On February 25, 2021, an on-line presentation of the Ukrainian translation of the book Clara’s War: One Girl’s Story of Survival took place. Authored by Clara Kramer, the Ukrainian-language version was published at the end…
Purim is a holiday Jews observe in memory of an ancient Jewish victory. The story of Purim is recounted in the Book of Esther in the Bible. It’s a story of treachery and warfare in…
The second part of the article examines the “tip of the iceberg” of the Soviet culture of memory of the victims of the Roma genocide, that is, the documentation of the occupation period which the…
Chaim Radbil was a participant in the two Russian revolutions, a deputy of the Ukrainian Central Rada, counselor of the Vinnytsia Duma, lawyer, publisher, and journalist—an individual of whom his native city of Vinnytsia can…
Despite the fact that an inclusive memory of the victims of the Nazi regime is being formed in Ukraine, why does the Roma genocide remain on the sidelines? To a significant degree, this is a…
The continuation of a conversation with Olena Braichenko, founder of the yizhakultura project, about contemporary Ukrainian cuisine and the variety of cultural trends that can be found in it. Iryna Slavinska: Speaking of home cooking,…
We talked about the interesting culinary areas that can be observed in Ukrainian culture. Olena Braichenko, the founder of the yizhakultura project, will help us figure things out. Olena Braichenko: The link between Ukrainian cuisine…
[Editor’s note: In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we are running a two-part series with famed Kyiv-born artist Matviy Vaisberg that aired on Hromadske Radio in 2020. The second part of the interview discusses…
[Editor’s note: Today the world is honoring the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. On 27 January 1945 Soviet troops of the First Ukrainian Front liberated the prisoners of the largest Nazi death camp,…
“A genocide begins with the killing of one man—not for what he has done, but because of who he is,” declared the diplomat and former United Nations General-Secretary Kofi Annan. [1] This apt statement requires some clarification, and it gives…
