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Ukrainians, Jews, and others. Life is more complicated than historical memory

Posted On: August 1st, 2018

Why did the Jews of Kyiv have the writings of Rambam translated into the Ruthenian language? How did the Jewish elite of the Rzeczpospolita [the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1569-1795—Ed.] drive out their fellow community members from...

How and what do we want to remember? The Historian Andriy Portnov discusses genocides in Ukraine

Posted On: July 30th, 2018

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Audio/Visual Media, Holodomor

The historian Andriy Portnov is at the Encounters studio today. Our conversation is pegged to the annual roundtable “Ukrainian Society and the Memory of the Holocaust: Scholarly and Educational Aspects,” which took place on 27...

How has the face of Lutsk changed? The history of three Jewish quarters

Posted On: June 27th, 2018

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

Regional historian Oleksandr Kotys talks about the lost city, the small, narrow streets of the Jewish quarters, and the rise of the Lutsk ghetto. In the center of Lutsk stands the eighteenth-century Great Synagogue. Permission...

Serhii Kravtsov: During the Soviet period, attempts were made to erase the traces of urban Jewish communities

Posted On: June 15th, 2018

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

Iryna Slavinska: Today the Encounters program is hosting Dr. Serhii Kravtsov, an architectural historian at Hebrew University’s Center for Jewish Art in Jerusalem. We are talking about Jewish architecture and its traces in Ukrainian cities....

Exploring the legacy of the Holocaust in Ukraine

Posted On: May 14th, 2018

Posted In: Commentary, Sponsored Projects, Literature, Nash Holos, Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Audio/Visual Media, History, Commentary and Analysis

Guilt, justice, and family ties. These dramatic themes are recalled today due to the recent publication of the Ukrainian-language edition of East-West Street by Phillip Sands, a book presented by the author at the 2017...

“The theme of Andrei Sheptytsky had an impact on me”: Shimon Redlich, a historian who survived the Holocaust

Posted On: April 23rd, 2018

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Commentary, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History, Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky, Commentary and Analysis

Professor Shimon Redlich was saved by a Ukrainian family during the Holocaust. We talk with him about Andrei Sheptytsky and the reasons why he has not been awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations....

The mysterious fate of a Jewish hero of Ukraine

Posted On: April 12th, 2018

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, History

In December 2017, a memorial plaque was dedicated in Vinnytsia in honor of Semen Yakerson, a Jewish officer of the Ukrainian National Republic Army. But his life in exile in Czechoslovakia and the circumstances of...

“Together but practically separate”: How Ukrainians, Jews, and Poles lived in the “Happy Austro-Hungarian Empire”

Posted On: April 2nd, 2018

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

Yuri Andrukhovych and Ivan Monolatii discuss the history of one Galician city. Andriy Kobalia: Western Ukrainians are still nostalgic about the period when the stillness of the forests began to be disrupted by arriving trains,...

Meir Dizengoff: The Odessan who built Tel Aviv

Posted On: March 30th, 2018

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, History, Other Programs, The Odessa Review

The legendary first mayor of Tel Aviv got his start in business in Odessa and France before becoming a major figure in the Zionist movement. This article appeared in the October/November 2017 issue of The...

Toronto Presentation of the new book “Don’t Tell the Enemy”

Posted On: March 13th, 2018

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Literature, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Publications, Culture, History, Symposia

Prize-winning writer Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch unveiled her book Don’t Tell the Enemy in Toronto to an enthusiastic audience made up largely of young people on February 23, 2018. Don’t Tell the Enemy is the story...

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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."

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Ukrainians, Jews, and others. Life is more complicated than historical memory

How and what do we want to remember? The Historian Andriy Portnov discusses genocides in Ukraine

How has the face of Lutsk changed? The history of three Jewish quarters

Serhii Kravtsov: During the Soviet period, attempts were made to erase the traces of urban Jewish communities

Exploring the legacy of the Holocaust in Ukraine

“The theme of Andrei Sheptytsky had an impact on me”: Shimon Redlich, a historian who survived the Holocaust

The mysterious fate of a Jewish hero of Ukraine

“Together but practically separate”: How Ukrainians, Jews, and Poles lived in the “Happy Austro-Hungarian Empire”

Meir Dizengoff: The Odessan who built Tel Aviv

Toronto Presentation of the new book “Don’t Tell the Enemy”

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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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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