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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed participants of the Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony in Bukovina

Posted On: September 16th, 2019

Posted In: Holocaust Remembrance

To the participants of the ceremony to commemorate Holocaust victims in Bukovina Ladies and Gentlemen! The Holocaust. When we hear this word, it conjures up images of horror, pain, and despair on the black-and-white film…

Netanyahu may reassess his role as a possible mediator between Russia and Ukraine

Posted On: August 1st, 2019

Posted In: Ukraine-Israel Relations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Israel’s bloggers on the evening of 30 July 2019 in the informal setting of the Yudale Bar in Rishon Le-Zion. Only 8 of the 25 participants were able…

Israel-Ukraine: Intensifying partnership in higher education

Posted On: July 18th, 2019

Posted In: Ukraine-Israel Relations

The Israeli-Ukrainian educational forum “EduMission-2019″ was an important event for the intensification of direct cooperation between the universities of the two countries. Representatives of eight Ukrainian universities met with their Israeli counterparts at the end…

New adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel is well acquainted with Ukrainian-Jewish themes

Posted On: June 21st, 2019

Posted In: Ukraine-Israel Relations

This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed attorney Ariel Bulstein to be his special adviser on immigrants from the countries of the former USSR. This appointment took place for the first time after a…

Farber: Ukraine’s revisionist roadblocks

Source: The Canadian Jewish News

Posted On: May 16th, 2019

Posted In: UJE in the News

A few weeks ago, I participated in a fascinating panel on historical revisionism and how it has impacted various ethnic and racialized communities.

«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.

The Ukrainian-Jewish relationship is solid

Source: Kyiv Post

Posted On: April 19th, 2019

Posted In: Anti-Semitism

When Ukrainians go to the polls on April 21 to vote in the second round of presidential elections, they will have celebrated a remarkable achievement: in an election with a Jewish frontrunner, anti-Semitism has not been a factor in the campaign.

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…

Israel acknowledges level of anti-Semitism in Ukraine is falling

Posted On: March 4th, 2019

Posted In: Anti-Semitism

On 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, official Israeli agencies always publish a report on manifestations of anti-Semitism throughout the world for the previous year. The main trends are then presented at a traditional, special…

Anti-Semitism in Ukraine in 2018: loud statements, minor incidents

Posted On: March 4th, 2019

Posted In: Anti-Semitism

The topic of anti-Semitism in Ukraine last year assuredly occupied an important place in the international Jewish agenda. The issue was discussed and condemned, denied and explained. It has caused concern among American politicians and…

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