Vitaly Portnikov, March 2023 For a journalist, war is work. In this sense, a journalist’s work is more akin to that of a soldier or a doctor. Choosing this profession — if it is a...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 shocked the world. For months, Western governments had warned of the impending criminal war — "absurd," the world responded. In the 21st century, larger powers invading smaller...
How was the state policy toward the Jews formulated in the Soviet Union, and how did the international situation influence these processes? Our guest today is the historian Serhiy Hirik, who teaches in the Master's...
Abstract: This essay raises the issue of historians' responsibility to the communities that they study. While some purported version of history has been central to the Kremlin's justifications for Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the region's...
International seminars are a continuation of the rubric "Overcoming the Past" (in a modified format), devoted to the history of genocidal violence on the territories of Ukraine. In this episode, Kai Struve of Martin Luther...
How is our identity changing during the full-scale war with Russia, and how is this identity changing in Ukraine's ethnic communities? Chernivtsi recently hosted the annual festival Meridian Czernowitz, whose co-founder and constant guest is...
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...
Editor’s note: Every year, UJE offers literature to read during the holiday season. Despite Russia’s criminal war against Ukraine, we continue this tradition. Ukrainian literature and culture persevere in the face of extreme difficulties. We offer reflections and...
Editor’s note: Every year, UJE offers literature to read during the holiday season. Despite Russia’s criminal war against Ukraine, we continue this tradition. Ukrainian literature and culture persevere in the face of extreme difficulties. We...
[Editor's note: Each year, UJE offers literature to read during the holiday season. Despite Russia's genocidal war against Ukraine, we continue this tradition. Ukrainian literature and culture persevere in the face of extreme difficulties. Over...
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.
