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…
The international seminar “When the Word Kills or Saves: Church Leaders, Intellectual Authorities, and the Press during the Holocaust and the Holodomor” was held in the Israeli city of Acre in November 2019. For the…
JERUSALEM – The Valley of the Communities at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, is perched high atop Mount Herzl, surrounded by pine trees and silence. On this particular day, an evening breeze has cooled…
“With this film I want to break the silence in Israel on the Holodomor,” said Israeli actor, director, and producer Dim Amor in an interview with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. The film is being shot…
The historian Iryna Sklokina discusses the unofficial memory of the Holocaust during Soviet times, the search for unknown heroes, and the struggle to establish monuments. Today we will be talking about a lecture that took…
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 history behind the creation of various projects to memorialize Babyn Yar is recounted by Josef Zissels, a former dissident and the current co-president of the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities, the VAAD of…
The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is a supporter of the program “Jews and Ukrainians: Re-Assessing the Past and Looking Into the Future” at the Ukrainian Institute London, U.K. The following is a review of a panel…
Rohatyn is a city in western Ukraine with a centuries-old Jewish heritage that was almost completely destroyed by the Holocaust and its aftermath. Like many cities and towns across Ukraine, however, work is being done…
UJE Board Member Wolf Moskovich appeared with Holocaust survivor Lili Stern-Pohlmann at a presentation sponsored by London’s Ukrainian Institute and the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter on 4 October 2018 to discuss the legacy of Andrei Sheptytsky,…
