UJE Initiatives - UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

Keynote address by NED President Carl Gershman at the Kyiv Jewish Forum

Posted On: August 12th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, World Jewish Congress, History, Holodomor, Outreach

[Editor’s note: More than 500 leaders from Israel, the United States, Europe and Ukraine participated in the inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum held in the Ukrainian capital from 5-7 May 2019. Carl Gershman, President of the…

Rhea Clyman, writing from the belly of two beasts: A Toronto journalist’s reports from Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany

Posted On: August 6th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Symposia, History, Holodomor

While conducting research on the history of Ukrainians in Canada during the interwar years, Jars Balan discovered a series of powerfully written articles by a forgotten Canadian Jewish journalist, named Rhea Clyman, describing the horrors…

Lviv museum exhibit illuminates Ukrainian-Jewish history and culture

Posted On: June 17th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter, Exhibits

A remarkable exhibit at the Lviv Historical Museum explores the relationship between two of the peoples at the heart of this land. “A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939” focuses on the…

Radutsky: Oz and Appelfeld, two sons return to Ukraine

Posted On: June 14th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Culture, Outreach

Aharon Appelfeld and Amos Oz are two Israeli literary giants who died in 2018, nearly a year apart. Although they were writers from Israel, how many people know both were deeply connected to lands that…

Portnikov, Lyubka, and Radutsky: “Small Town: Together and Apart”

Posted On: June 5th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Publications, Sponsored Projects, Outreach

“The discussion was incredibly unpredictable, metaphysical, and current, even though it concerned phenomena that would appear to be steeped in the past.” This was what our old friend and moderator Andriy Pavlyshyn said about the…

Beregovski at the 2018 KlezKanada festival

Posted On: May 29th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Culture, Music, Outreach

The work of Ukrainian-Jewish ethnomusicologist Moyshe Beregovksi (1892-1961) was featured in 2018’s UJE-supported KlezKanada festival. Beregovksi was among the first to indicate similarities in melody and means of expression in Ukrainian and Jewish folk music. The world-renowned…

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter at the Kyiv Jewish Forum, 5–7 May 2019

Posted On: May 23rd, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Sheptytsky Award, World Jewish Congress, Outreach

Below, a video report from the Kyiv Jewish Forum 2019, which took place 5–7 May in Kyiv. The event was organized and held in partnership with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine,…

At inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder awarded Sheptytsky Medal for deepening relations between Ukrainians and Jews

Source: World Jewish Congress

Posted On: May 9th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Sheptytsky Award

KYIV, Ukraine – The World Jewish Congress joined the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine on Monday for its inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum, a two-day event aimed at promoting deeper ties between the Ukrainian Jewish population and world Jewry and offering a platform for galvanizing European efforts in the fight against antisemitism.

A discussion in New York: Viewing the Ukrainian-Jewish relationship within historical contexts

Posted On: April 17th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Publications, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Symposia, History, Outreach

NEW YORK – The historic development of the Ukrainian-Jewish discourse, the need for a greater understanding of history and its contexts, as well as the current political situation in Ukraine were discussed during a wide-ranging…

UJE-supported publications displayed in London and Paris

Posted On: April 5th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Publications, Sponsored Projects, Outreach

Books supported by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter were on full display at two prominent European book fairs recently. At both the London and Paris book fairs, visitors praised not only the high quality of the…

Discover Categories: