{"id":23303,"date":"2022-09-28T17:05:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T21:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/?p=23303"},"modified":"2022-09-28T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T21:13:27","slug":"video-and-poetry-israeli-writers-at-meridian-czernowitz-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/video-and-poetry-israeli-writers-at-meridian-czernowitz-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Video and poetry: Israeli writers at Meridian Czernowitz 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/meridian-czernowitz_feature-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23308\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/meridian-czernowitz_feature-1-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/meridian-czernowitz_feature-1-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/meridian-czernowitz_feature-1-500x315.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/meridian-czernowitz_feature-1-1536x966.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/meridian-czernowitz_feature-1-2048x1288.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/meridian-czernowitz_feature-1-700x440.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/meridian-czernowitz_feature-1-350x220.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a long-standing sponsor of the Meridian Czernowitz International Poetry Festival, which took place this year on 2\u20134 September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Russia\u2019s ongoing criminal war against Ukraine, this year\u2019s festival was held in person in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, to enthusiastic audiences and was also broadcast on Meridian Czernowitz's official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meridiancz\">Facebook<\/a> page and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MERIDIANCZ\/videos\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n<p>The program included presentations dedicated to the Ukrainian-Jewish literary discourse as in past years. Ukrainian literary translator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meridiancz.com\/blog\/yuliia-liubka\/\">Yuliya Lyubka<\/a> moderated a panel devoted to the poetry of Israeli poets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryinternational.com\/nl\/poets-poems\/poets\/poet\/102-24621_Mordechai\">Shachar Mario Mordechai<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nyu.academia.edu\/EranTzelgov\">Eran Tzelgov<\/a>; Soviet dissident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meridiancz.com\/blog\/josyf-zisels\/\">Josef Zissels<\/a>, head of VAAD (the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine), discussed Ukraine\u2019s ethnic communities against the backdrop of Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine; and Ihor Pomarantsev, Meridian co-founder, journalist, poet, participated in a discussion about the war.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a video of the discussion and poetry readings with Shachar Mario Mordechai and Eran Tzelgov in Ukrainian, English, and Hebrew, as well as selected translations of their works into Ukrainian by Yuliya Luybka. Meridian Czernowitz\u2019s Facebook page offers an enjoyable selection of photographs from this year\u2019s festival: and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=meridiancz&amp;set=a.5492023137529589\">Portraits of Meridian Czernowitz 2022 by Julia Weber<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\">Meridian Czernowitz, Poetry Readings: Israel, 4 September 2022<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Participants:<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Shachar Mario Mordechai and Eran Tzelgov with moderator and translator, Yuliya Lyubka<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041f\u043e\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0456 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f: \u0406\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043b\u044c\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DoafMispYe8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shachar Mario Mordechai\u2019s poetry in Ukrainian-language translation can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/shachar-mario-mordechai-poetry_ua.pdf\">here.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eran Tzelgov\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>poetry in Ukrainian-language translation can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/eran-tzelgov-poetry_ua.pdf\">here<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/authors-collage_meridian_eng-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23304\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/authors-collage_meridian_eng-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/authors-collage_meridian_eng-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/authors-collage_meridian_eng-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/authors-collage_meridian_eng-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/authors-collage_meridian_eng-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=meridiancz&amp;set=a.5492023137529589\">Portraits of Meridian Czernowitz 2022 by Julia Weber<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a long-standing sponsor of the Meridian Czernowitz International Poetry Festival, which took place this year on 2\u20134 September 2022. 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