Haaretz correspondent Judy Maltz was a recipient of the 2014 B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage on Sunday. Keynote speaker Economy Minister Naftali Bennett acknowledged that the typical Israeli pays little attention to the Diaspora, praising B’nai B’rith’s efforts to change this.
On June 20, 2014, the legendary Ukrainian rock band Vopli Vidopliassova performed in Israel during a tour dedicated to the release of their tenth album, Wonderful World. The band played their only concert in Tel...
Israel’s Keter Publishing House has published a Hebrew-language edition of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by the renowned American historian Timothy Snyder. Praised internationally, the book has received numerous awards. Bloodlands has been translated into twenty-eight languages and...
An organization representing Russian-speaking Jews has cut funding for its Kiev office because of its criticism of Russia’s actions in Ukraine. The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, or EAJC, in February stopped funding its Kiev office, which is run by Josef Zissels, he told JTA on Thursday.
"I really want to get youth involved in the discussion now with the hope of ensuring that we don’t fall into some of the “traps” of the past. There certainly is a risk of that happening because it’s happened before. I recently had the opportunity to hear Josef Zissels (World Jewish Congress Vice-President Chairman, Vaad of Ukraine) speak in Toronto. He summoned our communities to work together, instead of apart, in order to bring about some real, meaningful change."
The Israeli tourist site Masa Acher (A Different Journey) has issued a guide to Ukraine in Hebrew. Currently, it provides only basic, but important, information about the country. A more expansive version is still to...
Head of Kiev’s Jewish community to leaders of the global Jewish Diaspora: “We support the president-elect, there is no antisemitism on the government level in Ukraine, antisemitism is a tool of failed politicians. We must continue investing in the safety of the Jews of Eastern Ukraine."
As Ukraine grapples with political upheaval and threats to its territorial integrity, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is confronting the country’s post-revolution government with another, no less difficult challenge: contending with its past treatment of Jews.
The museum has urged the new government in Kiev to set up an international commission to examine its troubled relations throughout the 20th century with the country’s Jewish community.
Sara Bloomfield, director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, appeared on Ukraine’s Hromadske TV on June 5 and discussed apathy, the importance of her museum and cooperation with UJE. (In English and Ukrainian)
Appearing on Israel’s Russian-language Channel 9 on May 27, UJE’s Shimon Briman noted the results of Ukraine’s presidential elections should put to rest concerns about antisemitism. Combined, both far-right candidates garnered less votes than Vadym Rabynovich, a prominent Jewish businessperson. (In Russian)
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.
