In December 2019, the Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, in cooperation with Ukraine's NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine), announced a new initiative entitled Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize. The prize aims to build...
"Portal Through the Centuries: Old Bohuslav," an annual history festival about the Bohuslav region of the 19th and early 20th centuries, was held in the Kyiv region on 13 June. It was launched in 2022,...
Continuing its journey through the cities of Ukraine, the exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939," created by UJE, came to Boryspil, a town in the Kyiv region. The opening ceremony...
On 16–17 May, the 14th VinBookFest was held in Vinnytsia as part of the European Weekend, bringing together writers, publishers, artists, and book lovers from across Ukraine. This year, the participants included some 80 writers,...
Soma Morgenstern (1890–1976) was a writer, playwright, journalist, and music critic who survived two world wars and experienced the loss of loved ones, a long separation from his wife and son, and cultural exile. He...
UJE participated in the 14th International Book Arsenal Festival, held on 28–31 May 2026 at the Old Arsenal of the Pechersk Fortress on Lavrska Street in Kyiv. Book Arsenal is a grand international intellectual event...
On 12 June, representatives of the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Department of State visited the Ukrainian office of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. The delegation included Matthew Bikoff, Cultural Coordinator, U.S. Department of State, Bureau...
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...
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.
