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Limmud-FSU in Jerusalem: New perspectives on Ukrainian-Jewish history

Posted On: January 16th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Limmud FSU, History, Exhibits, Outreach

Limmud FSU, an educational festival that advances the cultural identity and heritage of Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking Jews, convened in Jerusalem 20-22 December 2018 and drew over one thousand attendants. The Canadian philanthropic foundation Ukrainian Jewish…

Discussing the Holocaust and the Holodomor: Ukrainian-Jewish dialogue in Israel

Posted On: December 20th, 2018

Posted In: Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Israeli Friends of Ukraine, Sponsored Projects, Symposia, Other Programs

In December 2018, the Israeli Friends of Ukraine NGO continued its tradition of holding forums for Israelis which discuss problems of Ukrainian-Jewish history and critical moments in Ukrainian-Jewish relations. Based on the successful experience of…

Jewish life in Rivne explored in new book

Posted On: December 13th, 2018

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Culture, Outreach

Numerous books and monographs have appeared in recent years describing the rich lives of the Jewish communities that inhabited the territory of contemporary Ukraine prior to World War II. Now Ukrainian historian Maxim Hon has…

Partners discuss two UJE-supported special media projects

Posted On: December 7th, 2018

Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, The Odessa Review, Sponsored Projects, Istorychna Pravda, Other Programs, Outreach

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter proudly supports two on-going media projects – Hromadske Radio’s Zustrichi program in Ukraine and Ukrainian Jewish Heritage that airs on Canada’s Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. In an effort to broaden the…

Focus on the 85th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Holodomor

Posted On: December 2nd, 2018

Posted In: Book Fairs/Festivals, Culture, History, Holodomor, Cinema, Outreach

The documentary film Hunger for Truth tells the story of Canadian-Jewish journalist Rhea Clyman. Although little known today, Clyman reached international acclaim in her day for her coverage of the Soviet Union, including the 1932-33…

UJE award-winning book praised at Ukrainian festivals

Posted On: November 23rd, 2018

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter, Book Fairs/Festivals, Exhibits, Outreach

The award-winning book A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1914 received high praise from scholars and the public at two recent presentations in Lviv, Ukraine. Ukrainian historians Igor Shchupak, at the Limmud…

‘The Key in the Pocket’: Stories of Buchach, Ukraine

Posted On: November 20th, 2018

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

The Key in the Pocket is a multi-edition collection of stories by three prominent Ukrainian writers—Sofia Andrukhovych, Andriy Lyubka, and Yevheniya Senik—who spent a week at a literary residence in Buchach, Ukraine, the birthplace of…

Buchach-Jerusalem: A bridge of inspiration for new Ukrainian literature

Posted On: November 16th, 2018

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

Sofia Andrukhovych, a rising star of Ukrainian prose, participated in a unique project in the two house-museums where the future Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Shmuel Yosef Agnon lived. Buchach, in Galicia, and then Jerusalem…

UJE at the 5th Triennial All-Ukrainian Museum Festival in Dnipro

Posted On: November 9th, 2018

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

The Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter had a high-profile presence at the triennial Festival of Ukrainian Museums, which took place at the Dnipro National Historical Museum 18-24 September 2018. UJE’s participation included a lively roundtable discussion, animated by…

Wolf Moskovich discusses Ukrainian-Jewish relations in Paris

Posted On: November 5th, 2018

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Symposia, History

UJE Board Member Wolf Moskovich lectured in Paris on 5 October 2018, following his moving discussion with Holocaust survivor Lili Stern-Pohlmann in London the previous day to discuss the legacy of Andrei Sheptytsky, the Metropolitan…

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