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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...

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...

Statement of Kantor Center Researchers on Russian War Crimes and Holocaust Distortion

Posted On: March 11th, 2022

Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

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David Harris: Who Needs "Denazification"?

Posted On: March 10th, 2022

Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

By David Harris March 9, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin justified his current invasion of Ukraine by asserting the country needed to be denazified. It was a rather odd assertion, to say the least. Ukraine...

Volodomyr Zelensky: His presidency in the context of Ukrainian-Jewish history

Posted On: March 9th, 2022

Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

Henry Abramson briefly discusses the election of Volodomyr Zelensky in the larger context of Ukrainian-Jewish history. Recorded on 4 March 2022 with hope for a speedy return to peace for Ukraine and its people.

"With the help of Ukrainians, I realized my national existence as a Jew"

Posted On: November 28th, 2019

Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

Mikhail Heifets, a great friend of Ukrainian-Jewish understanding, is no longer with us Mikhail Heifets, the renowned Soviet human rights activist, dissident, historian, and writer, died at the age of 85 on the evening of...

«We are extremely proud of the outcome of inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum», — Boris Lozhkin

Source: Jewish Confederation of Ukraine

Posted On: May 9th, 2019

Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

More than 500 leaders from Israel, the United States, Europe and Ukraine participated in the inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum, organised by the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine (JCU) on 5-7 May, 2019. The success of the event, the first international Jewish-interest conference in Ukraine, illustrates the renaissance of the Ukrainian Jewish community and its role in the global Jewry.

Ukrainian scholar in Israel received Nobel laureate’s consortium award

Posted On: March 25th, 2019

Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

Valentyna Klymiuk, a young scholar from Ukraine, received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Haifa in March 2019. Her research is at the junction of biology and genetics, touching on methods of combating a...

Ukrainian youth and townsfolk band together to restore neglected Jewish cemetery

Source: Times of Israel

Posted On: December 4th, 2018

Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

KALUSH, Ukraine — It was an unlikely group of more than 100 people who came to clean up the Jewish cemetery in the western Ukrainian town of Kalush in mid-October.

Remembering the man who told the truth of Stalin's assault on Ukraine

Source: The National Post

Posted On: October 20th, 2018

Posted In: Ukrainian-Jewish Relations

He was the first to call it what it was. Sixty-five years ago this month, on Sept. 20, 1953, Dr. Raphael Lemkin, a legal scholar, spoke in New York City about Stalin’s four-pronged offensive against Ukraine during the 1930s.

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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.

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."

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.

Bernard-Henri Levy: Ukraine and the Jews

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

Statement of Kantor Center Researchers on Russian War Crimes and Holocaust Distortion

David Harris: Who Needs "Denazification"?

Volodomyr Zelensky: His presidency in the context of Ukrainian-Jewish history

"With the help of Ukrainians, I realized my national existence as a Jew"

«We are extremely proud of the outcome of inaugural Kyiv Jewish Forum», — Boris Lozhkin

Ukrainian scholar in Israel received Nobel laureate’s consortium award

Ukrainian youth and townsfolk band together to restore neglected Jewish cemetery

Remembering the man who told the truth of Stalin's assault on Ukraine

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

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Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

Web Excellence Awards:

w3 Awards:

Anthem Awards:

Communicator Awards:

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

Download the complete 168-page book

A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Student's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

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