"We have inherited a lot of complex plots in the relations between our peoples, Ukrainians and Jews. Now we have to not only 'finish' the unfinished but also untangle historical knots. It often resembles sewing...
Volodymyr Yeshkiliev, a Ukrainian writer and a jury member of the Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize 2025, discusses modern literature, its relevance and discourses, and its focus on a narrower audience in the current screen...
UJE Board Member Paul Robert Magocsi spoke about Ukraine, statehood, and interethnic relations at France’s famed INALCO (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) as part of its «Bibliothèque ukrainienne» series on 16–17 September 2025....
Professor Paul Robert Magocsi — Ukraine: A History Course. The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is pleased to present a lecture series by Paul Robert Magocsi titled Ukraine: A History Course. Magocsi recorded 45 lectures in 2023...
Maria Genkin, a jury member of the Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize 2025, discusses literature as a cultural diplomacy tool, everyone's need for self-identification, and eradicating stereotypes through cultural discourse. Maria Genkin is a cultural...
By Shimon Briman MILITARY AFFAIRS: One Israeli special forces soldier is using his training to fight against Russia's war in Ukraine. 'I make and launch reconnaissance drones with Stars of David on their wings, under...
Professor Paul Robert Magocsi — Ukraine: A History Course. The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is pleased to present a lecture series by Paul Robert Magocsi titled Ukraine: A History Course. Magocsi recorded 45 lectures in 2023...
On 13 July 2025, the Smila Cultural Center hosted the opening of the UJE-supported traveling exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939." It was a significant cultural event, involving historical, educational,...
Professor Paul Robert Magocsi — Ukraine: A History Course. The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is pleased to present a lecture series by Paul Robert Magocsi titled Ukraine: A History Course. Magocsi recorded 45 lectures in 2023...
The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU), together with the Israeli Cultural Center "Nativ" at the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine, opened the Year of Shmuel Yosef Agnon — a great writer, a native...
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.
