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    The “Israeli Friends of Ukraine”

    Posted On: June 1st, 2016
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    The non-profit organization “Israeli Friends of Ukraine” (IFU) is dedicated to strengthening the relationship between Israel and Ukraine and between Ukrainians and Jews by developing an effective cultural dialog and promoting efforts to raise the...

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    Southern Israel wore Ukrainian embroidered shirts

    Posted On: May 22nd, 2025
    Posted In: Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    The VYSHYVANKA FEST 2025 festival was held with great success in Ashkelon, southern Israel's largest city, which is adjacent to the Gaza Strip and has repeatedly been subjected to rocket attacks by terrorists. Yevhen Korniychuk,...

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    A brotherly gift from Israel for the Ukrainians of the Bratsk Community

    Posted On: February 27th, 2025
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    This story began in Tel Aviv during the celebration of Ukraine's Independence Day on 24 August 2024. The event was a pro-Ukrainian festival organized by the Israeli Friends of Ukraine, supported by the Ukrainian Jewish...

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    Israelis for Ukraine — and vice versa: the premiere of the film "Parallels: Beyond Borders" in Tel Aviv

    Posted On: November 7th, 2024
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    On 31 October 2024, the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv premiered the documentary film Parallels: Beyond Borders. The non-profit organization Israeli Friends of Ukraine carried out this large-scale project with the...

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    Israeli Pro-Ukrainian festival raised money for an ambulance for Ukraine and aid to IDF soldiers

    Posted On: September 26th, 2024
    Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, Sponsored Projects, Israeli Friends of Ukraine, Outreach

    In September 2024, the NGO Israeli Friends of Ukraine will purchase a fully equipped ambulance for emergency medical care in frontline areas suffering from Russian aggression as a gift to Ukraine. Funds for this were...

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    How Israel's biggest pro-Ukrainian festival is helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine

    Posted On: July 12th, 2023
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    The pro-Ukrainian Etno-Khutir 2023 festival, held in Tel Aviv for the seventh year in a row, was a huge success. This is the main cultural event for Israelis who are interested in Ukraine and who...

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    When Tel Aviv resembled a real Ukrainian city

    Posted On: May 25th, 2023
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    The streets of Sarona have never looked as colorful as they did on 18 May 2023. That day several hundred Israelis from various cities in Israel came together in a park in the Sarona neighborhood...

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    The tragedies of Ukrainian and Jewish history and the present day: An open dialogue in Israel

    Posted On: December 21st, 2022
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    The international seminar "Genocide and War Crimes in the Context of Ukrainian and Jewish History and Russia's War against Ukraine" has opened up new horizons for understanding questions related to the joint history of Ukrainians...

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    Israelis' unprecedented interest in Ukraine: Ethno-Khutir 2022 in Tel Aviv

    Posted On: July 28th, 2022
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    The festival of Ukrainian culture, music, and food known as Ethno-Khutir has taken place in Israel since 2015, becoming the most formidable pro-Ukrainian event in the country’s cultural landscape.   This year’s festival, however, saw...

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    UJE congratulates Israeli partner with prestigious Ukrainian award

    Posted On: July 25th, 2022
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) congratulates Anna Zharova and Vyacheslav Feldman, co-founders and co-chairs of the non-profit organization Israeli Friends of Ukraine (IFU), with the awarding of the Ukrainian Order of Merit (Third Degree). Volodymyr Zelensky,...

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    Posters in support of Ukraine on display in Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel

    Posted On: May 9th, 2022
    Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

    On the eve of Israel’s Independence Day in May 2022, twenty large posters were installed at bus stops in the city of Rishon LeTsiyon, which express support for the Ukrainians’ struggle for their freedom and...

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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?
      • Literature
      • Visual Arts
      • Music
      • Theatre
      • Cinema
      • Architecture
      • Language
      • Ethnography
      • Religion
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    • History
      • Jews on Ukrainian Lands
      • Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History
      • The Holocaust in Ukraine
      • Ukrainians who saved Jews
      • Holodomor
      • Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky
      • Ukraine: A History Course
    • Diverse Voices
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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)

    Anthem Awards:

    • Bronze — Website Digital and Innovative Experiences (2024)

    Communicator Awards:

    • Gold — Website Non-Profit (2024)
    • Silver — Website Structure and Navigation (2024)
    • Silver — Website Visual Appeal and Aesthetics (2024).

     

    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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    FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

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