Presentation of new publications about Ukrainian-Jewish relations

Partner : Ukrainian Jewish Encounter,
Participants : Ihor Schupak, Yegor Vradiy, Nataliia Fedushchak, Andrii Pavlyshyn,
Locations : Museum of ethnography ,

Publications of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and the "Tkuma" Ukrainian Institute of Holocaust Studies are dedicated to the long and dramatic history of Ukrainian-Jewish relations.


UJE books examine a wide range of Ukrainian-Jewish relations from history, culture and literature. This year, the following books will be of particular interest:


  • A new Ukrainian-language translation of "A Tale of Love and Darkness" by the late Israeli writer Amos Oz, whose family roots were in Ukraine (Chernivtsi: Books XXI Publishing House, 2024)
  • "Ukrainian-Jewish Intertwinements", a book of essays by Shimon Briman, UJE representative in Israel (Chernivtsi: Books XXI Publishing House, 2023)


The books of the "Tkuma" institute highlight the problems of the Holocaust — a classic example of genocide, with which other similar phenomena of history are compared particularly to the modern war of Russia against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, which has signs of genocide.


A special work is presented by Yehor Vradii — a documentary study of "Jan's Odyssey" about the Polish-Ukrainian savior of Jews, Jan Khodorovsky, to whom the historian dedicated a book.


UJE's partners — Orion Polytechnic Institute and the Tkuma institute also present the latest history textbooks, which in simple language talk about complex events of the past, the "Ukrainian" and "Jewish question" in history. These modern textbooks have gained popularity among Ukrainian teachers.