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...
After a delay caused by Russia's genocidal war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and the NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine) are pleased to announce that the 'Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize' prize will resume...
The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter's Ukraine office continued activities throughout 2022, despite challenging conditions created by Russia's criminal war against Ukraine. Awarding the winners of the All-Ukrainian youth drawing competition "Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Our stories are incomplete...
Ukrainian Jewish Encounter was a sponsor of the Ukraine country booth and its program at the 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair. Held 19-23 October, the book fair is the world's largest, drawing publishers from around the...
Ukrainians and Jews have lived as neighbours for centuries on the territory of Ukraine, creating and sharing enduring cultures that continue to inform their identities today. The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is proud to present...
Ukrainian Jewish Encounter will be present at the 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair as part of the Ukraine country booth, located in Hall 4.0 B 114. The book fair, which is the world’s largest, will take...
After a three-year break because of the COVID pandemic, the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival returned in full force this year. The festival’s three days, 16-18 September 2022, were filled with Ukrainian foods, arts,...
Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a long-standing sponsor of the Meridian Czernowitz International Poetry Festival, which took place this year on 2–4 September 2022. Despite Russia’s ongoing criminal war against Ukraine, this year’s festival was...
The 18th quadrennial World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, 8-12 August 2022, included over 1700 presentations and participants from over 40 countries. Ukrainian representation was seriously limited by Russia's war on Ukraine, which prevented...
Toronto's Ashkenaz Festival is one of the world's largest and most prestigious showcases of Jewish music and culture. UJE co-presented two main events at this year's Festival, which took place 2-5 September. The first was...
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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 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.
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.
