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“Jewish faces of Catholic saints”: Yevheniya Kononenko on the riddles of small towns and great artists

Posted On: March 16th, 2020

Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Agnon Literary Centre, Culture, Other Programs

Yevheniya Kononenko, a Ukrainian writer, translator from the French and English, author of feminist prose works, and a resident of Kyiv, did a residency at the Agnon Literary Center in Buchach. She stayed for one...

Buchach in words: Why is more written about this raion center in Ternopil oblast than about the oblast center?

Posted On: March 9th, 2020

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Agnon Literary Centre, Other Programs

At the beginning of the last century, the Jewish writer Shmuel Agnon meticulously evoked in his books what life was like in his native city in Galicia. Later he became the first Hebrew-speaking writer to...

Semén Aizenshtein, the forgotten pioneer of national radio technology

Posted On: February 24th, 2020

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Sponsored Projects, History, Other Programs, Istorychna Pravda

In his native land Aizenshtein’s name was consigned to oblivion, despite the fact that after Popov’s death in 1906 he became his spiritual successor and the most prominent national figure in the field of radio...

"Making the Holocaust part of Ukrainian experience". Panel discussion at Jewish Museum London 26 January 2020

Posted On: February 12th, 2020

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Other Programs

On the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, the Ukrainian Institute London held an important and timely panel discussion on how the Holocaust is remembered in Ukraine, in partnership with the Jewish Museum London and supported...

Ukraine: Holocaust and Memory. Panel discussion and artwork display in London

Posted On: February 10th, 2020

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Other Programs

Between 1939 and 1945, over a million Jews were murdered in the “Holocaust by Bullets” in Ukraine. During this period, three occupations swept the country: Soviet, Nazi and Soviet again, leading to between 8 and...

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, Other Programs, Diverse Voices

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...

When the word kills or saves

Posted On: December 5th, 2019

Posted In: Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Holodomor, Other Programs, Israeli Friends of Ukraine

The international seminar “When the Word Kills or Saves: Church Leaders, Intellectual Authorities, and the Press during the Holocaust and the Holodomor” was held in the Israeli city of Acre in November 2019. For the...

Ivan Franko and his Jews: childhood, student years, politics

Posted On: October 28th, 2019

Posted In: Literature, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Culture, History, Other Programs, Istorychna Pravda

I will try to define Franko’s attitude to Jews, which ranges from sincere Judeophilism to radical Judeophobia. This ambiguity in the interpretation of his views intensified after the fall of the communist regime in Ukraine....

Just in Case

Posted On: October 17th, 2019

Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Agnon Literary Centre, Culture, Other Programs

In Buchach, the roosters wake up at four o’clock in the morning. Perhaps the voices of the Buchach roosters have not changed since [Shem’uel Yosef] Agnon lived in the city. And now, during my stay...

“Through Agnon’s Texts: From Buchach to Jerusalem.” UJE at the 2019 Lviv BookForum

Posted On: October 16th, 2019

Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, Sponsored Projects, Agnon Literary Centre, Other Programs, Outreach

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time that we are presenting our organization’s initiatives...

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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.

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."

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

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.

“Jewish faces of Catholic saints”: Yevheniya Kononenko on the riddles of small towns and great artists

Buchach in words: Why is more written about this raion center in Ternopil oblast than about the oblast center?

Semén Aizenshtein, the forgotten pioneer of national radio technology

"Making the Holocaust part of Ukrainian experience". Panel discussion at Jewish Museum London 26 January 2020

Ukraine: Holocaust and Memory. Panel discussion and artwork display in London

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

When the word kills or saves

Ivan Franko and his Jews: childhood, student years, politics

Just in Case

“Through Agnon’s Texts: From Buchach to Jerusalem.” UJE at the 2019 Lviv BookForum

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

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Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

Web Excellence Awards:

w3 Awards:

Anthem Awards:

Communicator Awards:

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

Download the complete 168-page book

A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Student's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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