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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…

The Jews of western Ukraine during the interwar period

Posted On: March 9th, 2018

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

The historian Maksym Gon talks about the Jewish community against the background of the [post-First World War] Ukrainian-Polish confrontation, Ukrainian-Jewish cooperation during elections in Poland, and the Jews of Bukovyna and Transcarpathia in the interwar…

Ukrainian and Jewish political prisoners in the gulag: toward solidarity, mutual understanding and cooperation

Posted On: February 27th, 2018

Posted In: The Odessa Review, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, History

The penal institutions in which the Soviet Union imprisoned dissenters had as their purported aim not simply the act of isolating and punishing political opponents but also of “correcting”, or “re-educating” them. It is therefore…

From conflict to cooperation: Ukrainian-Jewish relations’ bumpy path

Posted On: January 31st, 2018

Posted In: The Odessa Review, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, History

For much of the history of Ukraine, it was difficult to speak of anything akin to Ukrainian-Jewish relations. Jewish assimilation into the broader Ukrainian society was always a complex issue, but myriad connections and positive…

The Zaporozhian Sich and the Jews: Complicated relationships and unexpected roles

Posted On: December 5th, 2017

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

The historian Volodymyr Liubchenko talks about the difficult relationship between Jews and the Cossack Sich in the eighteenth century, the haidamaka rebels, and myths around this period. Andriy Kobalia: Good day. This is the program…

The “Struggle Against Cosmopolitanism” and “Zhdanovshchyna,” or repressions against Jews and Ukrainians

Posted On: November 16th, 2017

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

The historian Oley Bashan discusses repressions against Ukrainians and Jews in the second half of the 1940s and the early 1950s. Andrei Kobalia: How did Ukrainian society perceive Jews in the 1930s and 1940s, during…

The shared history of Jews and Ukrainians in two empires

Posted On: November 9th, 2017

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

We speak with the historian Anatoly Podolsky, director of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, about the Beilis Affair in Kyiv, the [Russian] occupation of Lviv in 1914-15, and other topics. Andriy Kobalia: Before we…

Examining the relationship between Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times, 1917-1920

Posted On: October 24th, 2017

Posted In: Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

Centennials offer moments for reflection. The one hundredth anniversary of a major turning point in history provides an excellent opportunity for re-evaluation and reconsideration. In the spring of 1917 the Russian Empire came to an…

Franko and Jabotinsky: Setting the stage for cross-cultural understanding between Ukrainians and Jews

Posted On: October 10th, 2017

Posted In: Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

Two writers, two politicians. Two outstanding public figures. And two intriguing viewpoints on the historic challenges of Ukrainian-Jewish relations. The Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko passed away in 1916. The Zionist leader Vladimir Jabotinsky was from…

“Whosoever saves a single life, saves an entire universe”

Posted On: September 8th, 2017

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

Andriy Kobalia: I think we should begin by saying that nearly 2,500 Ukrainians have been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. In Ukraine, the first mass killings of the Jewish population by Nazi troops began…