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Entry form for the ‘Encounter’ literary prize now available
Posted On: January 16th, 2020
Posted In: ‘Encounter’ Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives The entry form for ‘Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize ™’ is now available. Applicants for this Ukrainian-language prize should follow the instructions available on the UJE website. The link for the Google Doc form, which…
A historian and compiler of a scholarly collection explains how the Jews joined the Ukrainian Revolution
Posted On: January 15th, 2020
Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Audio/Visual Media, History The historian Serhiy Hirik discusses a collection of articles entitled The Jews of Ukraine: Revolution and Post-Revolutionary Modernization. Serhiy Hirik: This book is based on papers that were presented at the conference “The Jews of…
Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize ™
Posted On: December 20th, 2019
Posted In: ‘Encounter’ Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives 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…
Reading Religion reviews Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence
Source: Reading ReligionPosted On: December 19th, 2019
Posted In: Publications, Sponsored Projects Reading Religion, a publication of the American Academy of Religion, published a review of the award-winning book Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence. The volume is co-authored by Paul Robert Magocsi, UJE board member who is Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto and Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Crown Family Professor of Jewish Studies at Northwestern University. The review appeared on the Reading Religion’s website on 20 November 2019.
Myroslav Shkandrij: “There are problems in Ukraine that are challenging historians, writers, and civil society”
Posted On: December 18th, 2019
Posted In: Hadashot, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Sponsored Projects, Other Programs, History, Diverse Voices How did the stereotype of the “keys to the church” arise? Was Taras Shevchenko an anti-Semite? Who was the first Jewish voice in Ukrainian literature? And why did Jews in the shtetls keep Ukrainian theaters…
Between history and politics: Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytsky and his legacy
Posted On: December 17th, 2019
Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Culture, Outreach Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization’s initiatives and…
Andriy Pavlyshyn: Fate and Memory
Posted On: December 13th, 2019
Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, The Holocaust in Ukraine, History, Outreach Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization’s initiatives and…
Irina Meleshkina: “Traveling Stars in Ukraine, Jewish Theater in the Pages of History”
Posted On: December 13th, 2019
Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Culture, Outreach Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization’s initiatives and…
Presentation of Grzegorz Gauden’s Book “Lviv: the End of Illusions”
Posted On: December 11th, 2019
Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Book Fairs/Festivals, Literature, Ukrainian- Jewish Relations History, Culture, History, Outreach Grzegorz Gauden, Lviv: the End of Illusions, Lviv, 19 September 2019, (In Ukrainian and Polish). Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our…