Victor Pinchuk Receives Sheptytsky Award

Posted On: December 11th, 2014

Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Sheptytsky Award

Victor Pinchuk, businessman, philanthropist, and founder of the Yalta European Strategy, received the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award for 2014. The award, conferred by the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, was presented at a dinner in Mr. Pinchuk’s honor on November 18, 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The following is a select roundup of stories and clips related to the event.

Victor Pinchuk

Dr. Leon Chameides, who as a child was saved by Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

French writer and philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy

U.S. scholar Timothy Snyder

Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005)

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Adrian Karatnycky Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Leonid Kravchuk, President of Ukraine (1991-1994)

From the Victor Pinchuk Foundation:

Victor Pinchuk was presented with the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award for fostering Ukrainian-Jewish relations and advancing Ukraine’s European aspirations

http://pinchukfund.org/en/news/13519/

Photo Gallery: Sheptytsky Award Ceremony Honoring Ukrainian Philanthropist Victor Pinchuk

http://pinchukfund.org/en/photo_and_video/photogallery/344/?clear_cache=Y

Віктора Пінчука нагороджено медаллю митрополита Андрея Шептицького за зміцнення українсько-єврейських відносин і підтримку проєвропейських прагнень України

http://pinchukfund.org/ua/news/13519/

Фотогалерея: Вручення Медалі Шептицького українському бізнесмену і філантропу Віктору Пінчуку

http://pinchukfund.org/ua/photo_and_video/photogallery/344/?clear_cache=Y

Виктор Пинчук награжден медалью митрополита Андрея Шептицкого за укрепление украинско-еврейских отношений и поддержку проевропейских стремлений Украины

http://pinchukfund.org/ru/news/13519/

Фотогалерея: Вручение Медали Шептицкого украинскому бизнесмену и филантропу Виктору Пинчуку

http://pinchukfund.org/ru/photo_and_video/photogallery/344/

Video clips from the award ceremony:

Victor Pinchuk at the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award Ceremony

Dr Leon Chameides at the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award Ceremony

U.S. scholar Timothy Snyder at the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award Ceremony

Bernard-Henri Levy, French philosopher and writer at Sheptytsky Award Ceremony

Related:

Victor Pinchuk, Mistral Warships, and the Jews of Ukraine, By Bernard-Henri Levy

On November 18, 2014, in Kiev, philanthropist Victor Pinchuk was awarded the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Medal of Honor by the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine and Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (a Canadian organization) for his contributions to Ukrainian-Jewish understanding and cooperation. What follows is a corrected version of my remarks at the ceremony. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernardhenri-levy/victor-pinchuk-mistral-wa_b_6226632.html

English-language media:

Art Daily: Philanthropist Victor Pinchuk presented with the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award

Topix.com: Philanthropist Victor Pinchuk presented with the Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky Award

Catholic Canada: Victor Pinchuk To Receive Metropolitan Sheptytsky Award

RISU.org.ua: Victor Pinchuk To Receive Metropolitan Sheptytsky Award

Ukrainebusiness.com.ua: Victor Pinchuk to receive Metropolitan Sheptytsky award

The Times of Israel: Ukraine rabbi: US Jews helped us beat Russia’s antisemitic propaganda

The Jerusalem Post: Ukrainian Jews seek to rehabilitate Holocaust era priest

The tablet: Andrei Sheptytsky Welcomed Nazis to Ukraine. That’s Not the Whole Story

Media in Ukrainian:

Interfax-Ukraina: Бізнесмена Пінчука нагороджено медаллю митрополита Шептицького за зміцнення українсько-єврейських відносин і підтримку проєвропейських прагнень України

ZN.ua: Віктор Пінчук нагороджений медаллю митрополита Андрія Шептицького