The terrible humanitarian situation in Ukrainian cities due to the destruction of the heating supply by the Russian army's barbaric shelling has spurred many Israelis into action. Answering the call of the organization "Israeli Friends...
The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter was founded in 2008 with the goal of building stronger relations between Ukrainians and Jews, two peoples who, for centuries, lived side by side on the territory of what is modern-day...
Ukrainian sociologist Mykola Homanyuk and German historian and sociologist Mischa Gabowitsch discuss their recently published book, Monuments and Territory: War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine. They examine the strategies behind Russia's commemorative policies in the Ukrainian...
On 12 December 2025, the traveling exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939," created by UJE, opened in the Bahacheve Historical Museum. The event became an important part of the exhibition's...
The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter was founded in 2008 with the goal of building stronger relations between Ukrainians and Jews, two peoples who, for centuries, lived side by side on the territory of what is modern-day...
Serhiy Hirik, lecturer in Jewish studies at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, discusses the history and marginalization of the word zhyd. Etymology of zhyd Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: I have recently overheard a conversation in which Jews were constantly...
The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory recommends celebrating a number of famous people this year. Among them is Professor Solomon Frankfurt, an outstanding agrobiologist and economist. He was a statesman during the Ukrainian Revolution and...
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...
On 26 November 2025, the traveling exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939," created by UJE, opened in the hall of the Korsun-Shevchenkivsky Historical and Cultural Reserve. The event became an...
Born in 1960 in Chernivtsi, Naomi Ben-Ami is one of the most important Israeli diplomats of our time. Her parents come from the Moldovan cities of Bălți and Briceni. She grew up in Chernivtsi 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.
