The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and the New Europe Center held the "Israel’s Experience of Nation-Building: Lessons for Ukraine" conference on June 12, 2018 at the Kyiv Hyatt Hotel in Ukraine. The purpose of the conference...
A hundred and fifty years ago a handful of Jewish enthusiasts from various European countries devised what appeared to be an unrealizable task: to restore the Jewish state almost 2,000 years after it disappeared from...
How did Israel succeed in creating one of the most combat-ready and innovative armies in the world? How can Ukraine apply Israel’s experience to the reform of its armed forces? These and other questions were...
What are the main components of an innovative state? How can Ukraine use the experience of Israel in the field of innovation? This and many other things were discussed during the Workshop No. 5 “Israel’s...
How can the diaspora advocate important state questions in the international arena? Is Israel’s experience a good fit for Ukraine? How does the Ukrainian diaspora help Ukraine? These were some of the topics discussed during...
The New Europe Center brings you the main points made by the speakers of Session No. 3 entitled “Strengthening the Nation: Language, Education, Inclusion,” which took place at the conference “Israel’s Experience of Nation Building:...
The New Europe Center brings you the main points made by the speakers of Session No. 2, entitled “Strengthening the Nation: Language, Education, Inclusion,” which took place at the conference “Israel’s Experience of Nation Building:...
This article by Kateryna Zarembo, deputy director of the New Europe Center, originally appeared in Ukrainian on womo.ua. People don’t like using clear-cut definitions because this “diminishes” them somehow. During the conference “Israel’s Experience of...
In the current situation, it is extremely important for Ukraine to define its priorities in the field of security and defense, and to invest in this sector. At the same time, it is crucial to...
After the “Israel’s Experience of Nation-Building: Lessons for Ukraine” conference, that was held by the New Europe Center and Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter, members of the Israeli delegation held a series of meetings with representatives of the Jewish Diaspora, Ukrainian political...
The New Europe Center continues to report on the conference “Israel’s Experience of State Building: Lessons for Ukraine,” which was held on 12 June [2018] in conjunction with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. Below are the...
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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.
As Ukraine defends its very existence against Russia, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline serves to counter the malicious and false narratives about Ukraine and its history. The Timeline demonstrates that Ukraine is home to diverse peoples and, for centuries, one of the world’s oldest and largest Jewish communities.
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.
