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Director stages anti-Ukrainian show in Kaliningrad

Posted On: October 23rd, 2014

Posted In: Culture and Arts

A disturbing example of the exploitation of Jewish themes for anti-Ukrainian propaganda in Russia can be found in a recent provincial theatre production that has drawn national attention. The director Mikhail Sales has staged the...

Haaretz: Is this man the most powerful Jew in the world?

Posted On: October 21st, 2014

Posted In: Jewish Life in Ukraine

Igor Kolomoisky is not a man to trifle with niceties. The third-richest citizen in Ukraine – and suddenly one of the most influential politicians in the torn country – enjoys discomfiting people who meet him for the first time.

JP: Reports of antisemitism in Odessa highlights use of Jews in wartime propaganda

Posted On: October 14th, 2014

Posted In: Antisemitism

Despite media reports, there has been no surge of antisemitic attacks in Odessa, local Jewish leaders say. Reports in Pravda, Izvestia and other Russian news outlets last week painted a picture of an Ukrainian Jewish community terrorized by members of the ultra-nationalist Pravy Sektor (Right Sector) movement.

Forward.com: Moscow Tear Gas Attack Shows Rise of Antisemitism in Putin Era

Posted On: October 14th, 2014

Posted In: Antisemitism

On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, a group of five or six men disrupted a Jewish concert in the Great Hall of Moscow’s International Music House with a tear gas attack.

Sharansky visits Jewish refugee camp

Posted On: October 8th, 2014

Posted In: Ukraine-Israel Relations

In Dnipropetrovsk, refugees from battle zones in eastern Ukraine told Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky harrowing stories of hiding from gunfire, sitting in cellars without food or drink, and experiencing...

The Jerusalem Post on failed firebombing in Kyiv

Posted On: October 7th, 2014

Posted In: Other UJE-Related News

Ukrainian Jews have enriched their country and the actions of “stupid people or provocateurs” do not mean that all Ukrainians are antisemitic, a Ukrainian official said in response to reports to a failed firebombing of a Kiev synagogue immediately prior to Rosh Hashana.

Writing Competition Honors Human Rights Leader

Posted On: October 6th, 2014

Posted In: Other UJE-Related News

The Ukraine-based NGO Society Initiatives Institute has announced the first international essay contest in honor of Raphael Lemkin. Lemkin, a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who was born in Belarus and studied in Ukraine and...

JTA: Giant Ukraine JCC provides shelter

Posted On: October 4th, 2014

Posted In: Other UJE-Related News

Five months into the war that turned him into a refugee in his own country, Jacob Virin has already attended 20 Jewish weddings — including those of his son and two other relatives — at the $100 million JCC of Dnepropetrovsk.

Israeli Training Ukrainian Forces

Posted On: October 3rd, 2014

Posted In: Ukraine-Israel Relations

Israel’s largest and most authoritative newspaper Yediot Ahronot published in its political supplement of 24 September 2014 extensive material about a military instructor from Israel in the Ukrainian army in the anti-terrorist operation zone. In...

The Embassy of Israel Transferred WHO Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

Posted On: October 3rd, 2014

Posted In: Ukraine-Israel Relations

The World Health Organization (WHO), with the assistance of the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine, delivered about twenty tons of drugs worth nearly five million hryvnias on Monday, September 22. Nearly 200 thousand people will...

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Director stages anti-Ukrainian show in Kaliningrad

Haaretz: Is this man the most powerful Jew in the world?

JP: Reports of antisemitism in Odessa highlights use of Jews in wartime propaganda

Forward.com: Moscow Tear Gas Attack Shows Rise of Antisemitism in Putin Era

Sharansky visits Jewish refugee camp

Israeli Training Ukrainian Forces

The Embassy of Israel Transferred WHO Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

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Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Timeline wins international recognition while countering Russian propaganda

Web Excellence Awards:

w3 Awards:

Anthem Awards:

Communicator Awards:

Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize

Download the complete 168-page book

A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter

FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1914

All-Ukrainian Student's Drawing Competition 2021/2022

All-Ukrainian Student's
Drawing Competition
2021/2022