{"id":8086,"date":"2017-09-28T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2017-09-29T06:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T06:15:19","slug":"uje-showcase-hit-bloor-west-village-toronto-ukrainian-festival-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/uje-showcase-hit-bloor-west-village-toronto-ukrainian-festival-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"UJE Showcase a Hit at the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV2-Medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8088\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV2-Medium-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV2-Medium-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV2-Medium-500x339.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV2-Medium.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Celebrities, food, and finding your roots proved to be a winning combination for the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter exhibition at this year\u2019s Ukrainian Festival in Toronto\u2019s Bloor West Village, held on 15-17 September.\u00a0 Warm weather drew higher attendance than in any past year and the new UJE exhibition welcomed over 1,500 guests from the festive crowd. <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV1-Medium-e1506616836550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8087 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV1-Medium-e1506616836550-362x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV1-Medium-e1506616836550-362x500.jpg 362w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/BWV1-Medium-e1506616836550.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a>A spacious new booth enabled more people to visit the exhibit and read the information panels on display.\u00a0 Among the most popular panels was an intricate map of Ukraine which provided visitors with an opportunity to locate their family towns, villages, and <em>shtetls<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other popular informational panels among visitors included the Did You Know? feature,\u00a0 which showcased famous Jews who had roots in Ukraine. One surprise visitor from a galaxy far, far, away, Mr. Spock of <em>Star Trek<\/em> fame, conducted his own voyage of discovery at the UJE booth. The parents of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played the iconic science fiction character on television and film, hailed from Izyaslav, Ukraine. The informative and crowd-pleasing Culinary Food panel outlined the similarities in the cuisines of both cultures.<\/p>\n<p>The UJE exhibition has been a staple at the Toronto Ukrainian Festival for the past seven years. \u00a0This year all three recent UJE publications\u2014<em>Jews and Ukrainians: A Millenium of Co-Existence<\/em>, <em>The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter: Cultural Dimensions<\/em>, and <em>Babyn Yar: History and Memory<\/em>\u2014were featured on display, and videos of various UJE projects ran all day and evening.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors were eager to leave their impressions of the UJE exhibit in a guest book.\u00a0 One remark summarized the popular response: \u00a0\u201c<em>Thanks for helping us to remember our common bonds<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8086 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail gallery1'><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\/\/ <![CDATA[\r\n\tjQuery(document).ready(function () {\r\n\t\tjQuery(\".gallery1 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