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“A city on hills in a green dress”: How did the Jews live in Chernivtsi during the Romanian period?

Posted On: May 20th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

The historians Daniel Hrenciuc and Maria Nykyrsa discuss the political and everyday dimensions of life in Chernivtsi between the two world wars. Andriy Kobalia: This small frontier city was initially part of the Principality of…

Shlomo Adler: the story of the rescue of a Jew from Galicia

Posted On: May 15th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, History

The Israeli newspaper Israel ha-Yom (Israel Today) published on the Day of Remembrance of Holocaust and Heroism, 2 May 2019, the story of the rescue of Shlomo Adler from the town of Bolekhiv in Western…

The Meridian: Chernivtsi

Posted On: May 13th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, History, Ethnography

Chernivtsi inspires the imagination. Sitting at the crossroads of great empires, this western Ukrainian city located in the country’s famed Bukovyna region was home to a myriad of writers, artists, musicians and ethnic groups, each…

At inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder awarded Sheptytsky Medal for deepening relations between Ukrainians and Jews

Source: World Jewish Congress

Posted On: May 9th, 2019

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Sheptytsky Award

KYIV, Ukraine – The World Jewish Congress joined the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine on Monday for its inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum, a two-day event aimed at promoting deeper ties between the Ukrainian Jewish population and world Jewry and offering a platform for galvanizing European efforts in the fight against antisemitism.

Sholem Aleichem’s son-in-law’s search for Jewish writers in Kyiv

Posted On: May 6th, 2019

Posted In: Sponsored Projects, Istorychna Pravda, Other Programs, Diverse Voices

“I sat down and began thinking about Jews and Ukrainians. About Ukrainians, who so extolled Ukraine to me, and about Jews, who are afraid of answering a telephone call from a Jews. And Tevye’s words…

A historian reveals who built the Actor’s House

Posted On: May 3rd, 2019

Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, Culture, Architecture, Ethnography

Kyiv expert Mykhailo Kalnytsky discusses Moorish architecture in Kyiv, the Karaites, and a mysterious building on Yaroslaviv Val Street. Andriy Kobalia: In Kyiv, not far from the Golden Gates, is an extraordinary old building. It…

A chat with Julia Korsunsky of RememberUs.org

Posted On: April 29th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Nash Holos, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History

Today we’ll be speaking with Julia Korsunsky, whose story we first heard on Nash Holos last year. Julia is the Executive Director of RememberUs.org, a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts. Her organization is involved in…

Lecture by Paul Robert Magocsi: Regionalism and Jewish Ukraine

Posted On: April 25th, 2019

Posted In: Commentary, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, History, Commentary and Analysis

[Editor’s note: Prof. Paul Robert Magocsi gave the following lecture on March 28, 2019 at the Ukrainian Institute of America during a discussion of the book “Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence”. The event…

How did Belz turn into a “city of newcomers”? The story of the ruins of a frontier town

Posted On: April 24th, 2019

Posted In: Jews on Ukrainian Lands, Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History

The regional historian Lyubov Khomyn talks about Belz Hasidism, the central square, and the town’s Jewish history. Andriy Kobalia: This city is located three kilometers from the Polish border. In his research the historian Janusz…

Ukrainian Kazka fascinated Israel

Posted On: April 22nd, 2019

Posted In: Culture, Music

The solo concert by the popular Ukrainian group Kazka aroused tremendous interest among Israeli youth. More than one thousand people attended the performance in Reading Hall in the port of Tel Aviv. Among the spectators…

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