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)
James Temerty, a non-Jewish Canadian business magnate who founded the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter to promote interethnic dialogue, said it would be very difficult for Poroshenko to make significant changes without further destabilizing the economy. “The best hope here is to move toward Europe, and that will stop the corruption gradually,” Temerty said. “He said he’d do it.”
On March 4, 2014, Ukrainian Jews penned an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to stop Russian military incursion into and propaganda attacks against Ukraine. In an effort to promote awareness of...
“For the last two months Russian propaganda has promoted the idea that the new reformist government in Kyiv – which includes a Jewish Deputy Prime Minister, and two Jewish governors in major population centers –...
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.
