The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is proud to announce its sponsorship of a new program on Ukraine’s public radio network Hromadske Radio. Called “Zustrichi,” or “Encounters,” the show will explore the diverse relationship between Ukrainians and...
The story of the mixed marriage of Ivan Rudnytsky and Ida Spiegel, who gave birth to the prominent figures Mykhailo Rudnytsky, Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky, Milena Rudnytska, Antin Rudnytsky, and Volodymyr Rudnytsky. Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: Today’s guest of...
Ukrainian historian Vladyslav Hrynevych, Sr., discusses modern practices of commemorating WWII victims and heroes. Ukraine is rapidly rethinking its memorial space and commemorative practices, rejecting many elements of the Soviet narrative. At the same time,...
Dr. Yehor Vradii, deputy director of the Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine Museum in Dnipro and deputy director of Tkuma: Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies, discusses how Ukrainians preserve the memory of Jewish tragedies....
Serhiy Hirik, lecturer in Jewish studies at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, discusses the history and marginalization of the word zhyd. Etymology of zhyd Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: I have recently overheard a conversation in which Jews were constantly...
The Encounters program features a discussion about Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls with Vitaly Chernoivanenko, president of the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies. Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: What is Qumran? What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?...
[Editor’s note: This interview with Khrystyna Semeryn was conducted earlier this year by Ukraine’s public radio, Hromadske Radio. The author was named winner of Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize in October 2025.] Jewish culture...
Our guest in the studio is Michal Stamova, who holds a Master's degree in Jewish Studies and consults Project Kesher Ukraine on Jewish education. An expert in the history, culture, and traditions of the Jewish...
[Editor’s note: The annual Meridian Czernowitz International Poetry Festival will take place in Chernivtsi, the birthplace of Paul Celan, from 5-7 September 2025.] Petro Rykhlo, a literary critic, translator, and Professor of the Department of...
Valentyn Bushansky, PhD in political science and junior sergeant of the 244th battalion in the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine, discusses the works of Isaac Babel and his difficult relationship with Ukraine. He was...
[Editor’s note: This program originally aired on 30 January 2025 in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day.] Roza Tapanova, director of the Babyn Yar National Historical and Memorial Reserve, discusses a new exhibition. On the exhibition...
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.
