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,...
[Editor's note: Russia's unprovoked and criminal war against Ukraine suspended the regular work of many organizations, reorienting their efforts. So it is with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. In the coming weeks, we will run interviews...
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...
During the Second World War, Count Andrei Sheptytsky, the metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), rescued approximately 100–150 Jews, both adults and children. This well-known fact figures in numerous scholarly and semi-popular books...
This article analyzes the perception of the Holocaust in the city of Rivne, with a special emphasis on the correlation of political forces in the region from the late 1980s to the early 1990s and...
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,...
The international seminar "Above and around the Ravine: Memory Wars in Ukrainian-Jewish History, the Traumas of the Holocaust and the Holodomor" took place on 11–13 November 2021 in the city of Netanya, Israel. The nongovernmental...
Ukrainian statehood from the perspective of December 1941 [Editor's note: For this year's winter reading, we offer two articles by scholar Liliana Hentosh that explore Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky's view on Ukrainian statehood. Yesterday's article explored...
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.
Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:
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.
