Video: Presentation of new publications about Ukrainian-Jewish relations
Publications of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute of Holocaust Studies are dedicated to the long and dramatic history of Ukrainian-Jewish relations.
UJE books examine a wide range of Ukrainian-Jewish relations from history, culture and literature. Presented this year on 5 October at the 2024 Lviv BookForum, the following books were of particular interest:
- A new Ukrainian-language translation of A Tale of Love and Darkness by the late Israeli writer Amos Oz, whose family roots were in Ukraine (Chernivtsi: Books XXI Publishing House, 2024)
- Ukrainian-Jewish Intertwinements, a book of essays by Shimon Briman, UJE representative in Israel (Chernivtsi: Books XXI Publishing House, 2023)
The books of the Tkuma Institute highlight the problems of the Holocaust — a classic example of genocide, with which other similar phenomena of history are compared particularly to the modern war of Russia against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, which has signs of genocide.
A special work was presented by Yehor Vradii — a documentary study of "Jan's Odyssey" about the Polish-Ukrainian savior of Jews, Jan Khodorovsky, to whom the historian dedicated a book.
UJE's partners — Orion Polytechnic Institute and the Tkuma Institute, also presented the latest history textbooks, which, in simple language, talk about complex events of the past, the "Ukrainian and Jewish question" in history. These modern textbooks have gained popularity among Ukrainian teachers. In Ukrainian.
Participants:
Igor Shchupak, Director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute of Holocaust Studies; Yehor Vradii, Deputy Director of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute of Holocaust Studies; Natalia A. Feduschak, Director of Communications, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.
Moderator:
Andriy Pavlyshyn, Ukrainian journalist, public figure, historian and translator.
Presentation of new publications about Ukrainian-Jewish relations, Lviv BookForum, 5 October 2024
