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    Israelis demand cancellation of Israeli delegation's participation in Moscow parade

    Posted On: April 16th, 2025
    Posted In: Ukraine-Israel Relations, Ukrainian-Jewish Relations, Russia–Ukraine War

    Thousands of Israelis signed a petition demanding that an official Israeli delegation be prevented from attending Moscow's "victory parade" on 9 May. Public protests have elevated this issue to the level of the head of...

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    Hearing with the heart: hard-of-hearing Israelis and Ukrainians help each other during the war

    Posted On: December 10th, 2024
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

    "I support Ukraine in its war because it has always sought independence, development, and integration into the Western world. Fascist Russia is waging an aggressive war against Ukraine. Israel and Ukraine are completely identical in...

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    Jews and Ukrainians: The history of Ukraine according to Taras Shevchenko

    Posted On: May 11th, 2023
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

    (Video in Ukrainian, English transcript below) [Editor’s note: Although the video below contains certain historical inaccuracies and idealization of Ukrainian-Jewish relations, we are sharing it because it encourages interethnic and interconfessional understanding, counteracts stereotypes, and...

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    Yaakov Dov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine: Russia needs to do denazification at home

    Posted On: May 24th, 2022
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

    Yaakov Dov Bleich Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, and UJE Advisory Board member spoke with iStandWithUkraine about sensitive issues related to Russia’s war against Ukraine. “He openly answers questions that many choose conveniently to avoid but...

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    Sabotage and raids into the enemy rear areas: How an Israeli officer is fighting for Ukraine

    Posted On: May 3rd, 2022
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations, Russia–Ukraine War

    Maksym P., Senior Lieutenant of the Israel Defense Forces (Tzahal), had one and a half months left on his contract when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began. He had served for five years, and immediately considered...

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    Passover reflections on Jewish history and the situation in Ukraine

    Posted On: April 14th, 2022
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

    Another pertinent and engaging lecture by Henry Abramson. The lecture was delivered as part of the Touro Talks series from Touro University, on 6 April 2022.

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    Chief rabbi of Odesa and southern Ukraine Avraham Wolff: "Previously, I loved and respected the Ukrainian people. But now I just adore them!"

    Posted On: April 12th, 2022
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

    Originally appeared in Russian @Dumskaya.net With the onset of large-scale Russian aggression, public life in Odesa has accelerated many times over. Volunteer, charitable, and creative projects have all gained momentum and are helping the city...

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    Russia's War on Ukraine: Perspectives from Jewish History

    Posted On: April 1st, 2022
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

    Join five distinguished scholars of Jewish, Russian, and Ukrainian studies in a discussion of how we can understand the war in Ukraine from the perspective of Jewish history and how the region's history may inform...

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    Bernard-Henri Levy: Ukraine and the Jews

    Posted On: March 21st, 2022
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

    Among the most disgraceful words Vladimir Putin has uttered since he began this war are his calls to "denazify" Ukraine. Because this story is far from finished, and because we can always count on the...

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    Canadian Jewish Community Issues Joint Statement in Solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian People

    Posted On: March 14th, 2022
    Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

    Dear Friends, We have been watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine with horror and grave concern. To demonstrate our support for our Ukrainian-Canadian neighbours and the people of Ukraine, B'nai Brith Canada, The Centre for...

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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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    A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

    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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    All-Ukrainian Student's
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    2021/2022

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