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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Israelis held a marathon race in support of Ukraine. This very successful sports event took place in Hayarkon, Tel Aviv's largest park. Over 600 people took part in the charitable action. The Run for Ukraine...
The largest pro-Ukrainian rally in the history of Israel took place on the evening of Saturday, 26 February, in the center of Tel Aviv, on the square in front of the Habima National Theater. There...
Ukrainian researcher Dr. Marta Havryshko gave a lecture at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem titled “History, Memory and National identification: Memory Wars in Modern Ukraine” at the Institute of Modern Jewry on 17 November 2021....
Video: International seminar "Above and around the Ravine: Memory Wars in Ukrainian-Jewish History, the Traumas of the Holocaust and the Holodomor," 11–13 November 2021, city of Netanya, Israel The non-profit organization Israeli Friends of Ukraine,...
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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.
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.
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."
The goal of the richly illustrated catalogue is to present an integrated narrative that looks at the experience of these two peoples together, in all its complexity — through periods of crisis, as well as long stretches of normal co-existence and multifaceted cultural interaction from antiquity to 1914.
