On September 29 - 30 the 75th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy is to be commemorated in Kyiv. Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), Ukrainian and the Jewish community plans to hold a series of related events a week earlier. They include a competition for arranging the memorial at the Babyn Yar park, academic discussions, youth conference and a big concert in the Opera House, said Adrian Karatnycky, Board Member at the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter civic initiative.
At a recent meeting of the Ukrainian Jewish Dialogue of Montreal (UJDM), members recalled a moment when Dr. Victor Goldbloom glanced around the table at which we were all comfortably dining and quietly asked, “What...
Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. One of the old jokes during the Communist era in Eastern Europe was the quip that you could never predict history....
Prominent Jewish religious and civic leaders have addressed a moving appeal to the people of the Netherlands who are due to shortly vote in a referendum on whether to ratify the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
Ukraine’s far-right has no need to look for mythical enemies when there’s a real enemy to be fought and their country truly needs to be defended.
President Poroshenko, Petro, welcome to Israel and to Jerusalem, our capital. This is the third day of your visit to Jerusalem, and I am certain that you feel how much you are a welcome guest...
Dear Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker, Esteemed Members of the Knesset, Ladies and gentlemen! Shalom! First of all I would like to thank you for the high honor of speaking in the Knesset—both...
They came dancing into the Brodsky Choral Synagogue, a giant Romanesque building in downtown Kiev, tallit-covered Torah scrolls in their arms.
James Temerty is a distinguished Canadian entrepreneur, civic leader, philanthropist, and founder of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. This edition of Nash Holos would like to introduce to our listeners Temerty’s remarkable life path and philanthropic...
Dr. Aron Shneyer works in the Hall of Names of Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority. For the program “Encounters” he will talk about the particulars of the museum’s work and its...
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.
