[Editor’s note: The annual Jewish pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, will take place around Rosh Hashanah, which in 2026 begins at sundown on Friday, 11 September and will conclude at nightfall on Sunday, 13 September. Thousands...
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...
[Editor’s note: Sonya Kapinus’ book White Rabbits was shortlisted for Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize in 2025. The winner of the 2026 Encounter prize will be announced at the 33 Lviv International BookForum on 11...
Pavlo Kozlenko outlines the initial milestones of Odesa's new Genocide Museum, an institution that has emerged as a vital platform for fostering mutual understanding among citizens of diverse nationalities amid Ukraine's ongoing resistance against Russian...
In honor of the 35th anniversary of the proclamation of Ukraine's Independence, events are being prepared in Israel: a musical evening, a family gathering, a historical journey into the atmosphere of 1991, and a charity...
Having just arrived in New York, historian Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytsky wrote in his diary for 17 July 1951, between descriptions of meetings and his search for work: "On the one hand, almost tropical, humid heat prevails,...
In December 2019, the Canadian charitable non-profit organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, in cooperation with Ukraine's NGO "Publishers Forum" (Lviv, Ukraine), announced a new initiative entitled Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize. The prize aims to build...
For the eighth consecutive year, the international "Wiki Loves Monuments" photo contest features the "Jewish Heritage" Special Category in Ukraine, organized with UJE's support. The "Jewish Heritage" special nomination covers all immovable Jewish cultural heritage...
Continuing its tour across Ukrainian cities, the exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939," created by UJE, came to Korostyshiv in Zhytomyr Oblast. The opening ceremony took place on 18 May...
[Editor’s note: This interview originally aired in Ukrainian in October 2024.] Olha Limonova, coordinator of the formal education department at the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, discusses problems and changes in Holocaust remembrance. The Ukrainian...
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.
