"Jews must leave the city of Kharkiv," wrote a German soldier or officer on the back of this photo, and calmly proceeded to write with his ink pen. This photo can be dated even though...
A roundtable discussion about the book Babyn Yar: History and Memory occurred on 21 November at the 2024 ASEEES Annual Convention in Boston. The roundtable members were Olga Kiyan of Harvard University, Norman Naimark of...
Paul Robert Magocsi, Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto and UJE Board Member, and Peter Johnsson, renowned Swedish journalist and historian who has written several books on Poland and Ukraine, discussed the...
[Editor's note: Earlier this year, a lively debate took place in Ukrainian media about the Holocaust and memory in the context of Russia's criminal war against Ukraine. On 18-19 November, we offer two points of...
[Editor's note: Earlier this year, a debate took place in Ukrainian media about the Holocaust and memory in the context of Russia's criminal war against Ukraine. On 18-19 November, we offer two points of view...
Our series of articles on the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations tells the stories of Jews rescued by Ukrainians. In contrast, this piece is about Israelis helping Ukrainians from the Righteous families during the ongoing...
Ottawa — September 25, 2024 University of Ottawa On September 25th, 2024, the University of Ottawa, in conjunction with the Ukrainian-Canadian Congress and UJE, brought together politicians, community leaders, and students to a presentation by...
The panel discussion that took place at the Lviv BookForum on 6 October was devoted to the discussion of the nature of genocides in the history of mankind — from biblical times, the tragedy of...
On 1 August 2024, a new English-language edition of Babyn Yar: History and Memory was launched in Uzhhorod with UJE support. The participants included Paul Robert Magocsi, Professor of history and political science at the...
The following interview with Georges Mink, a French sociologist and specialist in the field of memory studies and the use of the politics of memory in the pursuit of geopolitical goals, zeroes in on the...
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.
Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:
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."
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.
