Former Secretary of State Dan Meridor sharply criticizes [Naftali] Bennett government's course towards Russia Former Israeli Minister of Justice and Finance Dan Meridor sharply criticized Israel's position in the conflict over Ukraine. During an online...
The link below offers a list of Israeli universities/institutions of higher learning that offer emergency fellowships for scholars/students from Ukraine. The list will be updated as more universities and departments join daily. There are...
[Editor's note: Beginning 1 March 2022, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed lawmakers in Europe and North America about Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine. He has spoken about Ukrainians' fight for freedom, democracy, and the...
On 24 February 2022, Russia dramatically escalated its war against a sovereign and independent Ukraine, with a full-scale invasion of the country. This constitutes the largest military operation in Europe since World War II. Over...
On 1 March 2022, a large group (that is growing daily) of Nobel laureates signed an open letter voicing their support for the Ukrainian people and the free and independent state of Ukraine as it...
Agnon House's Jeffrey Saks discusses the situation in Ukraine with Natalia Feduschak, Director of Communications at Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), and Vasyl Makhno, a Ukrainian poet, playwright and essayist. They discuss the pull of Agnon's...
The American rabbi living in Poland had planned to help Ukrainians — Jews and non-Jews — but from the safety of Polish soil. But this week, heading to the border to distribute food and medicine,...
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...
Students from the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv discuss what it means to them to live in an independent Ukraine. March 2020. Related: Here Is How It Feels to Watch Russia Wage War in Ukraine
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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.
