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    A religion that is limited to purely systematized theology does not exist. Mysticism is always present—Turov

    Posted On: June 17th, 2020
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Audio/Visual Media, Religion

    We are talking about mysticism in Judaism and Jewish mysticism with Ihor Turov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, who is a senior scholarly associate of the I. F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies at...

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    Calling things by their proper name: The mini-series that changed the image of the Holocaust in Germany

    Posted On: June 15th, 2020
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Visual Arts, Audio/Visual Media

    The German historian Frank Bösch talks about postwar German justice, conservative politicians, and a reinterpretation of tragedies. In world history textbooks we were told that after the fall of Nazi Germany, the three Ds instantly...

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    UCHS Library of Holocaust Memoirs: “The Daughter We Had Always Wanted: The Story of Marta”

    Posted On: June 11th, 2020
    Posted In: Literature, Sponsored Projects, Culture, Publications

    [Editor’s note: The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter was founded in 2008 with the goal of building stronger relations between Ukrainians and Jews, two peoples who for centuries lived side by side on the territory of what...

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    How a Jewish woman and a Ukrainian woman launched the computer age

    Posted On: June 10th, 2020
    Posted In: Did You Know?, Culture

    In the mid-twentieth century, two distinguished women were instrumental in the creation of the first computers and the first programming languages—and both of them were born in Ukraine. The birth anniversary of the American "mother...

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    The Holocaust child and adult survivors’ memoirs

    Posted On: June 8th, 2020
    Posted In: Hromadske Radio, Sponsored Projects, Literature, Culture, The Holocaust in Ukraine, Audio/Visual Media, History

    Today we are speaking with Anatoly Podolsky, the director of the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies, about the memoirs of two individuals who never knew each other, but who had very similar experiences. These are...

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    UJE in Ukraine videoblog, Episode 2: Exhibition in Kyiv

    Posted On: June 5th, 2020
    Posted In: Videoblogs, Diverse Voices

    In the second episode of our video blog, we will talk about the exhibition "A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1939” which was displayed at the end of May 2020, in partnership...

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    UJE in Ukraine videoblog, Episode 1: Ukrainian Jewish Encounter

    Posted On: June 3rd, 2020
    Posted In: Videoblogs, Diverse Voices

    The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter is beginning a video blog about its activities in Ukraine and Ukrainian-Jewish relations. In the first episode, we talk about this Canadian non-profit organization and its activities in Ukraine in 2016-2019....

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    Our futures are incomplete without each other

    Posted On: June 1st, 2020
    Posted In: Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize, UJE Initiatives

    [Editor’s note: 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,...

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    The spiritual leaders of Ukraine’s Jewish community

    Posted On: May 28th, 2020
    Posted In: Culture, Diverse Voices, Religion

    The lands of modern Ukraine have historically been home to various Hasidic movements as well as a significant share of “Lithuanian” Judaism, a non-Hasidic branch with an emphasis on Talmudic scholarship. This mosaic has practically...

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    “Intertwined worlds”: In memory of a poet

    Posted On: May 27th, 2020
    Posted In: Did You Know?, Literature, Culture

    Sad news has arrived from Kyiv, where on 26 May 2020, the distinguished Ukrainian poet and translator Moisei Fishbein died at the age of 73. With his extraordinary personality and poetic creativity, he embodied the...

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      • Babyn Yar Commemoration (1941-2016)
      • All-Ukrainian student's drawing competition
      • Sheptytsky Award
      • Symposia
        • Israel’s Experience of Nation-Building: Lessons for Ukraine
      • Shared Historical Narrative
      • Exhibits
        • A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter
      • Outreach
        • Book Fairs/Festivals
        • Limmud FSU
        • World Jewish Congress
    • Sponsored Projects
      • Dukh i Litera Digital Library
      • Krytyka, "War is…"
      • Publications
        • eBook: "Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence"
      • Audio/Visual Media
        • Hromadske Radio
        • Nash Holos
        • Kontakt TV
        • Finding Babel
      • Other Programs
        • Hadashot
        • Agnon Literary Centre
        • Ukraina Moderna
        • Zahid.net
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    Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

    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.

    Explore the UJE Timeline

    As Ukraine defends its very existence against Russia, the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline serves to counter the malicious and false narratives about Ukraine and its history. The Timeline demonstrates that Ukraine is home to diverse peoples and, for centuries, one of the world’s oldest and largest Jewish communities.

    Since its launch in September 2022, the UJE Timeline has earned international recognition by winning eight international awards:

    Web Excellence Awards:

    • Excellence — Website Non-profit (2023)

    w3 Awards:

    • Silver — Website Non-profit (2023)
    • Silver — Website Best Structure and Navigation (2023)
    • Silver— Website Best Visual Appeal and Aesthetics (2023)

    Anthem Awards:

    • Bronze — Website Digital and Innovative Experiences (2024)

    Communicator Awards:

    • Gold — Website Non-Profit (2024)
    • Silver — Website Structure and Navigation (2024)
    • Silver — Website Visual Appeal and Aesthetics (2024).

     

    Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize  

    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."

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    FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

    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.

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