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    Did Jews help the Nazis?

    Posted On: August 4th, 2021
    Posted In: Commentary, Hadashot, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Commentary and Analysis

    Today it is very difficult to deny the Holocaust, as many eyewitnesses are still alive, and their testimonies are unassailable. The tactics of deniers have therefore changed. They say that the Catastrophe did take place,...

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    Will Hlukhiv become the second Uman?

    Posted On: June 29th, 2021
    Posted In: Hadashot, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, History, Other Programs

    In the summer of 2020, a monument to the victims of the anti-Jewish pogrom of 1918 was unveiled at the ancient Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv, on the initiative of the chairman of that city’s Jewish...

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    Honored antisemite: How Trofim Kichko became the star of anti-Zionism

    Posted On: April 19th, 2021
    Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hadashot, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, History, Other Programs

    In the final decades of the Soviet era, hundreds of anti-Zionist books and brochures were published in millions of copies. Many authors secured themselves a steady income through their critique of “Jewish bourgeois nationalism.” Yet,...

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    How the police chief of Budaniv gave up his life for the Jews

    Posted On: April 5th, 2021
    Posted In: Hadashot, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Other Programs

    The western Ukrainian village of Budaniv (Pol. Budzanów) in the Ternopil region boasts a number of Jewish historical monuments. Recently, the traditional triad of “synagogue–Jewish development–cemetery” was supplemented by the installation of a monument to...

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    Anna Khromova: To this day, many people in Israel do not realize the Ukrainian language exists

    Posted On: March 22nd, 2021
    Posted In: Hadashot, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture

    How long ago did Israel realize that Ukraine is not Russia? What do the People of the Book read? Is there a chance for Ukrainian literature in this Jewish country? Which Israeli authors will we...

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    Chaim Radbil: How a Jewish socialist became a deputy of the Central Rada

    Posted On: February 16th, 2021
    Posted In: Hadashot, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, History, Other Programs

    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...

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    A ducat, a broken tooth, and a black ḥupah: How Jews battled epidemics

    Posted On: December 9th, 2020
    Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hadashot, Sponsored Projects, History, Other Programs

    In the mid-twentieth century, the causes of epidemics were not understood even by scientists, let alone ordinary people, who saw in this misfortune only Divine punishment and/or witchcraft, together with the machinations of evil forces....

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    The grandchildren of Ukrainians who saved Jewish children receive awards from Yad Vashem

    Posted On: December 2nd, 2020
    Posted In: Hadashot, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Other Programs

    The Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ukraine, Joel Lion, recently presented the medal and diploma certifying the title of Righteous Among the Nations to Dmytro Stetsiuk of Zhytomyr, whose grandfather and grandmother were...

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    Myroslav Shkandrij: “There are problems in Ukraine that are challenging historians, writers, and civil society”

    Posted On: December 18th, 2019
    Posted In: Hadashot, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, History, Diverse Voices, Other Programs

    How did the stereotype of the “keys to the church” arise? Was Taras Shevchenko an antisemite? Who was the first Jewish voice in Ukrainian literature? And why did Jews in the shtetls keep Ukrainian theaters...

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    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, History, Other Programs

    What are the causes of postwar antisemitism 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...

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      • Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize
      • Babyn Yar Commemoration (1941-2016)
      • All-Ukrainian student's drawing competition
      • Sheptytsky Award
      • Symposia
        • Israel’s Experience of Nation-Building: Lessons for Ukraine
      • Shared Historical Narrative
      • Exhibits
        • A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter
      • Outreach
        • Book Fairs/Festivals
        • Limmud FSU
        • World Jewish Congress
    • Sponsored Projects
      • Dukh i Litera Digital Library
      • Krytyka, "War is…"
      • Publications
        • eBook: "Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence"
      • Audio/Visual Media
        • Hromadske Radio
        • Nash Holos
        • Kontakt TV
        • Finding Babel
      • Other Programs
        • Hadashot
        • Agnon Literary Centre
        • Ukraina Moderna
        • Zahid.net
        • The Odessa Review
        • Israeli Friends of Ukraine
        • Istorychna Pravda
        • Special Projects
    • Culture
      • Did You Know?
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      • Visual Arts
      • Music
      • Theatre
      • Cinema
      • Architecture
      • Language
      • Ethnography
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      • Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History
      • The Holocaust in Ukraine
      • Ukrainians who saved Jews
      • Holodomor
      • Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky
      • Ukraine: A History Course
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    Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

    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.

    Explore the UJE Timeline

    As Ukraine defends its very existence against Russia, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline serves to counter the malicious and false narratives about Ukraine and its history. The Timeline demonstrates that Ukraine is home to diverse peoples and, for centuries, one of the world’s oldest and largest Jewish communities.

    Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:

    Web Excellence Awards:

    • Excellence — Website Non-profit (2023)

    w3 Awards:

    • Silver — Website Non-profit (2023)
    • Silver — Website Best Structure and Navigation (2023)
    • Silver— Website Best Visual Appeal and Aesthetics (2023)

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    • Bronze — Website Digital and Innovative Experiences (2024)

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    Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize  

    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."

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