{"id":38790,"date":"2026-10-05T07:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/?p=38790"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:16:33","slug":"video-of-the-2026-encounter-prize-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/video-of-the-2026-encounter-prize-award-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of the 2026 Encounter Prize Award Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38768\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38768\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-01.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-01-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceremony host Andriy Pavlyshyn opens the award ceremony for the 2026 Encounter Prize.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We invite you to view the award ceremony announcing the winner of the unique book award, Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize, held on 11 September 2026 at the Lviv International BookForum Festival.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the award recognized an outstanding contribution to nonfiction books (historical works, biographies, memoirs, journalism, and essays) dedicated to the past and future of Ukrainian-Jewish relations. The event program included a presentation of the short list of nominees. Authors and publishers shared their thoughts on Ukraine's interethnic interaction and contemporary intercultural dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\"><strong>Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize Award Ceremony 2026, Lviv, 11 September 2026.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0426\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0456\u044f \u0432\u0440\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e-\u0454\u0432\u0440\u0435\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u043b\u0456\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0456\u0457 \u00ab\u0417\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0456\u0447\u00bb, \u041b\u044c\u0432\u0456\u0432,11 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f 2026\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WmetiFPvedI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This year, the jury chose between an intellectual biography, a study of Lviv's Jewish architectural heritage, a history of Lviv's photographers of the past, a biography of the city of Dnipro, and family memories of life between the grips of the totalitarian regimes of Hitler and Stalin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38770\" style=\"width: 1922px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38770\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1922\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-02.jpg 1922w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-02-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-02-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1922px) 100vw, 1922px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honoring a moment of silence at the beginning of the ceremony for those killed in Russia's genocidal war against Ukraine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The following jury members participated in the discussion: Jury Head Ola Hnatiuk (Warsaw) \u2014 professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, professor emeritus of the University of Warsaw, essayist, translator, and member of the Ukrainian and Polish PEN Clubs; Jury Member Serhiy Hirik (Kyiv) \u2014 Vice President of the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies, research fellow at the State Research Institution \"Encyclopedia Press\"; Jury Member Vladyslava Moskalets (Lviv) \u2014 a historian, researcher at the Center for Urban History, Associate Professor at the Department of History, and head of Jewish Studies at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), Lviv.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38776\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38776\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-05.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-05-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jury Head Ola Hnatiuk speaks at the award ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Andriy Pavlyshyn moderated the ceremony, with UJE Board Member Igor Shchupak, UJE communications director Natalia A. Feduschak, shortlisted authors, and representatives from Ukrainian publishing houses in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The shortlisted books for the 2026 Encounter Prize were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38772\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38772\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-03.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-03-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shortlisted books for the 20206 Encounter Prize.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Vadym Adadurov, <em>Rearranging Words Across Centuries: An Intellectual Biography of Il'ko Borshchak <\/em>(Lviv: Ukrainian Catholic University Press, 2024)<\/strong><br \/>\nVadym Adadurov<em>,<\/em> <em>Perestavliayuchy slova u stolittiah: intelektualna biohrafia Il'ka Borshchaka<\/em> (Lviv: Vydavnytstvo Ukrainskoho Katolytskoho Universytetu, 2024)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yuriy Biryulov, <em>The Jewish Architectural Heritage of Lviv<\/em><\/strong> <strong>(Lviv: The Old Lion Publishing House, 2024)<\/strong><br \/>\nYuriy Biryulov, <em>Yevreiska architekturna spadshchyna Lvova<\/em> (Lviv: Vydavnytstvo Staroho Lvova, 2024)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iryna Kotlobulatova, <em>Jewish Photographers and Photo Studios of Lviv (1860\u20131939) <\/em>(Lviv: The Old Lion Publishing House, 2024)<\/strong><br \/>\nIryna Kotlobulatova, <em>Yevreiski photohrafy ta photostudii Lvova (1860-1939)<\/em> (Lviv: Vydavnytstvo Staroho Lvova, 2024)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrii Portnov, Tetiana Portnova, <em>Dnipro: Biography of a Great City in the Steppe <\/em>(Kyiv: Publishing House Vikhola, 2024)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Andrii Portnov, Tetiana Portnova, <em>Dnipro. Biohrafia velykoho mista v steppu <\/em>(Kyiv: TOV Vikhola, 2024)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Finkelstein, <em>Hitler, Stalin, Mom, and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival <\/em>(Kyiv: Vydavnytstvo Knyholav, 2025)<\/strong><br \/>\nDaniel Finkelstein, <em>Hitler, Stalin, mama i tato. Yak my rodynoyu dyvom vyzhyly<\/em> (Kyiv: Vydavnytstvo \u00abKnyholav\u00bb, 2025)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38774\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38774\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-04-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shortlisted author Iryna Kotlobulatova speaks at the award ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38780\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38780\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-07.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-07-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-07-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jury Member Vladyslava Moskalets congratulates Andrii Portnov and Tetiana Portnova for winning the 2026 Encounter Prize for their book \"Dnipro: Biography of a Great City in the Steppe\".<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38782\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38782\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-08.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-08-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-08-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrii Portnov, who coauthored with Tetiana Portnova the book \"Dnipro: Biography of a Great City in the Steppe\", which won the 2026 Encounter Prize.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38778\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38778\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-06.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-06-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-06-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the award ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38784\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38784\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-09.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-09-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-09-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/encounter-2026-09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2026 Encounter Prize award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Photo: Lviv International BookForum Festival<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to view the award ceremony announcing the winner of the unique book award, Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize, held on 11 September 2026 at the Lviv International BookForum Festival. 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