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UJE at BookForum 2021: Prolegomena to the celebration of Bruno Schulz's 130th anniversary in Lviv

Posted On: October 26th, 2021

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

A star of BookForum 2021, Nobel Prize Laureate Olga Tokarczuk, in conversation with Ostap Slyvynsky, said that for her, the person who sets the standard for defining the literature of Central and Eastern Europe could...

UJE at BookForum 2021: Panel Discussion: "How Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Blessed the Jewish State"

Posted On: October 25th, 2021

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, History, Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky, Outreach

[Editor's note: The theme of the 28th International BookForum, which took place in Lviv on 15–19 September 2021, was "The Game of Growing Up." The Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter held several important...

UJE at BookForum 2021: Launch of an anthology of translations by the distinguished Israeli translator Viktor Radutsky (1937–2021)

Posted On: October 21st, 2021

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

[Editor’s note: The theme of the 28th International BookForum, which took place in Lviv on 15–19 September 2021, was "The Game of Growing Up." The Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter held several important...

UJE at BookForum 2021: the winner of the "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize™" is announced

Posted On: October 19th, 2021

Posted In: ‘Encounter’ Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Outreach

[Editor's note: The theme of the 28th International BookForum, which took place in Lviv on 15–19 September 2021, was "The Game of Growing Up." The Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter held several important...

Marko Robert Stech: Cultured nation knows the cultures of its minorities

Posted On: October 1st, 2021

Posted In: ‘Encounter’ Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Literature, Culture, Diverse Voices

[Editor's note: "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" ™ was inaugurated in 2020 with the goal of building on the common experiences of Ukrainians and Jews over the centuries, expressed in the written word. The prize...

Mykola Riabchuk: Our society is nearing normalcy

Posted On: September 30th, 2021

Posted In: ‘Encounter’ Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Literature, Culture

[Editor's note: "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" ™ was inaugurated in 2020 with the goal of building on the common experiences of Ukrainians and Jews over the centuries, expressed in the written word. The prize...

Liliana Hentosh: The national concept of history does not exist because there was no history

Posted On: September 28th, 2021

Posted In: ‘Encounter’ Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Culture, Diverse Voices

[Editor's note: "Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize" ™ was inaugurated in 2020 with the goal of building on the common experiences of Ukrainians and Jews over the centuries, expressed in the written word. The prize...

The Ukrainian-Jewish experience: Literature

Posted On: September 16th, 2021

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Kontakt TV, Outreach

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian charitable non-profit organization founded in 2008 to strengthen and deepen relations between Ukrainians and Jews. Among our organization's many initiatives is the support of literary festivals, residences, publishing...

"The Anti-Imperial Choice: The Making of the Ukrainian Jew" wins the 2021 'Encounter' prize

Posted On: September 15th, 2021

Posted In: ‘Encounter’ Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives, Literature, Culture

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), a Canadian charitable non-profit organization, and Ukraine's NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine) are pleased to announce that the Ukrainian-language translation of The Anti-Imperial Choice: The Making of the Ukrainian Jew by...

Meridian Czernowitz 2021: Israeli poetry

Posted On: September 9th, 2021

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

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is a long-standing sponsor of the Meridian Czernowitz International Poetry Festival, which took place this year on 3–5 September 2021. This year’s festival was held in a "live" format, as well as...

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