On 30 May 2026, the public discussion "Ukrainian-Jewish Cultural Interactions During the Great War," supported by UJE, was held as part of the Book Arsenal festival in Kyiv. The discussion was moderated by Vitaly Chernoivanenko,...
Continuing its journey across Ukraine, the traveling exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939," created by UJE, opened in Radomyshl, Zhytomyr Oblast, on 27 April 2026. The opening ceremony took place...
The Hebrew-language writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon is a towering figure in world literature. His often-complex works explore the intersection of modernity and traditional Jewish life, bringing to life the Jewish shtetl in which he grew...
One of the reasons for Ukraine's flourishing book culture is its society's strong desire to learn about and understand its own history. Book festivals have become special places of power, where each stand represents a...
Ukrainians and Jews have lived side-by-side on the territory of modern-day Ukraine for nearly two millennia. Separately and together, they weaved a tapestry that has left an indelible mark on Ukraine's cultural, linguistic, and historical...
Khrystyna Semeryn is a researcher, independent journalist, essayist, and gender expert. She is a member of the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies. Before her current position at Aalto University in Finland, she had done research...
On 28 January 2026, the Zhytomyr Regional Literary Museum hosted the opening of the traveling exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939," created by UJE. The 20-panel traveling exhibition traces the...
Continuing its journey across Ukraine, the traveling exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939," created by UJE, opened in the Zviahel Local History Museum on 27 March 2026. The exposition consists...
When Shmuel Yosef Agnon received the Nobel Prize, he reportedly said in jest, "Yesterday, half of Israel didn't know who Agnon was, and the other half didn't know who Nobel was. Today we are both...
This video explores the development of the exhibition from its inception in Canada in 2015 through 2026. The exhibition is part of a broad educational project aimed at studying and understanding the centuries-old history of...
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.
