To: Dr. Vitaly Chernoivanenko, President of the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies The Executive Board of the World Union of Jewish Studies wishes to express its shock and dismay over the violence, hostilities, and loss of...
European Association for Jewish Studies 7 March 2022 The European Association for Jewish Studies condemns Russia’s unprecedented and barbaric aggression against Ukraine. We express solidarity with Ukraine, with its democratically-elected government and with its people....
On the evening of March 5, 2022, a mass rally of Israelis in support of Ukraine took place near the home of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Raanan. The protest was organized by the...
Uman, Ukraine (CNN) — As air raid sirens blared in the small Ukrainian city of Uman, about 125 miles south of the capital Kyiv, families crowded into a makeshift bomb shelter underneath a central synagogue....
Anna Zharova, the co-chair of the Israeli Friends of Ukraine NGO, addressed Israelis on 3 March 2022 on Facebook who feel for and express solidarity with Ukraine during Russia's aggression: You and I have achieved...
KYIV, Ukraine—Hours after a Russian missile Tuesday struck the TV tower in Kyiv’s Babyn Yar area, the site of one of the worst massacres during the Holocaust, Vitali Senchenko phoned his cousin in Israel, trying...
(With English CCs) A group of Kyiv Jews appeal to the world and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, who is waging an unjustified and brutal war on Ukraine. Holocaust survivors in a bomb-shelter in Ukraine, cursing...
On Wednesday, 2 March 2022, targeted advertising in Hebrew began to be shown on the Israeli segment of Facebook, which calls for donations "in support of the Ukrainian army." In this case, an unknown bank...
Anatoliy Shengait, the executive director of the Jewish community in Kyiv, speaks with The CJN Daily while his city is under siege by the Russian army. Read more and Listen here. Watch on YouTube Kyiv's...
Babyn Yar is a central symbol of the Holocaust, the largest mass grave in Europe, where lie the remains of Kyiv’s Jews, murdered over 24 hours on 29-30 September 1941. On 1 March 2022, dictator...
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.
