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, antisemitism has not been a factor in the campaign.
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...
On 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, official Israeli agencies always publish a report on manifestations of antisemitism throughout the world for the previous year. The main trends are then presented at a traditional, special...
The topic of antisemitism 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...
LONDON – Debating on the degree of antisemitism in modern Ukraine and the role of Jews in it three top experts from Toronto and Ukraine clashed in their views when they spoke up to the crowd in the Jewish Community Center in London on Jan. 29.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko once again flew to Israel on 20-21 January 2019. This was his third visit to the Jewish state, three years and a month after his first visit in December 2015, and...
Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity of 2013-14, Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the continuing war in Eastern Ukraine has triggered an intense public search for Ukrainian identity. The Jewish community of Ukraine, too, has embraced a...
Lawyers who scale back their practice at the end of their careers might do some consulting, teaching, mediation or just kick back. Mark Freiman, who has left his Toronto law firm after eight years, is devoting himself to a mass grave in Ukraine.
To friends and readers around the world, we wish you a very happy holiday season and wonderful new year. May you always be inspired. We will return to this space on 14 January 2019.
These extraordinary books from world-class writers are about reviving, through words, a now-derelict town and the lives of its ten thousand murdered Jews.
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.
