Jabotinsky vs. Putin

Posted On: February 20th, 2024

Posted In: Russia–Ukraine War

This German map, from 1753, is clearly of a place it calls Ukraine.

How famous Zionist leader rebutted Putin’s anti-Ukrainian falsifications — more than a century ago

By Shimon Briman

Vladimir Putin launched a criminal war against Ukraine in 2022 and has continued this bloody aggression into 2024, based on an ideological concept that denies the existence of Ukraine as such and Ukrainians as a separate ethnic group.

Starting with his July 2021 essay “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” Putin has been repeating the same propagandist constructs for three years now: Russians and Ukrainians are one people, two parts of one whole. There are no Ukrainians as a separate nation. Ukraine is an artificial entity, not a real state.

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.

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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