As a poet who was born in Ukraine and survived the Holocaust there, Paul Celan was able to speak clearly on the issue of poetry in times of catastrophe. His response is still relevant today...
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 8 February 2025, the Sholem Aleichem Museum in downtown Kyiv hosted the awards ceremony of the All-Ukrainian Student Drawing Competition "Ukrainian Jewish Encounter: Our Stories Are Incomplete Without Each Other, 2024" and the opening...
In the following interview, the well-known German historian and former head of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission discusses the Russo-Ukrainian War and the roots of Russian imperialism. He reflects on these very topics in one of...
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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...
It is impossible to talk about the modern Ukrainian publishing sector and Jewish studies without mentioning Leonid Finberg, one of the key figures in these fields. Mr. Finberg, born in 1948, is a sociologist, public...
In this episode of the Encounters program, we discuss the life and professional activities of the outstanding book publisher Yakiv Orenstein. Why little is known about Yakiv Orenstein Yelyzaveta Tsarehradska: Our guest today is Professor...
Marta Konyk Originally appeared in Ukrainian @LB.ua Alexander J. Motyl is a professor of political science and history at Columbia University and a writer and artist. In 2024, he was a jury member for Encounter:...
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...
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.
