Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), a Canadian charitable non-profit organization, and Ukraine's NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine) are pleased to announce that Eternal Calendar (Vichnyi calendar) by Vasyl Makhno, published by Ukraine's "The Old Lion Publishing...
The “Encounter: the Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize”™ is awarded every year for the most important work of fiction and non-fiction (in alternate years), which promotes Ukrainian-Jewish understanding by helping to strengthen Ukraine’s position as a multiethnic...
Ivan Franko (1856-1916) is considered one of the founding fathers of modern Ukrainian literature. Yet his attitude towards Jews was often ambivalent in his literary and journalistic works. The panel discussion “Ukrainians and Jews in...
In the summer of 2020, the Kyiv-based publishing house Dukh i Litera issued the proceedings of the Fifth International Commemorative Conference of Yiddish Language and Culture. This important academic forum, which was held in August 2018 at...
The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, a Canadian charitable non-profit organization, and Ukraine’s NGO “Publishers Forum” (Lviv, Ukraine) are pleased to announce the shortlist for the inaugural year of “Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize” ™. The shortlisted...
[Editor’s note: 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,...
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...
Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization’s initiatives and...
A reminder that the submissions deadline for Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize ™ is 16 March 2020. The submission guidelines are available on the UJE website. Submissions require two steps. Step 1: By 16 March...
Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization’s initiatives and...
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.
