[Editor’s note: A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1914, the museum catalogue discussed below, debuted in Canada 15 September 2018 at the Toronto Ukrainian Festival and will debut in Ukraine on 20…
In this episode of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, UJE Co-Director Alti Rodal discusses a new exhibit catalogue, their upcoming ROM exhibit and museum developments in Ukraine. (Part 1 of a 2-part interview.) [Editor’s note: A Journey…
UJE’s traveling exhibit A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1914 visited four major Canadian cities in 2015, winning acceptance and praise from both Ukrainian and Jewish communities and general audiences. Now, a…
Remembering a storied Jewish artist, teacher and museum director from Odessa. This article by Yevgeniy Demenok appeared in the October/November 2017 issue of The Odessa Review, which was supported by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. In…
[Editor’s note: Vyacheslav Likhachev will be one of the speakers at the panel discussion “Antisemitism in Ukraine: Russian Disinformation and On-the-Ground Reality” sponsored by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and The Atlantic Council that will take…
We are talking with the historian Tetyana Batanova about Kyiv in 1919, and the satirical novel written by the Jewish writer Der Tunkeler. In 1917, strikes and rebellions in St. Petersburg led to the fall…
History, trauma, and the museum space. Museums can offer many faces to the world. From dusty collections of artefacts to dramatic arenas outlining—or avoiding—compelling national or cultural narratives. A recent lecture sponsored by the Center…
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…
The story of a Ukrainian-born writer who secretly wrote in the Hebrew language his entire life while working as a coal engineer. This article by Matthew Kupfer appeared in the October/November 2017 issue of The…
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…