Jews and Ukrainians: Examining A Shared Narrative
Although they have lived side by side for over a millennium on the territory of modern day Ukraine, there is much Ukrainians and Jews do not know about each other. That has frequently led to...
Although they have lived side by side for over a millennium on the territory of modern day Ukraine, there is much Ukrainians and Jews do not know about each other. That has frequently led to...
Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, with the support of the Government of Canada, sponsored the publication of Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence. There is much that ordinary Ukrainians do not know about Jews and that...
Dr. Vitaliy Nakhmanovych outlines the problem: there is no will by various groups to create a common vision of Babyn Yar. Historically Babyn Yar emerged as an example of mass shootings of Kyivan Jews, and...
Volodymyr Viatrovych, the director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, outlines the events in Kyiv in the early days of the German occupation during the Second World War. The German army entered Kyiv on...
A delegation of young Israelis participated in the educational and memorial events in Kyiv devoted to the 75th anniversary of Babyn Yar. Having come back home, several participants of this project—mainly activists of the Israeli...
Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Today we look at symbols and mythologies. When competing narratives on history clash, the battle over symbols becomes heated and emotional....
Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Seventy-five years ago, nearly 34,000 Jews were murdered at Babyn Yar over a two-day period on September 29th and 30th 1941....
On September 23-29, 2016, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, a Canada-based non-governmental organization, working in cooperation with the World Jewish Congress, Ukraine’s government, and other Ukrainian Jewish and diaspora organizations, sponsored a series of public events commemorating...
The Canadian-based charitable organization Ukrainian Jewish Encounter successfully presented its much-anticipated program commemorating the 75th anniversary of Babyn Yar, which was held in Kyiv from September 23-29. The program featured four distinct projects: a student...
A memorial concert dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Babyn Yar was held at the Kyiv Opera House on September 29. Engaging artists from all over the world, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra performed Max Bruch’s...