{"id":13797,"date":"2019-05-23T23:58:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T23:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/?p=13797"},"modified":"2019-05-23T23:58:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T23:58:33","slug":"ukrainian-jewish-encounter-at-the-kyiv-jewish-forum-5-7-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/ukrainian-jewish-encounter-at-the-kyiv-jewish-forum-5-7-may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Jewish Encounter at the Kyiv Jewish Forum, 5\u20137 May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UJE team at the 2019 Kyiv Jewish Forum. UJE Board Member Berel Rodal is centre; UJE Co-Director Adrian Karatnycky is far right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below, a video report from the Kyiv Jewish Forum 2019, which took place 5\u20137 May in Kyiv.<\/p>\n

The event was organized and held in partnership with the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, the World Jewish Congress, and other influential international organizations.<\/p>\n

In this two-minute video, you will view shots from the screening and discussion of the documentary film From Slavery to Freedom<\/em>, told through the viewpoint of former Soviet political prisoner Natan Shcharansky; the awarding of the Sheptytsky Medal to Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, for deepening relations between Ukrainians and Jews; and public debates featuring Jewish community leaders from all over the world, high-ranking Ukrainian officials, leaders of religious groups, foreign diplomats and parliamentarians, representatives of international civic organizations, and others.<\/p>\n

Over 500 people attended these events. More than a thousand complimentary copies of books published with the assistance of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter were given away at the Forum.<\/p>\n

We also invite you to view photos taken at the Kyiv Jewish Forum 2019.<\/p>\n