The State of Israel was created and built by Jewish settlers who came mainly from Eastern Europe. Among them were quite a few natives of Ukraine, especially from central (Dnipro) Ukraine, which was part of…
Ruth Ellen Gruber is an American journalist, author, editor and researcher. Her book, Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe, was first published twenty-five years ago and is still considered the most complete Jewish…
Ruth Ellen Gruber is an American journalist, author, editor and researcher. She has published and lectured widely and has won several awards for her work on Jewish heritage and contemporary Jewish issues in Europe. Her…
How Jews began leaving their ghettoes for the spacious streets of large European cities. The Age of Enlightenment began in Europe in the eighteenth century. In this new system of ethics, the supreme value was…
A milestone discussion “Jews and new Ukraine” took place in London on 29 January 2019. Leading figures participated in the talk, which was moderated by Peter Pomerantev, the well-known British writer who is currently a…
Panel discussion at JW3 held by Ukrainian Institute London in partnership with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. Jewish communities have lived on the territory of contemporary Ukraine since the late 9th century, yet the Jewish-Ukrainian identity…
[Editor’s note: Irene Nemirovsky joins Aharon Appelfeld and Amos Oz as a writer with deep ties to Ukraine, but who is still largely unknown by the country’s citizens. 24 February 2019 marks the 116th anniversary…
Ukrainian Jewish Heritage is a series that has been ongoing here at Nash Holos for several years now, sponsored by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter of Toronto. The series … for me and also, I hope,…
The history behind the creation of various projects to memorialize Babyn Yar is recounted by Josef Zissels, a former dissident and the current co-president of the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities, the VAAD of…
The milestone discussion “Jews and new Ukraine” that took place in London on 29 January 2019 touched on a number of important topics currently debated as the country moves toward Europe and democratic reforms. Leading…
