S.Y. Agnon, Buchach and “The Key in the Pocket”
The home of the Hebrew-language writer S.Y. Agnon is located in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem and sits high enough on a hill that on a clear day, the Old City is visible in the...
The home of the Hebrew-language writer S.Y. Agnon is located in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem and sits high enough on a hill that on a clear day, the Old City is visible in the...
The newly published volume “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence”, authored by the historians Paul Robert Magocsi and Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern is a prodigious coffee table book dedicated to exploring the common experiences shared by Ukrainians...
When reading Andriy Lyubka’s writing, one quickly understands that borders weave throughout his works. They are present in his latest best-selling collection of essays Saudade, which takes its name from the Portuguese and means, in...
The candles cast images of flickering light against the weathered walls of Lviv’s Italian Garden. Wolf Moskovich, professor emeritus of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, who was sitting at this open-air gala next to me, suddenly said,...
Over the course of 2017, Paul Robert Magocsi, Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto, traveled the breadth of Ukraine to discuss Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence, the award-winning book he...
The book “Babyn Yar: History and Memory” appeared just before the 75th anniversary of the tragedy that took place in Babyn Yar during the German occupation of Kyiv. Babyn Yar has since become symbol for...
What is a book? As the train from Lviv races back to Kyiv after a trip that has taken our organization to Uzhhorod, Bershad, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Chernivtsi, Paris, and then Lviv, the question consumes me. I...
Baby Yar: History and Memory was named one of the best books of the Lviv Book Forum at a ceremony that took place at the city’s famed opera house on 14 September 2017. “We are very...
The 2017 Jerusalem International Book Fair featured not only the presentation of new books published with the support of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, but also a panel discussion on a wide range of issues in...
Dr. Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, co-author of “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence” has over the last several months lectured in Europe and taught in Ukraine about Ukrainian-Jewish relations. The following are questions provided to the...