• Feature Interviews – with artists, authors, acti vists, and other interesting people
• Ukrainian Jewish Heritage –exploring Ukraine’s rich Jewish history
• Knyzhka Corner – Myra Junyk reviews books on Ukrainian themes in English
• Victor’s Vignettes – personal recollections of soviet and post soviet life by the late Victory Sergeyev of Mykolaiv, Ukraine
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Ukrainian Food Flair recipe: Egg Drop Soup • Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Babyn Yar • Great Ukrainian music by: Susidy • Cheremshyn • DoVira • LaVIvo • OT Vinta • Smerichka • Braty Hadiukiny • Sich • Loubistock • Ukrainian Prairie Band Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm PST
News from Ukraine courtesy Ukraine Today • Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Babi (Babyn) Yar • Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Red Stone & Broken Stone by Gabrielle Goldstone • Ukrainian proverb of the week • Great Ukrainian music by: Гурт Еней • Тімь Сонця • Джерела • Jamala • Zeellia • High Profile • Шабля • Chuchyl
Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Red Stone and Broken Stone by Gabrielle Goldstone • Ukraine Today commentary: US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt on territorial integrity in the 21st century • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian music by: High Profile • Theresa Sokyrka • Sophia Rotaru • Oleksiy Kerekesha • Shablia • Dzherela
Ukrainian Food Flair recipe: Horseradish-stuffed beef patties • Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Tribute to Ukrainian Jewish painter Yevhen Roytman •Great Ukrainian music by: • Volyn Ukrainian Song & Dance Company • Oksana Bilozir • Aenaes • Тінь Сонце • Jamala • Unknown Ukrainian Soldiers • Taisia Povaliy • Kuban Cossack Choir • Cherry Band • DoVira
The Kyiv of his youth was very different from today’s busy capital of Ukraine. The city was greener, and quieter. Life was calmer. The city was infused with the mysteries of the past, and held more secrets. The climate was more bracing—with honest cold snaps and dry snowy winters. Kyiv springs were velvety and the
News from Ukraine • Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Tribute to Ukrainian Jewish artist Yevhen Roytman • Ukrainian Food Flair: How to Prepare an Easter Basket (from the Nash Holos Audio Vault) • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Other items of interest • Great Ukrainian music — including Easter songs. Enjoy!
One of the old jokes during the Communist era in Eastern Europe was the quip that you could never predict history. Official interpretations of the past could change suddenly and radically. You had to be adept—and cynically clever—to keep up with changes in the party line. In the post-Soviet era, Ukraine has the challenges, and
Today, let us consider identity. Identity may be frozen, destroyed, or altered through major life changes such as exile, immigration, or assimilation. Identity is a journey, as a recent conference in Los Angeles has shown. The Jewish organization Limmud FSU, the FSU standing for Former Soviet Union, brought together several hundred people to discuss and
Courage and fear. The first quality mobilizes action. The second emotion can paralyze the brain, but not always the heart. Courage and Fear is also the title of a remarkable new book written by the Polish scholar and diplomat Ola Hnatiuk. Her book is a gripping account of both the Soviet and Nazi occupations of
