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Magocsi and Petrovsky-Shtern on Jews and Ukrainians

Posted On: October 30th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Publications, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Symposia, History

UJE board member Paul Robert Magocsi has traveled extensively over the last two years promoting Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence, the book he co-authored with Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern. This spring, the two authors surprised…

Ivan Franko and his Jews: childhood, student years, politics

Posted On: October 28th, 2019

Posted In: Literature, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Istorychna Pravda, Other Programs, History

I will try to define Franko’s attitude to Jews, which ranges from sincere Judeophilism to radical Judeophobia. This ambiguity in the interpretation of his views intensified after the fall of the communist regime in Ukraine….

A translator reflects on how to return Hebrew writers to Ukraine

Posted On: October 21st, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Hromadske Radio, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Outreach

The translator Victor Radutzky discusses translations from Hebrew to Ukrainian and the reverse; Amos Oz, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and Vasyl Stus; and Kyiv and Jerusalem. Iryna Slavinska: Our guest on the program today is an…

Just in Case

Posted On: October 17th, 2019

Posted In: Agnon Literary Centre, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Other Programs

In Buchach, the roosters wake up at four o’clock in the morning. Perhaps the voices of the Buchach roosters have not changed since [Shem’uel Yosef] Agnon lived in the city. And now, during my stay…

“Through Agnon’s Texts: From Buchach to Jerusalem.” UJE at the 2019 Lviv BookForum

Posted On: October 16th, 2019

Posted In: Agnon Literary Centre, Book Fairs/Festivals, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Outreach

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 that we are presenting our organization’s initiatives…

What is Shevchenko? A curiosity or a manifestation of the viability of the Ukrainian people

Posted On: October 10th, 2019

Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Istorychna Pravda

Many among us indeed consider Taras Shevchenko a linguistic curiosity. To them, it appears to be an oddity, a curiosity: the man had an excellent command of Russian and was able to pen his poems…

Dr. Diana Dumitru: No direct evidence yet of Stalin’s planned deportation of the Jews

Posted On: October 7th, 2019

Posted In: Hadashot, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, History

What are the causes of postwar anti-Semitism in the USSR, how was cosmopolitanism combated on the ground, and is the theory about the deportation of Jews to the Far East in 1953 justified? These are…

Klezmer music is part of the great traditional culture of Ukraine

Posted On: October 3rd, 2019

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Music

Clarinetist Mitya Gerasimov, the leader of the Kyiv-based Pushkin Klezmer Band, reveals how klezmer is linked to jazz, fakelore, and new but traditional Jewish music. Iryna Slavinska: In this podcast we will be listening to…

Mykola Krasovsky: From the Beilis affair to the Intelligence Service of the Ukrainian National Republic

Posted On: September 24th, 2019

Posted In: Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Istorychna Pravda, Other Programs, History

[Editor’s note: In Kyiv in 1913 Mendel Beilis, a Jew, was accused of the ritual murder of Andrii Yushchynsky, a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy. Mykola Krasovsky, the lead investigator of the Kyiv Police Department, carried out…

Literary Residency continued in Buchach with UJE support

Posted On: September 12th, 2019

Posted In: Agnon Literary Centre, Publications, Sponsored Projects

With the support of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, a Canadian charitable foundation, the Agnon Literary Center announces the literary residency in Buchach to be held in September-November 2019. This is a short-term guest residency that…

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