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    "It's our shared tragedy": Shaping Babyn Yar memory in Ukraine

    Posted On: January 20th, 2025
    Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Audio/Visual Media

    Anton Drobovych, head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, discusses how the memory of Babyn Yar is being shaped in Ukraine. Babyn Yar as a collective tragedy Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: On 29 September, we commemorate...

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    "Jews must leave the city of Kharkiv"

    Posted On: December 17th, 2024
    Posted In: The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

    "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...

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    Video: ASEEES Convention book discussion "Babyn Yar: History and Memory"

    Posted On: December 17th, 2024
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Outreach

    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...

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    Video: Paul Robert Magocsi and Peter Johnsson discuss Babyn Yar at Sweden's Lund University

    Posted On: November 26th, 2024
    Posted In: Literature, Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

    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...

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    "A shift in emphasis" or a search for the truth? How Ukraine should respond to the memory of the Holocaust being instrumentalized during the war

    Posted On: November 19th, 2024
    Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Diverse Voices

    [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...

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    Memory of the Holocaust as a weapon in a hybrid war

    Posted On: November 18th, 2024
    Posted In: Ukrainian statehood and identity, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Diverse Voices

    [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...

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    How the Israelis rescue the families of the Ukrainian Righteous Among the Nations during the Russo-Ukrainian war

    Posted On: November 11th, 2024
    Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Ukrainians who saved Jews, History

    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...

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    Videos: Professor Paul Robert Magocsi on Babyn Yar and memorialization

    Posted On: October 24th, 2024
    Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Publications, History, Outreach

    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...

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    Video: Genocides in the history of humanity and Ukraine: Memory, Memorialization, and Modern Challenges

    Posted On: October 17th, 2024
    Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, UJE Initiatives, Literature, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Outreach

    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...

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    New edition of "Babyn Yar: History and Memory" launched in Uzhhorod

    Posted On: September 29th, 2024
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Publications, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Outreach

    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...

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      • Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize
      • Babyn Yar Commemoration (1941-2016)
      • All-Ukrainian student's drawing competition
      • Sheptytsky Award
      • Symposia
        • Israel’s Experience of Nation-Building: Lessons for Ukraine
      • Shared Historical Narrative
      • Exhibits
        • A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter
      • Outreach
        • Book Fairs/Festivals
        • Limmud FSU
        • World Jewish Congress
    • Sponsored Projects
      • Dukh i Litera Digital Library
      • Krytyka, "War is…"
      • Publications
        • eBook: "The Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Cultural Dimensions"
        • eBook: "Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence"
      • Audio/Visual Media
        • Hromadske Radio
        • Nash Holos
        • Kontakt TV
        • Finding Babel
      • Other Programs
        • Hadashot
        • Agnon Literary Centre
        • Ukraina Moderna
        • Zahid.net
        • The Odessa Review
        • Israeli Friends of Ukraine
        • Istorychna Pravda
        • Special Projects
    • Culture
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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.

    Explore the UJE Timeline

    As Ukraine defends its very existence against Russia, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline serves to counter the malicious and false narratives about Ukraine and its history. The Timeline demonstrates that Ukraine is home to diverse peoples and, for centuries, one of the world’s oldest and largest Jewish communities.

    Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:

    Web Excellence Awards:

    • Excellence — Website Non-profit (2023)

    w3 Awards:

    • Silver — Website Non-profit (2023)
    • Silver — Website Best Structure and Navigation (2023)
    • Silver— Website Best Visual Appeal and Aesthetics (2023)

    Anthem Awards:

    • Bronze — Website Digital and Innovative Experiences (2024)

    Communicator Awards:

    • Gold — Website Non-Profit (2024)
    • Silver — Website Structure and Navigation (2024)
    • Silver — Website Visual Appeal and Aesthetics (2024).

     

    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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    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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