The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter was founded in 2008 with the goal of building stronger relations between Ukrainians and Jews, two peoples who, for centuries, lived side by side on the territory of what is modern-day...
How does Russia really perceive the Holocaust? What is behind the derogatory statements about Jews and the tragedy of the Holocaust made by high-ranking Russian officials? At issue here are the remarks made by Russia's...
[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. We are occasionally running interviews and articles done...
Project Kesher Ukraine is a national Ukrainian Jewish women's civic organization that supports female entrepreneurs, promotes gender equality, and encourages Jewish women to preserve their people's traditions and pass them on to the next generation....
A conversation with Hanna Sherman, editor-in-chief of the Antykvar magazine, director of the Antykvar Publishing House, theater specialist, and lecturer at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi University of Theatre, Cinema, and Television. Antykvar [Antiquarian]...
ABSTRACT. This interview with the Ukrainian-American historian Sergei (Serhii) Zhuk focuses on the role of public intellectuals in the conditions of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Researching the activities of the Soviet secret services in North...
Paul Robert Magocsi, UJE Board Member and Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto discussed "Babyn Yar: History and Memory," a soon-to-be-published English-language book, on 5 June 2023 at European Viadrina University at...
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...
A conversation with Leonid Finberg, director of the Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry, editor-in-chief of the Dukh i Litera Publishing House, and member of PEN Ukraine. Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska:...
The book contains articles and essays about the work of the outstanding German-speaking poet of the 20th century, a native of Chernivtsi, Paul Celan. The book traces his Bukovynian roots, explores little-known pages of his...
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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.
