lots and large collections are usually put up for auction, this time the entire auction...

"Making the Holocaust part of Ukrainian experience". Panel discussion at Jewish Museum London 26 January 2020

Posted On: February 12th, 2020

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Other Programs

On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, the Ukrainian Institute London held an important and timely panel discussion on how the Holocaust is remembered in Ukraine, in partnership with the Jewish Museum London and supported...

Ukraine: Holocaust and Memory. Panel discussion and artwork display in London

Posted On: February 10th, 2020

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Other Programs

Between 1939 and 1945, over a million Jews were murdered in the “Holocaust by Bullets” in Ukraine. During this period, three occupations swept the country: Soviet, Nazi and Soviet again, leading to between 8 and...

From Chufut-Kale to Lenindorf: How Jews arrived in Crimea

Posted On: February 3rd, 2020

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

The historian Mykhailo Tiahly discusses the Krymchaks and Karaites, and the peninsula’s Jewish history. The historian Serhii Plokhy calls Ukraine the “gates of Europe,” a country on the border of East and West. Owing to...

A historian and compiler of a scholarly collection explains how the Jews joined the Ukrainian Revolution

Posted On: January 15th, 2020

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

The historian Serhiy Hirik discusses a collection of articles entitled The Jews of Ukraine: Revolution and Post-Revolutionary Modernization. Serhiy Hirik: This book is based on papers that were presented at the conference “The Jews of...

Myroslav Shkandrij: “There are problems in Ukraine that are challenging historians, writers, and civil society”

Posted On: December 18th, 2019

Posted In: Hadashot, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, History, Diverse Voices, Other Programs

How did the stereotype of the “keys to the church” arise? Was Taras Shevchenko an antisemite? Who was the first Jewish voice in Ukrainian literature? And why did Jews in the shtetls keep Ukrainian theaters...

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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.

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“I always noticed a correspondence between the destinies of the Jewish and Ukrainian peoples during the Stalinist period”: Boris Khersonsky

Now available with English captions: Andriy Pavlyshyn: Fate and Memory

Time to reject the myths of Andrei Sheptytsky – opinion

Semén Aizenshtein, the forgotten pioneer of national radio technology

Unique document from Ukraine put up for auction in Jerusalem

"Making the Holocaust part of Ukrainian experience". Panel discussion at Jewish Museum London 26 January 2020

Ukraine: Holocaust and Memory. Panel discussion and artwork display in London

From Chufut-Kale to Lenindorf: How Jews arrived in Crimea

A historian and compiler of a scholarly collection explains how the Jews joined the Ukrainian Revolution

Myroslav Shkandrij: “There are problems in Ukraine that are challenging historians, writers, and civil society”

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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FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Student's
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2021/2022

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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 Student's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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