Winners of the All-Ukrainian student's drawing competition announced — "Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Our stories are incomplete without each other — 2024"
Winners of the All-Ukrainian student's drawing competition announced — "Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Our stories are incomplete without each other — 2024"
An esteemed panel of jurors has announced the winners of the 2024 All-Ukrainian Student's Drawing Competition "Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Our stories are incomplete without each other."
In the category of "Students grades 8–9" the winners are:
1st place: "Tree of Memory for the Victims of the Holocaust," Sofia Tkachenko, Zhytomyr.
2nd place: "Symbols of Unity," Yuliya Borohan, Oleksandrivka village, Bolhrad district, Odesa oblast.
3rd place: "Unbreakable Peoples: A Meeting Through the Years," Zlata Ivushkina, Kriukivshchyna village, Buchanskiy district, Kyiv oblast.
In the category "Students grades 10–11":
1st place: "Connected Histories," Varvara Medonchak, Poltava.
2nd place: "War — Destroys," Nika Sosenko, Kyiv.
3rd place: "Our Future is in Our Hands," Natalia Stepchuk, Petropavlivka village, Voznesenskiy district, Mykolaiv oblast.
We congratulate the winners and thank all the participants for their talented work. They reflected their creative ideas by revealing the competition's theme and expressing their emotions, perceptions of the world, and love for their native Ukraine.
The All-Ukrainian Student's Drawing Competition "Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Our stories are incomplete without each other" is held annually in Ukraine for students in grades 8 through 11 who attend general and specialized schools, gymnasiums, and lyceums. The competition's goal is to deepen understanding of the breadth, complexity, and diversity of Ukrainian-Jewish relations over the centuries with a view to the future. It aims to understand shared historical experiences better and foster tolerance and a conscious attitude toward interethnic relations in young people.
Vladyslav Hrynevych, Jr. Regional Manager, UJE Ukraine
