History sometimes imposes itself on life so fatally that even the most correct and worthy choices are disastrous, but it is impossible to know this in advance. "It's good to be alone; it's delicious to...
On 21 January 2025, Paul Robert Magocsi, Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto and a Board Member of Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), spoke on the topic "Academic and school history of Ukraine:...
Originally appeared in Ukrainian @lb.ua Marta Konyk Iuliia Bentia is an art, music, and theater critic, archivist, and editor of the Krytyka journal. In 2024, she was a jury member of Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary...
Winners of the All-Ukrainian student's drawing competition announced — "Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Our stories are incomplete without each other — 2024" An esteemed panel of jurors has announced the winners of the 2024 All-Ukrainian Student's Drawing...
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...
In 2024, Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize was awarded in the nonfiction category and went to Yuriy Skira for his book Solid. The Life-Saving Footwear Factory, recently published by the Lviv-based Choven publishing house. The...
A roundtable discussion about the book Babyn Yar: History and Memory occurred on 21 November at the 2024 ASEEES Annual Convention in Boston. The roundtable members were Olga Kiyan of Harvard University, Norman Naimark of...
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern is a man of many trades. He is a historian, a linguist, a translator, an essayist, and an artist, and the list goes on and on. Currently living in the United States, he...
An insightful discussion on intercultural relations titled "Shared Histories: Ukrainian-Jewish and Danish-Jewish Relations Through Time" occurred on 23 October at Copenhagen's Ukraine House in Denmark. Nataliia Popovych, the institution's chairperson, moderated the event. The event...
Originally appeared in Ukrainian @Chytomo Amadoka is not Sofia Andrukhovych's newest book (she has recently published Catananche), but it is definitely her most voluminous one in terms of the number of pages and ideas. As...
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.
