On 24 February 2022, Russia dramatically escalated its war against a sovereign and independent Ukraine, with a full-scale invasion of the country. This constitutes the largest military operation in Europe since World War II. Over...
On 1 March 2022, a large group (that is growing daily) of Nobel laureates signed an open letter voicing their support for the Ukrainian people and the free and independent state of Ukraine as it...
The American rabbi living in Poland had planned to help Ukrainians — Jews and non-Jews — but from the safety of Polish soil. But this week, heading to the border to distribute food and medicine,...
Students from the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv discuss what it means to them to live in an independent Ukraine. March 2020. Related: Here Is How It Feels to Watch Russia Wage War in Ukraine
“It’s very serious, it’s not a movie,” Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN from deep inside his military command-and-control bunker in Kyiv. "I’m not iconic, I think Ukraine is iconic." Read more @Tablet
On Monday, 14 March, at 6PM ET, the Metropolitan Opera will present a benefit performance to support Ukrainian citizens under attack, with all ticket sales and donations going to support relief efforts in Ukraine. Met...
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....
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.
