Relations between the states of Ukraine and Israel have always been robust, but they have grown significantly in recent years. One organization engaged in building a stronger bond between the two countries is “Israeli Friends...
These sessions were presented in Russian on 14-16 September 2017 at a seminar in Tel Aviv for Israeli youth entitled “Jews and Ukrainians: Controversial Issues of Historical Memory.” A round table discussion on the possibility...
These three lectures were presented in Russian on 14-16 September 2017 at a seminar in Tel Aviv for Israeli youth entitled “Jews and Ukrainians: Controversial Issues of Historical Memory.” Major topics from the lectures are...
Dr. Vasyl Rasevych is a senior academic at the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv, Ukraine. His two lectures were presented in Russian on 14-16 September 2017 at a seminar in...
A new documentary film by the Kharkiv-based director Borys Shusterman, screened recently in Israel, spotlights the residents of the Ukrainian village of Bobrovyi Kut, in the Kherson region, and their profound and painful awareness of...
[Editor’s note: The non-profit group Israeli Friends of Ukraine and Ukrainian Jewish Encounter recently held a joint conference in Tel Aviv that explored the Ukrainian-Jewish relationship and historical memory. So readers may learn more about...
The tragic moments of Ukrainian and Jewish history were discussed at a three-day seminar entitled “Jews and Ukrainians: Controversial Issues of Historical Memory,” which ended late last week in Tel Aviv. The focus of the...
More than a thousand Israelis attended the third annual “Ethno-khutir” Ukrainian cultural heritage festival in Tel Aviv on 12 May 2017. The non-profit organization Israeli Friends of Ukraine, with the assistance of the Canadian charitable...
More than 500 Israelis took part in the very successful Ukrainian Style festival on November 6 in Tel Aviv. Despite raining cats and dogs, the Havana Club was packed with guests. It turned out that...
The Israeli non-governmental organization Israeli Friends of Ukraine will receive the 2015 Omelyan Kovch Award, announced award committee spokesman Stepan Stasiuk. This will be the fifth annual presentation of the award named after the Blessed...
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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.
