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...
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Jews not to remain silent about the shelling of Babyn Yar and Uman. Read more @pravda.com To the world: what is the point of saying «never again»...
We condemn Russia's unprovoked and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine. We mourn the death of Ukrainian civilians and Ukrainian soldiers defending their homeland. We praise Russian citizens and soldiers courageous enough to protest. We note that...
An open letter from Nobel laureates March 1, 2002 The undersigned Nobel laureates voice our support for the Ukrainian people and the free and independent state of Ukraine as it faces Russian aggression. In a...
President Volodymyr Zelensky President Volodymyr Zelensky: "Why repeat 'Never Again' 80 years later, when, after a bomb falls, on Babyn Yar, the world remains silent? Five more lives are lost. History repeats itself..." Навіщо 80...
The Russian Federation has brutally attacked Ukraine, a peaceful and democratic European nation. A country with a long national history dating back to medieval Kyivan Rus. Our country has fought for its independence for centuries,...
Before the opening night performance of Verdi's Don Carlos at New York’s Metropolitan Opera on 28 February 2022, the audience observed a moment of silence, followed by the Ukrainian national anthem, performed by the Met...
The international community has stood in solidarity with Ukraine against Russia’s brutal and unprovoked attacks on Ukraine. Below we offer photos from recent rallies in Ottawa, Toronto and other cities. Related: Washington Post: People across...
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.
