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# Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio

Variety show featuring Ukrainian in English broadcasting in Vancouver, Nanaimo & International syndication

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- [Victor's Vignettes: Military translation at my school](https://www.nashholos.com/victors-vignettes-military-translation-at-my-school/) - Victor’s Vignettes … stories about life in soviet and post-soviet Ukraine. - by Victor Sergeyev Mikolayev, Ukraine All throughout my early years at school, I looked forward to studying American literature in 10th grade. How I would enjoy reading the English language works of such authors as Theodor Drizer, Mark Twain, and Jack London! I
- [Victor's Vignettes: The Music Of My Childhood — 1966-1975](https://www.nashholos.com/victors-vignettes-the-music-of-my-childhood-1966-1975/) - Victor’s Vignettes … Stories about Life in soviet and post-soviet Ukraine. -by Victor Sergeyev Mikolayev, Ukraine The Music Of My Childhood — 1966-1975 When it came to music listening in soviet Ukraine, we always had choices. We could tune in on radio receivers to hear soundtracks of the two available TV channels, the state-controlled Moscow
- [Victor's Vignettes: My Baba said ...](https://www.nashholos.com/victors-vignettes-my-baba-said/) - Baba is what I called my granny on my father’s side … or sometimes just simply “Ba.” My Baba was an amazing woman. Her folk wisdom and wit still inspire me to this day … even though I didn’t really even know her. I was only two years old when she died, so there were
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - New Feature](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-new-feature/) - So little is known about Ukraine's Jewish past, and present. For example, did you know that Ukraine is the second most sacred site on earth for Jews, second only to Israel itself? Few do. Such facts are too often lost in a sea of ignorance and mutual distrust created and cultivated by outside forces with a vested interest
- [Ukrainian_Jewish_Heritage-Faina_Petryakova](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian_jewish_heritage-faina_petryakova/) - The Faina Petryakova Scientific Center for Judaica and Jewish Art has been set up to commemorate the life of Faina Petryakova – a passionate defender and promoter of Jewish art, and a great scholar. Faina Petryakova was born in 1931 in Old Buxov (now in Belarus territory) into a Jewish family. Her father was an
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Faina Petryakovka Scientific Centre for Judaica & Jewish Art](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-faina-petryakovka-scientific-centre-judaica-jewish-art/) - In the heart of Lviv is a little-known centre dedicated to the revival and restoration of Ukraine’s Jewish heritage. The Faina Petryakova Scientific Center for Judaica and Jewish Art was created in March 2005. The Center is located in the former apartment of Faina Petryakova in Lviv at 14/ 4 Mendeleyeva street. Ms. Petryakova was
- [Ukrainian_Jewish_Heritage-Faina_Petryakova](https://www.nashholos.com/faina_petryakova/) - The Faina Petryakova Scientific Center for Judaica and Jewish Art has been set up to commemorate the life of Faina Petryakova – a passionate defender and promoter of Jewish art, and a great scholar. Faina Petryakova was born in 1931 in Old Buxov (now in Belarus territory) into a Jewish family. Her father was an
- [Golden Rose Synagogue](https://www.nashholos.com/golden-rose-synagogue/) - Ukraine’s Jewish community is fighting to restore a historical treasure in the heart of Lviv. This treasure is the “Golden Rose” — also known as Turei Zahav — and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Golden Rose is the oldest synagogue in Ukraine. It is also renowned as one of the oldest and
- [Synagogue in Zhovkva](https://www.nashholos.com/synagogue-zhovkva/) - Zhovkva is a beautiful and extraordinary town located 25 kilometers from Lviv … an easy day trip away. From its earliest days, Zhovkva’s population was a mix of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews. Today the towan’s architectural, historical and cultural diversity make it popular with tourists. More than 27,000 visited last year. Zhovkva was founded in
- [Ludwig Rosenberg (a.k.a. Volodymyr Chorniy)](https://www.nashholos.com/ludwig-rosenberg-k-volodymyr-chorniy/) - The Legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (Січові Стрілці) in Ukrainian, was the first Ukrainian military unit of the 20th century. The Sich fought on the side of Austria-Hungary, with dreams of an independent Ukraine in the near future. Among the Sich Riflemen were many Ukrainians of Jewish descent. Ludwig Rosenberg, also known as Volodymyr
- [Sambir cemetary](https://www.nashholos.com/sambir-cemetary/) - Sambir is an administrative centre for the Lviv region, or Raion, located 73 kilometers from the city of Lviv. Founded in 1199, Sambir has a rich Jewish history, little of which remains. The first mention of Jews living in Sambir dates back to 1447.Over the years, conflicts between Christian and Jewish merchants arose. This led to royal decrees in the mid-fifteen hundreds restricting Jews from trading or living
- [Rosh Hashana & Uman Pilgrimage in Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/rosh-hashana-uman-pilgrimage-ukraine/) - The name for the Jewish New Year is Rosh Hashana, which in Hebrew means the "head of the year." It is one of the most important religious holidays for Jews … a day of awe and fear, but also a day of celebration. In 2013 (the Jewish Year of 5774), Jews in Ukraine, Israel and
- [Yom Kippur in Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/yom-kippur-ukraine/) - In the Jewish faith, Yom Kippur is known as the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur, or Soodny Den’in Ukrainian, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for Jews, as the focus is on atonement and repentance. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days … or in Hebrew, Yamim Nora'im, meaning "Days
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Sukkhot](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-sukkhot/) - As the Jewish High Holy Days draw to a close, the focus of the Jewish community shifts from the solemnity of Yom Kippur to the jubilant celebration of the festival of Sukkoth. In the Jewish diaspora Sukkoth is an eight-day festival beginning on the fifth day after Yom Kippur. Sukkath is also known as the
- [James Temerty - Founder of Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE)](https://www.nashholos.com/james-temerty-founder-of-ukrainian-jewish-encounter-uje/) - James Temerty is a distinguished Canadian entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist, and founder of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. Well-known and respected for his vision, initiative and servant leadership, James Temerty has received many honours for his achievements. He was born in the Donbas region of Ukraine during WWII. His parents were deported to Germany as
- [The Last Klezmer](https://www.nashholos.com/last-klezmer/) - One of Galicia’s few klezmer musicians to survive the Holocaust was Leopold Kozlowski. Known as the last klezmer of Galicia, he is a passionate promoter of klezmer. Now 95, he lives in Krakow, Poland where he teaches klezmer to non-Jewish students. Klezmer is a traditional Jewish non-liturgical music with roots in Galicia. Like other folk
- [Yaroslav Dashkevych](https://www.nashholos.com/yaroslav-dashkevych/) - Yaroslav Dashkevych was a prominent Ukrainian historian, and one of the founding members of the Scientific Center of Judaica and Jewish art. In a time of rapid devaluation of national values (which is how we can characterize the latest decade of our history), Dashkevych was a significant role model for thousands of people. He was
- [The Roots of Klezmer](https://www.nashholos.com/roots-klezmer/) - Klezmer music … it's instantly recognizable, yet almost impossible to define. It’s a unique sound with a heritage deeply rooted in the shtetls, the Jewish villages of Eastern Europe. The term klezmer is derived from the Hebrew roots “kli-zemer” or “vessel of song.” It reflects the ancient Jewish belief that a musician is not really
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hannukah 2013](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-hannukah-2013/) - Hannukah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. This year on the Gregorian calendar it starts on November 27 and ends on-December 5. Hannukah is a joyous holiday, celebrated every year by Jews around the world with the lighting of candles on the Menora. TraditionalHannukah treats include hot
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Lviv Cemetary](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-lviv-cemetary/) - Many distinguished figures have been laid to rest in Lviv's Jewish cemetery. Among them are Izaak and Róża Nachmanowicz, the founders of the Golden Rose Synagogue in Lviv. The first mention of the old Jewish cemetery in municipal records dates back to May 27, 1414. The cemetery was established on lands that were bestowed upon
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Kamianets-Podilsk](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-kamianets-podilsk/) - Kamianets was an ancient and important centre of Jewish life. Now called Kamianets-Podilskyi, today it is a city in western Ukraine, north-east of Chernivtsi. The first part of the city's dual name originates from камiнь, meaning "stone." The second part relates to Podillia, of which it is considered to be the historic capital. Podillia is
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Jews in Drohobych](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-jews-in-drohobych/) - Drohobych is a city located at the confluence of the Tysmenytsia River and Seret, a tributary of the former, in the Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. The current estimated population is nearly 78 thousand. Jews had lived in or near Drohobycz as early as the fifteenth century. However an officially recognized community was not established
- [Ukrainian Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky - "Saviour of the Jews"](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-metropolitan-andrei-sheptytsky-saviour-jews/) - Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is known as the `saviour of Jews` during World War II. Renata Hanynets explains why, in this week's look at Ukraine's Jewish Heritage. Transcript. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is known as the `saviour of Jews` during World War II. In the words of Rabbi David Kahane: "When I call Andrey Sheptytskyi a
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Brody Cemetary](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-brody-cemetary/) - Brody is a city in western Ukraine, located in the the Lviv Oblast, or province, 90 kilometres northeast of Lviv. It is now the administrative center of the Brody Raion, or district, with a population of about 24 thousand. At one time, Brody was one of the greatest centers of commerce in Eastern Europe, outside
- [Timothy Snyder off the mark on post-WWII Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/timothy-snyder-mark-post-wwii-ukraine/) - Ukrainian Jewish reaction to academic/author Timothy Snyder's recent presentation in Geneva. Transcript: Добрий день! This is Renata Hanynets, at the Faina Petryakova Scientific Centre for Judaica and Jewish Arts, a branch of the Jewish Heritage Museum in Lviv, Ukraine. Recently, our executive assistant at the Jewish Heritage Museum, Volodymyr Valkov, travelled to Geneva to hear a
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Tu Bishvat](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-tu-bishvat/) - On January 16th, 2014 Jews in Ukraine and around the world will observe Tu Bishvat ...traditionally known as the new year of the trees. According to the tradition of the Hasidim, on Tu Bishvat the Almighty decides the fate of trees and their fruits in the upcoming year’s harvest. As on all Jewish holidays and
- [False accusations of anti-semitism in Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/false-accusations-anti-semitism-ukraine/) - Volodymyr Valkov, of the Jewish Heritage Museum in Ukraine, discusses charges of anti-Semitism in response to a New Year's skit on the Maidan in which Jewish persons were depicted in a derogatory manner. * Transcript: The pro-European protests in Ukraine that started on November 21 of last year have attracted international attention. The massive protests are seen
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Message to the Leaders of the Maidan](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-message-maidan-leaders/) - Vitaly Nachmanovych is a historian and ethnopolitologist specializing in Jewish Ukrainian history. His accomplishments are numerous. Among other things he is: a leading researcher at the Museum of History in Kyiv, with a special focus on the atrocity of Babyn Yar, the author of numerous articles and the editor of numerous publications dealing with the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - International Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/) - January 27th marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. Fifty years later, in November of 2005, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed this date International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, or simply International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Holocaust
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Jews on Maidan](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-jews-on-maidan/) - In these difficult times for Ukraine, it is important to remember the good, to be tolerant and support each other. Because we all are fighting for truth, justice, democracy and a better future for our country. On January 22, 2014, Mikhail Livinskiy a member of the leadership of the united opposition of Ukraine, made a
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Husiatyn](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-husiatyn/) - Husiatyn is a town in the Ternopil Oblast of Western Ukraine, located on the west bank of the Zbruch River. This river formed the old boundary between Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire in the nineteenth century, and the boundary between the Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union during the inter-war period of the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Purim](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-purim/) - Purim is a holiday Jews observe in memory of an ancient victory recounted in the Book of Esther. This story had eerie parallels in Europe during the bloody 20th century. About twenty five hundred years ago, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar. The Jewish people were banished from Israel
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Zolochiv](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-zolochiv/) - Zolochiv, a town located 60 kilometers east of Lviv, was at one time a thriving Polish-Jewish-Ukrainian town. Then, in just three years, its Jewish population perished in the Holocaust. The Jewish presence in Zolochiv dates back to 1565. For centuries, Zolochiv was home to numerous artisans, tradesmen and notable rabbis.They lived throughout the city and
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Passover in Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-passover-ukraine/) - The festival of Passover commemorates the Exodus of Jews from Egypt over three thousand years ago. The timeless and universal message of this holiday is that slaves can go free, and that the future can be better than the present. Passover, or Pessach as it is called in Yiddish, begins in the middle of the
- [Fr. Omelian Kovch — "Pastor of Majdanek"](https://www.nashholos.com/fr-omelian-kovch-pastor-majdanek/) - Omelian Kovch was born 20 August 1884 in the picturesque southern Galician village of Kosmach, in the Carpathian Mountains. The family was full of priests. His father was a parish priest and his mother was the daughter of a parish priest. After completing his studies in Lviv, he embarked on the road to priesthood. He
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Karaite Jews](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-karaite-jews/) - Halych is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The town gave its name to the historic province and the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhyn, of which it was the capital until the early 14th century. Today Halych is a small city which preserves its former name. It also is the administrative center of
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Rohatyn Part 1](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-rohatyn-part-1/) - Rohatyn is a city located on the Hnyla Lypa River in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rohatyn Raion. It was first mentioned in historical documents in 1184 as a part of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. Its name seems to be derived from Ruthenia, the name of the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Rohatyn Part 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-rohatyn-part-2-2/) - Marla Raucher Osborn is a former California attorney whose family originates from Rohatyn, in western Ukraine. Now based in Warsaw, she works as a researcher, writer, and lecturer. Marla has been researching her family’s history for several years. Her first visit to Rohatyn was in 2008. She walked the town and shot photos, but she
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Belz](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-belz-2/) - Belz is a small city in the Lviv province of Western Ukraine near the border with Poland. The Ashkenazi Jewish community in Belz was established in the 14th century. The Ashkenazi are a Jewish ethnic division which coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the turn of the first millennium. They established communities in central
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Bruno Shultz](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-bruno-shultz/) - Drohobych is a town in the Lviv region of Ukraine, and the homeland of Bruno Szultz – a writer, literary critic, fine artist, and teacher of art. Szultz was born to Jewish parents and is regarded as one of the great Polish-language prose stylists of the 20th century. He attended school in Drohobych from 1902
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Baal Shem Tov](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-baal-shem-tov/) - Іsrael Baal Shem Tov is the founder of the Hasidic movement in Judaism. His name means «a good man who knows the secret name of God». Rabbi Baal Shem Tov developed a sophisticated mystical system based not on an intellectual comprehension of God, as did the Kabbalists, but on passionate religious aspiration, easily accessible to
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Rebbe Nachman](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainianjewishheritagerebbenachman/) - «If you believe that you can damage, then believe that you can fix.» Those are the words of Rebbe Nachman, founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. In his short life, Rebbe Nachman achieved much acclaim as a teacher and spiritual leader, and is considered a seminal figure in the history of Hasidism. He was born
- [Tkuma Institute for Holocaust Studies – Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/tkuma-institute-holocaust-studies-dnipropetrovsk-ukraine/) - The creation of the Tkuma Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies in Dnipropetrovsk dates back to 1999. At the time it was called the Tkuma Scholarly-Educational Center and it was the first national center for studying and teaching the history of Ukraine’s Jews and the Holocaust. The institute’s name is derived from a religious moshav –
- [Unique programs at Tkuma Institute for Holocaust Studies](https://www.nashholos.com/special-programs-tkuma-institute-holocaust-studies/) - The Tkuma Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies in Dnipropetrovsk is widely known throughout Ukraine and abroad for its work devoted to Jewish history in Ukraine, Holocaust studies, and the problems of international relations. Since its inception the Tkuma Institute has been actively involved in publishing scientific monographs and textbooks, and conducting international scientific conferences and
- [Lydia Kotliarevska - Righteous Gentile](https://www.nashholos.com/lydia-kotliarevska-righteous-gentile/) - The Tkuma Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies in Dnipropetrovsk contains a number of materials concerning “Righteous among the Nations”. This honorary title is given to the people of different nations who rescued Jews during WWII, from 1939 to 1945. The procedure is monitored by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, a special committee established at the Holocaust
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Babyn Yar](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-babyn-yar/) - Babyn Yar is a ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv that has become a symbol of the Holocaust. There more than 100 thousand perished during the Nazi occupation, including 40,000 Jews. Babyn Yar was first mentioned in historical accounts in 1401, in connection with its sale by a "baba" (which means an old woman), to
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Tisha B'Av](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-tisha-bav/) - Download: UJH-2014-0803-Tisha B'Av Tisha B’Av is a fast day that commemorates the destruction of the two Temples in ancient times, as well as more recent tragedies befalling the Jewish people. It is sometimes referred to as “The Ninth of Av, since it falls on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av. On the secular
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Passover (2015)](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-passover-2015/) - Passover is a festival of freedom. It commemorates the exodus of Jews from Egypt over 3000 years ago. The timeless and universal message of this holiday is that slaves can go free, and the future can be better than the present. Passover, or Pesach, as it is called in Hebrew, begins in the middle of
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage-Yiddish_Ukrainian_Dictionary](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainianjewishheritage-yiddish_ukrainian_dictionary/) - A grandfather taught his grandson the Jewish alphabet and read him poems in Yiddish. Shortly before his death, he tied all the Jewish books into a pile, and threw them onto the very top shelf of a cabinet. He believed that nobody would ever need them. But the grandson took down this pile and started
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Dubno](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-dubno/) - The city of Dubno is located in the Rivne Oblast, or province, in western Ukraine. It sits on the banks of the Ikva River. The current population is around 38,000. Dubno was first mentioned in a chronicle dated 1099, although it is thought to be even older. In the "Story of the Passing Years" the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Josef Zissels](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian_jewish_heritage-josef_zissels/) - He is relentless and outspoken. And he has paid the price. He was arrested twice for his human rights activities and served six years in prison in the Soviet gulag. But he emerged from behind prison bars to the world stage. Josef Zissels is now the head of the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage-Brody, Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-brodyukraine/) - The Western Ukrainian town of Brody is on my mind today. This historic town has always been in the minds of several generations of Jewish traders, writers, rabbis, and immigrants to the New World. Boris Kuzmany of the Institute of Slavonic Studies at the University of Vienna can tell us why this one particular town
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: The Seduction of Propaganda - Part 1](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-the-seduction-of-propaganda-part-1/) - Toxic terminology and the sinister manipulation of language can lead to murder. A recent conference held in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv in early June underlined the dangers inherent in the misuse of the spoken and written word. “The Seduction of Propaganda: Mass Violence in Ukraine in the 20th and 21st Centuries” featured
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: The Seduction of Propaganda - Part 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-the-seduction-of-propaganda-part-2/) - As we discussed before in a previous segment, a recent conference held in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv in early June analyzed the lethal impact of destructive propaganda on community relations. The conference was organized and hosted by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Initiative. Entitled “The Seduction of Propaganda: Mass Violence in Ukraine in
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage—Alfred Shreyer, Last Jew of Drohobych](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-alfred-shreyer-last-jew-of-drohobych/) - Imagine everything that is dear to you in life has been lost. Imagine your world destroyed. And imagine if you can find the strength to move ahead. In 2011 the Austrian director Paul Rosdy released his film The Last Jew from Drohobych. The documentary chronicles the astonishing path of one man’s journey through the treacherous
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Architecture and memory in Lviv](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-architecture-and-memory-in-lviv/) - Architecture and memory. Restoration and commemoration. Cities and towns throughout Europe after the Holocaust have grappled with the issue of historic Jewish sites. Buildings once alive with dynamic communities can now sit in ruins. How can these haunted places be properly reintegrated into the contemporary life of cities? What do you need to consider? And
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Lviv Klezfest](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-lviv-klezfest/) - The beautiful Western Ukrainian city of Lviv has over the past few years blossomed as an artistic and cultural center, a center that is increasingly featured in the itinerary of European and global artists. The city now holds numerous festivals of national cultures. They present a full menu of events in cuisine, literature, theatre, music,
- [Rosh Hashana in Ukraine—updated](https://www.nashholos.com/rosh-hashana-in-ukraine-updated/) - The name for the Jewish New Year is Rosh Hashana, which in Hebrew means the “head of the year.” It is one of the most important religious holidays for Jews … a day of awe and fear, but also a day of celebration. Rosh Hashana remembers the creation of the world. It’s a time for
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Stories of Khmelnytsky](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-stories-of-khmelnytsky/) - A fascinating new book just published by Stanford University Press tackles the controversial legacy of a man in the shadows of history—Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks in the 17th century. Stories of Khmelnytsky, sponsored in part by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, features provocative essays by distinguished scholars from throughout North America, Europe,
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Night songs from a neighboring village](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-night-songs-from-a-neighboring-village/) - Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Consider the following: Night songs from a neighboring village Come drifting at times to my balcony They quench my sorrow, caress my melancholy Flow like liquid honey Today we would like to honor the remarkable long-term music project that is called
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Limmud FSU in Lviv 2014 & 2015](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-limmud-fsu-in-lviv-2014-2015/) - From November 6-9, 2014, Limmud FSU hosted more than 600 Jews from around Ukraine and the former Soviet Union, taking over the Hotel Dniester in Lviv’s old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site. They were there to attend presentations on Jewish art, music, culture and history hosted by Limmud FSU. They were also there to
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Film Review— Saved by Sheptytsky](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-film-review-saved-by-sheptytsky/) - “No harm will come to you here. You are safe. “ Lilly Pohlman says she will remember these words till the end of her days. Along with the memory of a giant of a man gently reassuring her after experiencing the horror of Nazi brutality. Over 150 other Jews who survived the Holocaust in Ukraine
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage:  Sheptytsky from A to Z](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-sheptytsky-from-a-to-z/) - Today we will play a game with the alphabet. “A” is for aristocrat, someone who is privileged but also someone who can be considered the best of its kind. “A” is also for ascetic, someone who practices profound self-discipline and abstains from the worldly pleasures of life. “A” is also for Andrei, as in Andrei
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Propaganda—Holocaust vs Holodomor](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-propaganda-holocaust-vs-holodomor/) - Propaganda. A loaded term that, today, has become so clichéd that its original definition is lost in a sea of moral equivalence. Once, propaganda was merely a word describing … the dissemination of ideas, information or rumour … for the purpose of helping or injuring … an institution, a cause, or a person. Today, unfortunately,
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hannukah 2015](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-hannukah-2015/) - Hanukkah is a joyous holiday, celebrated every year by Jews around the world with the lighting of candles or wicks in olive oil on a candelabra called a "menorah", or "hanukkiya* in modern Hebrew. Traditional Hanukkah treats include potato latkes, called plyatsky or deruny in Ukrainian, and sufganiyot, doughnuts with jam, called pampushky in Ukrainian.
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Agnon Literary Center](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-agnon-literary-center/) - Today—some reflections on periphery and center, the province and global culture, and a literary legacy interrupted, lost, and re-imagined. Buchach is a charming town of some twelve thousand people. It is nestled along a river among picturesque forests of the southern Ternopil region of western Ukraine. As with many small towns, the atmosphere is placid.
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Agnon of Buchach](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-agnon-of-buchach/) - The Agnon Literary Center: restoring the link between contemporary Buchach and a literary legend. Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Today—some reflections on periphery and center, the province and global culture, and a literary legacy interrupted, lost, and re-imagined. Buchach is a charming town of some twelve
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Courage and Fear](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-courage-and-fear/) - 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
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Limmud FSU California 2016](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-limmud-fsu-california-2016/) - 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
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Lviv Summer School](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-lviv-summer-school/) - 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
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hryhorii Falkovych](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-hryhorii-falkovych/) - 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
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Yevhen Aron Roytman](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-yevhen-aron-roytman-2/) - There is a classic expression that asserts “when cannons roar the muses fall silent.” In times of distress and upheaval, creativity and art may falter. However, there are always those artists who quietly and stubbornly continue their work no matter what the circumstances. The recent exhibition “Jewish Art in Ukraine: The Torah in the Paintings
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: East-West Street book review](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-east-west-street-by-philippe-sand/) - Phillipe Sand's book, East West Street, details the origins of the terms "genocide" and "crimes against humanity." Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Details are important. In fact, details are crucial—whether for tracing a family tree or building a legal case. For example, a case for the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Preparing for Babyn Yar 75th anniversary commemorations](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-preparing-for-babyn-yar-75th-anniversary-commemorations/) - Plans are underway to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. The events are being organized by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and will take place in Kyiv this fall. Welcome to Ukrainian Jewish Heritage on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. I’m Peter Bejger. Memory. Commemoration. Responsibility. The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Babyn Yar Necropolis](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-babyn-yar-necropolis/) - Memory. Manipulation. Memorials. Babyn Yar, the ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, is a multi-ethnic and multi-faith necropolis. A city of the dead. In September 1941, nearly thirty-four thousand Kyivan Jews were shot over two days in one of the largest single Nazi massacres during the Second World War. More massacres followed during the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: A chat with opera star Pavlo Hunka](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-a-chat-with-opera-star-pavlo-hunka/) - Update (2026): Pavlo Hunka passed away in May 2026. His loss brings a new resonance to this 2016 interview, which appears here as originally published. British-Ukrainian opera star Pavlo Hunka is the Director of a classical concert to be held on September 29, 2016 at the Opera House in Kyiv. The concert is part of the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: A chat with Oksana Lyniv, Ukrainian conductor with the Bavarian State Opera](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-a-chat-with-oksana-lyniv-ukrainian-conductor-with-the-bavarian-state-opera/) - Oksana Lyniv is an up-and-coming star on the classical music scene. She is a Ukrainian conductor currently working at the Bavarian State Opera as assistant to the General Music Director Kirill Petrenko. On September 29, 2016, she will make her debut in Ukraine, conducting a classical concert that will be held at the Kyiv Opera House, under the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Shimon's Returns](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-shimons-returns/) - It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. An astonishing new film called Shimon’s Returns proves the point in a sometimes provocative but always heart-warming manner. The documentary, directed by Slawomir Grunberg and Katka Reszke, tells the story of the now-retired Israeli history professor Shimon Redlich. In the film Shimon takes some of his
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage—Babyn Yar: History and Memory](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-babyn-yar-history-and-memory/) - It was always a very scenic area of forests and ravines. A very pleasant green zone on the edge of the city. Picturesque. It was once known as the “Switzerland of Kyiv.” Innocent and bucolic. All that changed over the course of a couple of days at the end of September 1941. Babyn Yar, on the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy in Kyiv](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-commemorating-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-babyn-yar-tragedy-in-kyiv/) - Seventy-five years ago nearly 34,000 Jews were murdered at Babyn Yar over a two-day period on September 29th and 30th 1941. The location has become a poignant symbol of what is known as The Holocaust by Bullets. Some 1.5 million Jews were shot to death on the territory of what is now Ukraine in this
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Babyn Yar as symbol](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-babyn-yar-as-symbol/) - Today we look at symbols and mythologies. When competing narratives on history clash, the battle over symbols becomes heated and emotional. Vitaliy Nakhmanovich is a Ukrainian historian who has written extensively on the formation—and manipulation—of national memory. He has been particularly incisive in analyzing the politics of memory. Nakhmanovich contributed an important essay
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: A Millennium of Co-Existence](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-a-millennium-of-co-existence/) - Bias, stereotypes, and prejudices. We all strive to rise above them but history often proves to be a burden, as well as a challenge to deeper understanding. A newly published book entitled Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence forthrightly tackles sensitive and controversial topics. Two distinguished academics have undertaken a bold project to outline
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Yana Rathman](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-yana-rathman/) - Today we have a special story for our listeners, a story that transcends time and generations. A story from the heart. And a story that reminds us of the powerful role that memory plays in our lives. Yana Rathman is an educator and activist in the Jewish community of San Francisco. She recently traveled to
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: The Maiden of Ludmir](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-the-maiden-of-ludmir/) - In 19th century Ukraine, Jewish boys were being spirited from their families to serve the czar, Hasidism was sweeping Jewish practice from Kyiv and Chernobyl through central Europe, and a Jewish girl became a controversial but charismatic Jewish leader. Hannah Rochel, born Hannah Rachel Verbermacher, was the only independent female Rebbe in the 300-year history
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Harry Lang, Yiddish reporter in 1933](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-harry-lang-yiddish-reporter-in-1933/) - Today we begin with a dispatch from the past. “Kiev in the morning. A lot of people are already walking on the main street Khreshchatyk, now called ‘Vorovski.’ Everybody holds under their arm a stick of plain black bread, and everyone picks crumbs from it and drops it in their mouth. This applies to men,
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Space of Synagogues](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-space-of-synagogues/) - Leszek Allerhand vividly remembers that day in the summer of 1941, when he was a ten-year-old boy. The Germans had recently occupied the city of Lviv. Two civilians wearing armbands came to his family’s flat and warned them not to leave the building. The Allerhands were puzzled when they watched a giant water tank roll
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Cultural Dimensions](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-cultural-dimensions/) - Ukrainian folk songs and Hasidic music. Mutual borrowings between the Ukrainian and Yiddish languages. Striking similarities in the architecture of eighteenth-century wooden synagogues and Ukrainian wooden churches. A fascinating new book, The Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Cultural Dimensions, documents the vivid highlights of two formerly stateless peoples with strong national aspirations. This collection of essays by a
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Exploring "Black Square"](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-exploring-black-square/) - A young woman working in an office in New York City writes: “I was just another girl in a cubicle, doing the usual two years before leaving for graduate school. I was a mass produced good. My row of cubicles was almost entirely female, dark-haired and petite. We all wore colorful pashmina shawls to protect
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Judah in Wartime](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-judah-in-wartime/) - “Wherever I went I found, as in few other places I have been, just how happy ordinary people were happy to talk. Then I understood that this was because no one ever asks them what they think.” So writes Tim Judah, a reporter for The Economist, in his compelling book In Wartime: Stories from Ukraine.
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: City of Lions](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-city-of-lions/) - Today, two perspectives on loss and memory. “I close my eyes and I can hear the bells…ringing; each one rings differently. I can hear the splash of the fountains on the Marketplace, and the soughing of the fragrant trees, which the spring rain has washed clean of dust. It is coming up to ten o’clock
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Ivan Franko and Vladimir Jabotinsky](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-ivan-franko-and-vladimir-jabotinsky/) - Franko and Jabotinsky: Setting the stage for cross-cultural understanding between Ukrainians and Jews -Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. Two writers, two politicians. Two outstanding public figures. And two intriguing viewpoints on the historic challenges of Ukrainian-Jewish relations. The Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko passed away in 1916. The Zionist leader Vladimir Jabotinsky was from a
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Ukrainian village Univ offers sanctuary and salvation during the Holocaust](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-ukrainian-village-univ-offers-sanctuary-and-salvation-during-the-holocaust/) - Written and narrated by Peter Bejger A quiet village set amidst rolling hills, forests, and ravines. A revered monastery. And four stories of salvation. A compelling article by Oksana Sikorska in the Ukrainian journal Zbruch outlines the remarkable role of the small western Ukraine village of Univ during the horrors of the Second World War
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: A Prayer for the Government](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-a-prayer-for-the-government/) - Examining the relationship between Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times, 1917-1920. Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. Centennials offer moments for reflection. The one hundredth anniversary of a major turning point in history provides an excellent opportunity for re-evaluation and reconsideration. In the spring of 1917 the Russian Empire came to an abrupt end. The
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Planting trees at Holocaust killing sites to commemorate victims of genocide](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-planting-trees-at-holocaust-killing-sites-to-commemorate-victims-of-genocide/) - Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. The revelation came in California. “We went to one of the redwood parks. I was looking at redwood trees, sequoia trees, and I saw them and I remember just thinking about how much those trees have seen. If only they could talk. I started to think a thousand years
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Historian speaks at Lviv Media Forum on morality, meaning, and the miracle of metaphysics on the Maidan](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-historian-speaks-at-lviv-media-forum-on-morality-meaning-and-the-miracle-of-metaphysics-on-the-maidan/) - -Written & Narrated by Peter Bejger Truth and lies. Facts and fiction. Reality and the unreal. In today’s unsettled, and often bizarre, media landscape the very definition of these basic terms takes on an urgent meaning. How they are defined—and more importantly, who has the power to define them—shapes the political climate. And the resulting
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Austrian Author Martin Pollack devotes life to deconstructing "Galician myths"](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-austrian-author-martin-pollack-devotes-life-to-deconstructing-galician-myths/) - “How are we to explain the fact that today many people all but yearn for a world destroyed by their fathers and grandfathers?” The Austrian writer Martin Pollack poses uncomfortable questions in his work. But then he hails from a less than comfortable background. Pollack’s powerful book, The Dead Man in the Bunker, carries the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: The Dark Side of Jewish Heritage Travel](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-the-dark-side-of-jewish-heritage-travel/) - – Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. Let’s take a moment to consider “dark tourism.” The concept is elastic, and quite multi-faceted. And it has a distinguished historic pedigree. Evidently there are assertions that Thomas Cook, yes the Thomas Cook that founded the famous international travel agency, took people to see public hangings in England
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Russian Jewish author chronicles wartime horrors in Austrian-ruled Galicia](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-russian-jewish-author-chronicles-wartime-horrors-in-austrian-ruled-galicia/) - -Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. “I saw that that the windows of these ruined houses were stuffed with rags or boarded up. In these unheated kennels were human beings, whole families, starving, usually sick because all kinds of epidemics were raging….” One hundred years a bitter war was raging throughout Europe. One of the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: New initiative will help Ukraine preserve its Jewish cemeteries and heritage for future generations](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-new-initiative-will-help-ukraine-preserve-its-jewish-cemeteries-and-heritage-for-future-generations/) - New initiative will help Ukraine preserve its Jewish cemeteries and heritage for future generations “As if they are trees falling in the middle of the forest in the middle of the night.” This haunting remark was made by Phil Carmel, the CEO of the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. The Initiative was launched to physically
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Proposed Jewish Museum in Ukraine drawing inspiration from Poland](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-proposed-jewish-museum-in-ukraine-drawing-inspiration-from-poland/) - Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. How do you tell a story? Museums are essential places where stories about nations and cultures are told. But they are also places where the story may not fully told. Or the story may need to be retold. There has been a global boom in new museums. There are
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Marla Raucher Osborn talks about her Rohatyn restoration project. Part 1](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-marla-raucher-osborne-talks-rohatyn-restoration-project-part-1/) - A few years ago, Marla Raucher Osborn discovered her Jewish roots in the western Ukrainian city of Rohatyn. She and her husband have since left their home in California and relocated to Lviv, in western Ukraine, where they run an NGO called Rohatyn Jewish Heritage. This NGO, or non-government organization, is dedicated to
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Marla Raucher Osborn on her Rohatyn restoration project. Part 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-marla-raucher-osborn-rohatyn-restoration-project-part-2/) - In the last episode of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, we spoke with Marla Raucher Osborn, who discovered her Jewish roots a few years ago in the western Ukrainian city of Rohatyn. Shortly thereafter, she and her husband left their home in California and relocated to Lviv, in western Ukraine, where they now run an NGO called
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Exploring the legacy of the Holocaust in Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-exploring-legacy-holocaust-ukraine/) - – Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. Guilt, justice, and family ties. These dramatic themes are recalled today due to the recent publication of the Ukrainian-language edition of East-West Street by Phillip Sands, a book presented by the author at this year’s Lviv Book Forum. The Ukrainian publication of the critically acclaimed book by Sands
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Odessa Review reflects on Ukrainian-Jewish relations past and present](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-odessa-review-reflects-ukrainian-jewish-relations-past-present/) - –Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. Perhaps some listeners fall into the same serendipitous mood I do when reading a book, or any collection of texts. Perhaps you start from the end. Or the middle. After all, every story has a beginning, middle, and end. But it doesn’t have to be told in
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Historian discusses how museums can tackle difficult issues of history7](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-historian-discusses-museums-can-tackle-difficult-issues-history/) - –Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. History, trauma, and the museum space. Museums can offer many faces to the world. From dusty collections of artefacts to dramatic arenas outlining—or avoiding—compelling national or cultural narratives. A recent lecture sponsored by the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv looked at the role museums
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Compelling book describes heartbreaking difficulties of mass migration of Eastern European Jews](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-compelling-book-describes-heartbreaking-difficulties-of-mass-migration-of-eastern-european-jews/) - –Written and narrated by Peter Bejger. Who closes the door? And who can open it? Who escapes? And who doesn’t? A compelling book entitled The Great Departure: Mass Migration From Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World by Tara Zahra answers some of these questions. Tara Zahra is a professor of modern European
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Commemorating the 1919 pogroms—A chat with the president of the Felshtin Society](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-chat-president-felshtin-society-commemorating-1919-pogroms/) - -An interview with Pawlina Ukrainian Jewish Heritage is a series that has been ongoing here at Nash Holos for several years now, sponsored by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter of Toronto. The series … for me and also, I hope, for Nash Holos listeners … has opened a window into the fascinating, centuries-old yet little
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Poetry festival celebrates the historical memory and literary legacy of Chernivtsi, Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-poetry-festival-celebrates-historical-memory-literary-legacy-chernivtsi-ukraine/) - Poetry in a time of war. Such is the headline by the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, or FAZ, in its recent reporting on the dynamic annual poetry festival Meridian Czernowitz, held earlier in September in the western Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi. Why war? Because the newspaper picked up the subtle influences of
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: A chat with Diane Covert, an American Jewish photographer who documents pogroms, genocide and terrorism](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-a-chat-with-diane-covert-an-american-jewish-photographer-who-documents-pogroms-genocide-and-terrorism/) - -An interview with Pawlina Diane Covert is a Boston-based photographer who uses her talent & love of the craft to bring attention to genocide and terrorism. Diane’s work was brought to my attention by Allison Zivin at the Felshtin Society in New York. (Interview with the president of the Felshtin Society, Alan Bernstein, is here.)
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Interview with Alti Rodal, Co-Director of UJE. Part 1 of 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-interview-with-alti-rodal-co-director-of-uje-part-1-of-2/) - -An interview with Pawlina In this episode of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, UJE Co-Director Alti Rodal discusses a new exhibit catalogue, their upcoming ROM exhibit and museum developments in Ukraine. (Part 1 of a 2-part interview.) If you’re a regular listener to Nash Holos, you will be very familiar with the name Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. This
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Interview with Alti Rodal, Co-Director of UJE. Part 2 of 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-interview-with-alti-rodal-co-director-of-uje-part-2-of-2/) - -An interview with Pawlina Regular listeners to Nash Holos will be familiar with the name Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. This Toronto-based privately organized multinational initiative sponsors the long running series on the show, Ukrainian Jewish Heritage. This series of vignettes, cultural capsules and interviews has opened a window on this hitherto little known aspect of the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: A chat with Julia Korsunsky of RememberUs.org](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-a-chat-with-julia-korsunsky-of-rememberus-org/) - -An interview with Pawlina Today we’ll be speaking with Julia Korsunsky, whose story we first heard on Nash Holos last year. Julia is the Executive Director of RememberUs.org, a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts. Her organization is involved in commemorating mass grave sites of Holocaust victims, which include her great grandparents and many other relatives.
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Summer Reading Roundup Part 1 of 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-summer-reading-roundup-part-1-of-2/) - What is summer without reading? I can imagine no greater pleasure than sitting down with a good book—or two—on a lazy summer afternoon at the beach or by the pool, on a shady deck, or sprawled out on a lush green lawn. Here on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio, we have been fortunate to learn
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Summer Reading Roundup Part 2 of 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-summer-reading-roundup-part-2-of-2-2/) - This week, part 2 of our 2018 Summer Reading List. This list is a compilation of books that have been reviewed on Ukrainian Jewish Heritage here on Nash Holos. Books can entertain, inform, edify. But they always enrich minds – those of the reader but also of the author – some of whom are
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage – Interview with Dave Bloom](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-interview-with-dave-bloom/) - Dave Bloom is a member of the board of an organization dedicated to preserving the story of two Jewish communities and surrounding areas in Ukraine. One of them is called Drohobycz and the other is called Boryslaw. Recently a synagogue was restored in this area and Dave has kindly agreed to join us by Skype
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Dave Tarras, the Ukrainian-born man who became known as "the Benny Goodman of klezmer"](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-dave-tarras-the-ukrainian-born-man-who-became-known-as-the-benny-goodman-of-klezmer/) - Dave Tarras: The King of Klezmer by Yale Strom chronicles the life and work of a Ukrainian-born man who became known as "The Benny Goodman of Klezmer." He was the individual most responsible for the development of a uniquely American style of Jewish klezmer music. From 1925 until his death in 1989, Dave Tarras set
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Memoir by Holocaust survivor Jack Glotzer](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-memoir-by-holocaust-survivor-jack-glotzer/) - Rohatyn is a city in western Ukraine with a centuries-old Jewish heritage that was almost completely destroyed by the Holocaust and its aftermath. Like many cities and towns across Ukraine, however, work is being done in Rohatyn to restore the historical memory of its once-vibrant Jewish community. Two people are central to this restoration effort.
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hava Nagila—the song, the story and the movie](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-hava-nagila-the-song-the-story-and-the-movie/) - Hava Nagila. The words are Hebrew for Let Us Rejoice. They also comprise the title of one of the most recognizable and well-known songs in the world. And little did I know just how appropriate a theme song it would turn out to be for a radio series called Ukrainian Jewish Heritage! This Jewish folk song
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Lost Shtetls of Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-lost-shtetls-of-ukraine/) - The Jewish population of Ukraine before the Second World War was over 2.5 million. Now the current population is only around 100,000. A whole world with its very own culture, rules, and customs was decimated in the Holocaust. Decades later, descendants of survivors, along with friends and supporters, are working hard to piece together remnants
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Interview with Ruth Ellen Gruber Part 1](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-interview-with-ruth-ellen-gruber-part-1/) - -An interview with Pawlina, producer & host of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio Ruth Ellen Gruber is an American journalist, author, editor and researcher. She has published and lectured widely and has won several awards for her work on Jewish heritage and contemporary Jewish issues in Europe. Her book, Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Interview with Ruth Ellen Gruber Part 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-interview-with-ruth-ellen-gruber-part-2/) - Ruth Ellen Gruber is an American journalist, author, editor and researcher. Her book, Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe, was first published twenty-five years ago and is still considered the most complete Jewish travel guide to the region. We first learned about Ruth and a bit about her work last year
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Felshtin Society commemoration of 1919 pogroms joined by local church in Ukraine (Part 1)](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-felshtin-society-commemoration-of-1919-pogroms-joined-by-local-church-in-ukraine-part-1/) - The Felshtin Society is named after a Ukrainian shtetl called Felshtin, which today is the Ukrainian town of Hvardii'ske. The Felshtin Society began as a benevolent society organized in 1905 in New York City and it's still active today. One of the most notable of its ongoing humanitarian efforts over the past 113 years is
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Felshtin Society commemoration of 1919 pogroms joined by local church in Ukraine (Part 2)](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-felshtin-society-commemoration-of-1919-pogroms-joined-by-local-church-in-ukraine-part-2/) - The Felshtin Society is named after a Ukrainian shtetl called Felshtin, which today is the town of Hvardiiske. The Felshtin Society began as a benevolent society organized in 1905 in New York City and is still active today. In 1919 after 600 Jews perished in a brutal pogrom which took place in Felshtin, the society
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Holocaust Museum in Fastiv](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-holocaust-museum-in-fastiv/) - In this edition of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, we'll be speaking again with Julia Korsunsky, the executive director of RememberUs.org, a nonprofit organization based in Massachusetts. We were first introduced to RememberUs.org when we learned about their project of planting metasequoia trees at mass grave sites of Holocaust victims. These include her own great-grandparents and many
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: The Pale of Settlement](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-the-pale-of-settlement/) - Most Jews in the diaspora can trace their ancestry to the Pale of Settlement. But what exactly IS the Pale of Settlement? It’s a term that often comes up when reading about or researching the history of Jews in Eastern Europe. Obviously, it’s a territory where Jews lived, and were in fact confined to live
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: The Jewish holiday Purim (2019)](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-the-jewish-holiday-purim-2019/) - Purim is a holiday Jews observe in memory of an ancient Jewish victory. The story of Purim is recounted in the Book of Esther in the Bible. It’s a story of treachery and warfare in ancient Israel, but it has eerie parallels with the bloody 20th century in Europe. About twenty five hundred years ago,
- [Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence (Book Review: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage)](https://www.nashholos.com/jews-and-ukrainians-a-millennium-of-co-existence-book-review-ukrainian-jewish-heritage/) - In this edition of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, we will be discussing Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence by Paul Robert Magocsi and Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern. Jews and Ukrainians: A Millennium of Co-Existence is a comprehensive historical account of the relationship between Jews and ethnic Ukrainians, both in Ukraine and the diaspora. It was written primarily
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Passover 2019](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-passover-2019/) - Passover commemorates the exodus of Jews from Egypt over 3000 years ago. The timeless and universal message of this holiday is that slaves can go free, and the future can be better than the present. Passover, or Pesach, as it is called in Hebrew, is truly a festival of freedom. Passover begins in the middle
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage Book Review: The Holocaust by Bullets](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-book-review-the-holocaust-by-bullets/) - In this edition of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, we will be discussing The Holocaust by Bullets - A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews by Father Patrick Desbois. In 2004, Father Patrick Desbois began to research the story of the Jews, Roma and other victims murdered in Eastern Europe
- [Book Review: A Journey Through the Ukrainian_Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1914](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-a-journey-through-the-ukrainian_jewish-encounter-from-antiquity-to-1914/) - In this edition of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, we will be discussing A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1914, curated and written by Alti Rodal, the Co-Director of the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter. A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: From Antiquity to 1914 was originally a traveling exhibition shown in six venues in four Canadian
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage Book Review: In Broad Daylight](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-book-review-in-broad-daylight/) - In this edition of Ukrainian-Jewish Heritage, we will be discussing In Broad Daylight – The Secret Procedures behind the Holocaust by Bullets by Father Patrick Desbois. In 2008, Father Patrick Desbois published The Holocaust by Bullets - A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews. It described how Nazi
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Ukrainian film tells the story of a Crimean Tatar who rescued Jewish children during the Holocaust](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-ukrainian-film-tells-the-story-of-a-crimean-tatar-who-rescued-jewish-children-during-the-holocaust/) - This episode of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage examines the extraordinary WWII story of Crimean Tatar teacher Saide Arifova, who protected 88 Jewish children from both the Nazi Gestapo and later the Soviet NKVD. Her real-life rescue, portrayed in the film "A Prayer of Strangers," reveals the intertwined histories of the Holocaust and the 1944 Crimean Tatar deportation.
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Book Review—The Sea Is Only Knee Deep](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-book-review-the-sea-is-only-knee-deep/) - In this edition of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, Myra Junyk reviews The Sea is Only Knee Deep, a two-volume memoir of a nuclear scientist who defected from the Soviet Union to Canada at the height of the Cold War. The Sea is Only Knee Deep is the true story of Paulina Zelitsky’s defection to Canada from
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage interview—Paulina Zelitsky Part 1](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-interview-paulina-zelitsky-part-1/) - A couple of weeks ago on Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, we aired a book review of the memoirs of a Jewish woman from Odessa. An engineer, who worked on a nuclear submarine station in Cuba during the height of The Cold War, shortly before a daring defection from the Soviet Union to Canada. Her name is
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage - Interview: Paulina Zelitsky Part 2](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-interview-paulina-zelitsky-part-2/) - Last week we aired the first part of an interview with Paulina Zelitsky, who published The Sea is Only Knee Deep. In this two-volume memoir she tells the fascinating story of her life growing up in the Soviet Union, working in Cuba on a Soviet naval base in the late 1960s, and her famous and
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Currencies of Ukraine and Israel— Part 1 Historical parallels](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-currencies-of-ukraine-and-israel-part-1-historical-parallels/) - Banknotes and coins are not only means of payment, they are also a symbol of sovereignty. This is a story about two currencies, two countries, and two peoples with a long and closely intertwined history. The hyrnvia, currency of Ukraine and the shekel, currency of Israel. This is the story of how both of these
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hitler's Basement](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-hitlers-basement/) - In this edition of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, we will be discussing Ron Vossler’s memoir Hitler’s Basement. Much has been written about Nazi concentration camps, but little has been written about the Nazi massacres of Jews on Ukrainian soil, and the peasants who witnessed and participated in these horrific events. In Hitler’s Basement, Ron Vossler reveals
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 2—Currencies of Israel and Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-part-2-currencies-of-israel-and-ukraine/) - The State of Israel was created and built by Jewish settlers who came mainly from Eastern Europe. Among them were quite a few natives of Ukraine, then ruled by the Russian & Austro-Hungarian Empires. Today’s episode of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, Part 2 of our series on the currencies of Ukraine and Israel, features Jews from
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 3—Currencies of Israel and Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-part-3-currencies-of-israel-and-ukraine/) - In the last two episodes of Ukrainian Jewish Heritage, we learned that several Jews from Ukrainian territories were awarded one of Israel’s highest honors: their portraits depicted on the state's banknotes and coins. And that Ukraine has returned the favour. In Episode 1, the focus was on the respective histories of the currencies of Israel
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 4 —Currencies of Israel and Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-part-4-currencies-of-israel-and-ukraine/) - Welcome to the final episode of our 4-part series on the currencies of Ukraine and Israel. In Episode 1, the focus was on the respective histories of the currencies of these two states. In Episodes 2 and 3, we focused on eight prominent Jews born in Ukraine who were depicted on Israel’s currency. In this
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hannukah in Ukraine and around the world](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-hannukah-in-ukraine-and-around-the-world/) - Hanukkah is a joyous holiday, celebrated every year by Jews around the world with the lighting of candles on a candelabra called a menorah, or hanukkiya* in modern Hebrew. Traditional Hanukkah treats include potato latkes, called plyatsky or deruny in Ukrainian, and sufganiyot, doughnuts with jam, called pampushky in Ukrainian. There is also a tradition to give Chanukeh gelt—coins, and
- [Rosh Hashana 2022 and the Uman Pilgrimage](https://www.nashholos.com/rosh-hashana-2022-and-the-uman-pilgrimage/) - Transcript: Rosh Hashana is the name for the Jewish New Year. In Hebrew it means the “head of the year.” Rosh Hashanah is one of the most important religious holidays for Jews. It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days, as specified by Leviticus 23:23–25. Rosh Hashanah marks the first day of the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage Book Review: Rebbe](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-book-review-rebbe/) - In this edition of Ukrainian-Jewish Heritage, we will be discussing Joseph Telushkin’s biography, Rebbe – The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, The Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History. Rebbe examines the life and teachings of one of the most prominent and respected Jewish scholars of our time. Born in 1902 in Nikolayev
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Jars Balan on Holodomor reports by Canadian journalist Rhea Clyman (Part 1)](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage-jars-balan-on-holodomor-reports-by-canadian-journalist-rhea-clyman-part-1/) - Rhea Clyman is a journalist who is little known today in the Jewish or Ukrainian communities, or for that matter, by Canadians in general. But in her day she reached international acclaim for her coverage of the Soviet Union, including the 1932-33 man-made Ukrainian famine known as the Holodomor, and the rise of Nazi Germany.
- [Book Review: Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-under-this-unbroken-sky/) - Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell is a novel set in Willow Creek Alberta in 1938. The story revolves around two Ukrainian immigrant families and the hardships they faced in settling and farming land on the Canadian prairies. After being imprisoned for over two years for stealing grain, Teodor Mikolayenko arrives home. Unable to
- [Book Review: Bequest by Anna Shevchenko](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-korner-book-review-bequest-anna-shevchenko/) - Bequest is the first novel by Ukrainian-born British writer Anna Shevchenko. It is April 2001, and two people separated by thousands of miles are both exploring an 18th century legend claiming that Hetman Polubotko hid a vast fortune of Cossack gold (estimated to be worth 270 billion pounds) in a London bank. There are two
- [Book Review: Crossing the Border by Ksenia Rychtycka](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-crossing-the-border-by-ksenia-rychtycka/) - Audio review and interview with Myra ... as heard on Nash Holos August 11, 2013 Anthology explores realities of memory and today’s Ukraine Review by Myra Junyk Crossing the Border, Ksenia Rychtycka’s first anthology of short stories, explores the lives of Ukrainians in Ukraine and in other countries. Her poignant stories focus on family relationships,
- [Book Review: Blood and Salt by Barbara Sapergia](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-blood-salt-barbara-sapergia/) - In her novel, Blood and Salt, Barbara Sapergia explores the internment of Ukrainian-Canadians during the First World War. Taras Kalyna, a 20-year old Ukrainian-Canadian immigrant in rural Saskatchewan, is torn from his family and friends and sent to the Banff-Castle Mountain internment camp in Alberta. Along with over 8000 prisoners (mostly Ukrainian), Taras must survive
- [Book Review: Brovko's Amazing Journey & Andrei and the Snow Walker by Larry Warwaruk](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-brovkos-amazing-journey-andrei-snow-walker-larry-warwaruk/) - BROVKO’S AMAZING JOURNEY Warwaruk, Larry Coteau Books, 2013. 159 p. ISBN 1-55050-555-9 ANDREI AND THE SNOW WALKER Warwaruk, Larry Coteau Books, 2002. 195 p. ISBN 1-55050-213-1 Reviewed by Myra Junyk Transcript: On this edition of Knyzhka Corner, we look at two books by Saskatchewan author Larry Warwaruk. Brovko’s Amazing Journey traces the incredible journey
- [Book Review: Sabotage by Karen Autio](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-sabotage-karen-autio/) - Karen Autio’s new book Sabotage describes the experiences of Ukrainian and German prisoners in the internment camps during World War I. It is the third book in Autio’s trilogy about Finnish immigrants to Canada. In 1915 war is raging in Europe, and in Canada, there are rumours of espionage and sabotage. Paranoia against foreigners is
- [Book Review: The Unmemntioble by Erin Moure](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-unmemntioble/) - Erin Moure’s new book of poetry is a mixed media collection of verbal and image art. The title, The Unmemntioable, is not a spelling mistake. It is a conscious decision by the award-winning writer to intrigue and mystify her audience. This collection of poems deals with Moure’s exploration of her Ukrainian heritage after the tragic
- [Book Review: Death of a Nightingale](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-death-nightingale/) - Death of a Nightingale is a Danish mystery about corruption in modern-day Ukraine. The third Nina Borg mystery by the Danish writing team of Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis, Death of a Nightingale explores the life of Natasha Doroshenko and her daughter Rina. Their story provides a springboard to explore not only corruption in modern-day
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Sliding on the Snow Stone by Andy Szpuk](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-sliding-snow-stone/) - SLIDING ON THE SNOW STONE. Szpuk, Andy. That Right Publishing, 2011. 238 p. ISBN 1466305681 When Andy Szpuk asked his father about his earliest memory, he replied, “Russian soldiers carrying corpses away.” After hearing about his father’s life, Szpuk decided that this story must be told. Sliding on the Snow Stone gives readers a
- [Book Review: Putin's Putsches by Maria Lewytzkyj](https://www.nashholos.com/review-putins-putsches/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner: Maria Lewytzkyj’s book Putin’s Putsches – Russia, Ukraine and the Near-Abroad Conflict. Maria Lewytzkyj defines “Putsch” as “a violent attempt to overthrow a government.” She explains that Vladimir Putin’s “hybrid war” against Ukraine is a blatant attempt to destabilize the current government. She also tells the stories of ordinary people
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Orphanage 41 by Victor Malarek](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-orphanage-41-by-victor-malarek/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we look at Orphanage 41 by Victor Malarek. Although Victor Malarek has written six non-fiction books, Orphanage 41 is his first novel. Mykola Yashan, the 19-year old protagonist of this novel, is forced into a voyage of nightmarish self-discovery. After the sudden death of his parents in an automobile
- [Book Review: Orwell and the Refugees—The Untold Story of Animal Farm](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-orwell-and-the-refugees-the-untold-story-of-animal-farm/) - Andrea Chalupa’s Orwell and the Refugees traces the amazing connection between George Orwell’s classic novel Animal Farm and Ukrainian refugees in the displaced persons camps of postwar Germany and Austria. Animal Farm carries the message of hope that someone in the West knew the truth about the Soviet Union, that someone understood the unimaginable horrors
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Sea is Only Knee Deep](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-the-sea-is-only-knee-deep/) -  The Sea is Only Knee Deep is the true story of Paulina Zelitsky’s defection to Canada from the Soviet Union with her two young children in 1971. These two volumes explore many topics including: Stalin’s final years, Fidel Castro’s Cuba, and the dangers defecting. Paulina’s story begins in Cuba in 1968. She is part
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Red Stone & Broken Stone by Gabrielle Goldstone](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-red-stone-broken-stone-by-gabrielle-goldstone/) - In this edition of Knyzhka Corner, we look at two books for middle grade readers by Manitoba author Gabriele Goldstone. Red Stone tells the story of Stalin’s cruel destruction of the kulak way of life during the 1930’s, through the eyes of eleven-year old Katya Halter. In the companion volume, Broken Stone, Goldstone picks up
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Dance of the Banished by Marsha Skrypuch](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-dance-of-the-banished-by-marsha-skrypuch/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s new novel, Dance of the Banished. Dance of the Banished explores the tragic history of Canadian internment camps and the Armenian genocide. It is a story of injustice, prejudice and violence. Skrypuch’s novel is loosely based on actual events, and it was
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Red Notice by Bill Browder](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-red-notice-by-bill-browder/) - Bill Browder’s fascinating new book Red Notice, is a roller-coaster ride through post-Soviet Russian history. Bill Browder was one of the architects of Russia’s growing economy during the privatization era. He saw an opportunity to make a great deal of money and created the Hermitage Capital investment fund based in Moscow. Browder became the largest
- [Book Review: 2016 Kobzar Award winner Detachment by Maurice Mierau](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-2016-kobzar-award-winner-detachment-by-maurice-mierau/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Maurice Mierau’s award-winning memoir, Detachment: An Adoption Memoir. Readers first meet an emotionally drained Maurice in 2009 in a psychologist’s office in Winnipeg. For three years, his wife Betsy has been urging him to get help. He tells the psychologist, “I have problems in my
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Raven's Way by Vasyl Shkliar](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-ravens-way-by-vasyl-shkliar/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Vasyl Shkliar’s novel, Raven’s Way. Raven’s Way was first published in 2009 in Ukraine with the title Black Raven. It has recently been translated by Stephen Komarnyckyj and published in English by Kalyna Language Press. It won the Taras Shevchenko Award in 2011, the most
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Making Bombs for Hitler](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-making-bombs-for-hitler/) - Knyzhka Corner: Ukrainian stories, in English. Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk. MAKING BOMBS FOR HITLER. Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2012. 186 p. ISBN 978-1-4431-0730-3 Available at Chapters, Amazon and Barnes and Noble Reviewed by Myra Junyk In this edition of Knyzhka Corner, we will be discussing Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s novel, Making Bombs for Hitler. The novel begins in
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Empress of the East](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-the-empress-of-the-east/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Leslie Peirce’s Empress of the East, the biography of Roxelana, a captive slave who became the wife of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. Empress of the East is a profoundly insightful look at one of the most mysterious figures of the sixteenth century. Roxelana was a
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Communism and Hunger](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-communism-and-hunger/) - In this edition of Knyzhka Corner: Communism and Hunger – The Ukrainian, Chinese, Kazakh, and Soviet Famines in Comparative Perspective edited by Andrea Graziosi and Frank E. Sysyn. Communism and Hunger is a collection of scholarly articles examining the similarities and differences of the pan-Soviet famine of 1931-1933, the Ukrainian Holodomor, the Kazakh great hunger, and
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Red Prince by Timothy Snyder](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-the-red-prince-by-timothy-snyder/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Timothy Snyder’s, The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke. Who can resist a romantic Hapsburg hero who openly embraces the cause of Ukrainian nationalism in the early 20th century? Wilhelm von Habsburg was such a man. Although he died in obscurity in
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Man with the Poison Gun](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-the-man-with-the-poison-gun/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Serhii Plokhy’s non-fiction thriller, The Man with the Poison Gun – A Cold War Spy Story. The Man with the Poison Gun, Serhii Plokhy’s first non-fiction thriller, focuses on the life of Bogdan Stashinsky, the assassin who killed Stepan Bandera and Lev Rebet. The very
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Starving Ukraine – The Holodomor and Canada’s Response](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-starving-ukraine-the-holodomor-and-canadas-response/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Serge Cipko’s ground-breaking book Starving Ukraine – The Holodomor and Canada’s Response. Starving Ukraine is a richly detailed history of Canada’s response to the Holodomor, the great famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933. By examining Canadian newspapers, contemporary letters, and government documents, Cipko paints a
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Stories Were Not Told](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-the-stories-were-not-told/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Sandra Semchuk’s book on the internment of Ukrainians in Canada, The Stories Were Not Told – Canada’s First World War Internment Camps. From 1914 to 1920, thousands of individuals who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Wretched Land by Mila Komarnisky](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-wretched-land-by-mila-komarnisky/) - Wretched Land tells the epic story of Dmytro and Khrystina Verbitsky as they live through the horrors of early 20th century Ukraine. Their love for the land and their family of ten children keeps them together through wars, famine, invasions, and collectivization. Readers will experience, “An unforgettable journey into the heart and soul of a
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament – A History](https://www.nashholos.com/book-review-ukraines-nuclear-disarmament-a-history/) -  In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Yuri Kostenko’s book Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament – A History. Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament – A History, published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, outlines the factors which led Ukraine to sign the Budapest Memorandum in 1994. This agreement denuclearized the country. It also
- [Knyzka Corner Book Review: The Battle for Ukrainian – A Comparative Perspective](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzka-corner-book-review-the-battle-for-ukrainian-a-comparative-perspective/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing The Battle for Ukrainian – A Comparative Perspective, edited by Michael S. Flier and Andrea Graziosi. The Battle for Ukrainian – A Comparative Perspective, published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, outlines the difficult history of the Ukrainian language. In June 2014, the
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: A Sky Full of Wings](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-a-sky-full-of-wings/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Ksenia Rychtyka’s poetry chapbook, A Sky Full of Wings. A Sky Full of Wings is collection of twenty-five poems selected as a finalist in the 2020 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition. Chapbooks are short volumes of less than forty pages, which often take the form
- [Knyzka Corner Book Review: The Woman at the Gates](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzka-corner-book-review-the-woman-at-the-gates/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger’s historical novel, The Woman at the Gates. The Woman at the Gates begins in the summer of 1945 in Bavaria. Antonia, her sister Lena, and her two nephews are recovering after their harrowing experiences in World War II. They have fond memories of
- [Survival As Victory: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review](https://www.nashholos.com/survival-as-victory-a-knyzhka-corner-book-review/) - Survival as Victory by Oksana Kis explores how Ukrainian women endured and resisted Soviet repression in the Gulag. Drawing on over 150 personal accounts, this powerful work reveals how identity, faith, and dignity became acts of defiance. Myra Junyk reviews Kis’s groundbreaking work, highlighting its relevance amid renewed aggression against Ukraine in 2022. Transcript: In
- [Knyzhka Corner Audio Bookshelf: Canada and the Ukrainian Crisis](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-audio-bookshelf-canada-and-the-ukrainian-crisis/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Canada and the Ukrainian Crisis by Bohdan Kordan and Mitchell Dowie. Canada and the Ukrainian Crisis examines how Canada supported Ukraine after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the destabilization of Donetsk and Luhansk in 2014. This bilateral relationship has continued to evolve as it adapts
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Winterkill](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-winterkill/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s novel, Winterkill. Winterkill examines the experience of Ukrainians during the Holodomor of the 1930’s. The narrative describes the conscious choice of Russian Soviet authorities to starve Ukrainian farmers and their families in order to impose Stalin’s five-year plan. “It was supposed to
- [Knyzka Corner Book Review: Firebird](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzka-corner-book-review-firebird/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Glen Huser’s novel, Firebird. Fourteen-year old Alex Kaminsky and his older brother Marco live with their Uncle Andrew on an Alberta farm. Marco is a talented artist, but he decides he must find work with a threshing crew in September 1915. One night in early
- [Knyzhka Corner: Holodomor in Ukraine – The Genocidal Famine 1932-1933](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-holodomor-in-ukraine-the-genocidal-famine-1932-1933/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Valentina Kuryliw’s Holodomor in Ukraine – The Genocidal Famine 1932-1933. Holodomor in Ukraine provides, “Learning Materials for Teachers and Students,” but any reader would learn a great deal from this resource, which is a thorough examination of the Holodomor in Ukraine during the years 1932-1933.
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Putin's War on Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-putins-war-on-ukraine/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Samuel Ramani’s book Putin’s War on Ukraine – Russia’s Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution. Published in 2023, Samuel Ramani’s Putin’s War on Ukraine is a comprehensive analysis of the causes, events, and impacts of Putin’s “special operation.” The very first sentence of this book is a
- [In Isolation – Dispatches from Occupied Donbas: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review](https://www.nashholos.com/in-isolation-dispatches-from-occupied-donbas/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Stanislav Aseyev’s, In Isolation – Dispatches from Occupied Donbas. In Isolation – Dispatches from Occupied Donbas, translated by Lidia Wolanskyj and published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, outlines the experiences of journalist and patriot Stanislav Aseyev as he faces repression, war, captivity,
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Torture Camp on Paradise Street](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-the-torture-camp-on-paradise-street/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Stanislav Aseyev’s, The Torture Camp on Paradise Street. The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, translated by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray and published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, is a personal memoir of Stanislav Aseyev’s two and a half years in illegal
- [First Star I See Tonight: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review](https://www.nashholos.com/first-star-i-see-tonight-a-knyzhka-corner-book-review/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Orysia Tracz’s book, First Star I See Tonight: Ukrainian Christmas Traditions. Orysia Tracz explores the origins, rituals, and cultural significance of Ukrainian Christmas traditions in her first book, First Star I See Tonight. This book includes a number of articles about Ukrainian Christmas celebrations in
- [Swimming with Spies: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-swimming-with-spies/) - Swimming with Spies is a young adult novel by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger, set in Crimea during Russia’s 2014 annexation. The story follows a young dolphin trainer navigating themes of loyalty, empathy, and marine biology in a time of political upheaval. This review originally aired on the Knyzhka Corner segment of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio
- [Knyzhka Corner book review: Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack by Marsha Skrypuch](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-kidnapped-from-ukraine-under-attack-by-marsha-skrypuch/) - Skrypuch’s Kidnapped from Ukraine Under Attack traces the first days of Russia’s assault on Mariupol through the eyes of twelve‑year‑old Dariia Popkova and her mother. As bombardment shatters their city and civilians are hunted, the two are driven into a desperate flight that ends with Dariia taken to a Russian camp designed to erase her Ukrainian identity. The novel offers a stark, clear‑eyed portrayal of invasion, loss, and the resilience of Ukraine’s children.
- [Ukrainian Food Flair - the Cookbook](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-food-flair-the-cookbook/) - For those advance planners, here's a suggestion for holiday gift-giving. Everyone loves a good cookbook, and this one has turned out to be quite popular. In August of last year, I wrapped up a project started almost 20 years ago—a collection of the recipes of Sylvia Molnar, who presented over 200 of them in the
- [Knyzhka Corner book review: The Torture Camp on Paradise Street](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-the-torture-camp-on-paradise-street-2/) - In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Stanislav Aseyev’s, The Torture Camp on Paradise Street. The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, translated by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray and published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, is a personal memoir of Stanislav Aseyev’s two and a half years in illegal
- [A Harvest Truce: Grief, Resilience, and the Absurdity of War — A Knyzhka Corner Book Review](https://www.nashholos.com/a-harvest-truce-grief-resilience-and-the-absurdity-of-war-a-knyzhka-corner-book-review/) - Myra reviews a HURI book, A Harvest Truce, a tragicomedy set in war‑torn Eastern Ukraine, portraying the dignity of ordinary people living under Russian occupation and the fragile “harvest truce” that lets farmers bring in their crops.
- [Serhii Rudenko’s Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine’s Wartime President](https://www.nashholos.com/serhii-rudenkos-zelensky-a-biography-of-ukraines-wartime-president/) - In Zelensky, Serhii Rudenko captures the transformation of an unlikely political newcomer into the steadfast leader of Ukraine in its darkest hour. This review reflects on a biography that reveals the pressure, peril, and resolve that defined Zelensky as he faced Russia’s brutal invasion.
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Sunflowers Under Fire](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-review-sunflowers-under-fire/) - Transcript: In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Diana Stevan’s novel, Sunflowers Under Fire. Sunflowers Under Fire tells the epic story of Diana Stevan’s grandmother who lived in Ukraine during the years 1915 to 1928. Enduring World War I, a civil war, and great personal hardship, Lukia not only survives, but becomes
- [Interview with Oleg Atbashian, author of Shakedown Socialism](https://www.nashholos.com/interview-oleg-atbashian-author-shakedown-socialism/) - Back in 2011 I had the pleasure of speaking with Oleg Atbashan, author of Shakedown Socialism: Unions, Pitchforks, Collective Greed, the Fallacy of Economic Equality, and other Optical Illusions of "Redistributive Justice". He shared with me some startling personal recollections of life in Ukraine—and, by extension, anywhere in the former USSR before the spectacular collapse
- ["Canadian Kobzar" in conversation with Pawlina discussing Toonie Tuesday, Wild Hornets and more](https://www.nashholos.com/canadian-kobzar-in-conversation-with-pawlina-discussingtoonie-tuesday-wild-hornets-and-more/) - In this interview which first aired on Nash Holos in March 2025, Canadian Kobzar tells us about NAFO, the Wild Hornets, and the Toonie Tuesday fundraiser. To listen, click on the player. Transcript below. Enjoy! Pawlina: Russia's full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine is into its fourth year. Unfortunately, it has morphed into a political
- [Two authors chat about their books set in modern-day war-torn Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/two-authors-chat-about-their-books-set-in-modern-day-war-torn-ukraine/) - In late February 2025, shortly after the three-year mark of russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, I had the great privilege to speak on air with the authors of two remarkable books that bring home this devastating war in gripping novels that are hard to put down. Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger is an American author now living
- [Listening Back: An Interview with Mirko Petriw — Ukraine on the Brink of War](https://www.nashholos.com/listening-back-an-interview-with-mirko-petriw-ukraine-on-the-brink-of-war/) - This interview was recorded at the height of the Maidan uprising, in January of 2014. Just weeks later, Crimea would be annexed — a possibility unimaginable at the time of this conversation. It was a volatile time, marked by rapid and unprecedented changes that would permanently reshape Ukraine’s path forward. Listening now, it offers insights
- [A Conversation with Sergei Loiko, Author of Aeroport, on His First‑Hand Experience at the Battle for Donetsk Airport](https://www.nashholos.com/a-conversation-with-sergei-loiko-author-of-aeroport-on-his-first‑hand-experience-at-the-battle-for-donetsk-airport/) - A 2016 Nash Holos interview with war correspondent Sergei Loiko, reflecting on his four days inside the shattered Donetsk airport and the real events that shaped Aeroport.
- [An Interview Recorded at the Peak of the Maidan Uprising: Mirko Petriw on Gas and Geopolitics](https://www.nashholos.com/an-interview-recorded-at-the-peak-of-the-maidan-uprising/) - A 2013 conversation with Mirko Petriw examining how shale‑gas discoveries, Russian‑backed pressure campaigns, and sudden legislative crackdowns were reshaping Ukraine’s political landscape long before the full impact became clear.
- [How The Silence of Trees Took Shape: A Conversation with Ukrainian American author Valya Dudycz Lupescu](https://www.nashholos.com/how-the-silence-of-trees-took-shape-a-conversation-with-ukrainian-american-author-valya-dudycz-lupescu/) - Ukrainian American author Valya Dudycz Lupescu joined me in 2011 to talk about The Silence of Trees, her debut novel rooted in wartime Ukraine, postwar displacement, and the memories and traditions carried into a new life in America. In 2026, her story resonates even more strongly.
- [Preserving Ukraine’s Intellectual Heritage: Dr. Oleg Kotsuba on HURI’s Work at Harvard](https://www.nashholos.com/preserving-ukraines-intellectual-heritage-dr-oleg-kotsuba-on-huris-work-at-harvard/) - A conversation with Dr. Oleg Kotsuba, Director of Publications at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), on the institute’s grassroots origins, its influential publishing program, and the Ukrainian writers whose work is reshaping global understanding of Ukraine’s identity, history, and contemporary experience.
- [Ukrainian Food Flair: A Knyzhka Corner (Cook)Book Review](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-food-flair-a-knyzhka-corner-cookbook-review/) - A review of Ukrainian Food Flair: Authentic Recipes from Canada’s West Coast, a collection of more than 200 recipes by the late Sylvia Molnar, long-time contributor to Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. Edited by Paulette MacQuarrie, the cookbook blends authentic West Coast Ukrainian dishes with anecdotes, cooking tips, and variations, and stands as a tribute to Sylvia's legacy and her influence on Vancouver’s culinary community.
- [A Ukrainian Family’s Journey to Nanaimo: Olena Lavrishcheva on Resilience and Community Building](https://www.nashholos.com/a-ukrainian-familys-journey-to-nanaimo-olena-lavrishcheva-on-resilience-and-community-building/) - Ukrainian newcomer Olena Lavrishcheva shares her family’s dramatic escape from Kyiv, their path through displacement, and their new life in Nanaimo. She also discusses the creation of the Canadian Alliance of Ukrainian Workers, a grassroots effort uniting Ukrainians and Canadians to support humanitarian needs and help newcomers integrate. This interview was recorded in early 2025; event references reflect that date.
- [Remembering Chornobyl - 39 years later the scars have not healed](https://www.nashholos.com/remembering-chornobyl-39-years-later-the-scars-have-not-healed/) - Today is April 26, 2025. Thirty-nine years ago, the world witnessed the catastrophic explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. An event that not only scarred the Ukrainian landscape but also left an indelible mark on global consciousness. In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, thousands of brave individuals—firefighters, engineers, scientists, and
- [2025 is a Double Milestone Anniversary Year for Nash Holos](https://www.nashholos.com/2025-is-a-double-milestone-anniversary-year-for-nash-holos/) - This year marks two milestone anniversaries for Nash Holos. The 25th anniversary of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio in Vancouver on AM1320 CHMB Vancouver, and the 35th anniversary of the inception of Nash Holos. For the record, not a milestone number but 14 years at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo. The show has undergone many changes
- [29 Years of the Hryvnia: Currency, Identity, and the Stories We Must Not Forget](https://www.nashholos.com/29-years-of-the-hryvnia-currency-identity-and-the-stories-we-must-not-forget/) - Ukraine celebrates the 29th anniversary of the hryvnia, its national currency. To mark 29 years of Ukraine’s hryvnia, introduced to the world on September 2, 1996, we revisit a four-part radio series originally aired five years ago on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. This series explores how coins and banknotes quietly tell stories—of independence, identity,
- [Asking the question: Where are all of Ukraine's abducted children ...](https://www.nashholos.com/asking-the-question-where-are-all-of-ukraines-abducted-children/) - In early 2024, a new song was released, called Де Ти ... two words meaning Where Are You? in Ukrainian translation. The song was written in response to Russia's bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theatre on March 16, 2022. The building was used as an air raid shelter during the siege of Mariupol, sheltering a
- [Critically acclaimed musical Strike! makes its Alberta Premiere this month](https://www.nashholos.com/critically-acclaimed-musical-strike-makes-alberta-premiere-month/) - In conjunction with the Alberta Federation of Labour's 100th Anniversary, Danny Schur & Rick Chafe's critically-acclaimed musical Strike! makes its Alberta debut with Edmonton's Workshop West Theatre April 24th - 28th, 2013 at the Timms Centre for the Performing Arts. Set against the nation-changing tumult of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, the eight-show run features
- [Canada's 2013 Parliament Education Forum](https://www.nashholos.com/canadas-2013-parliament-education-forum/) - The UNF Ottawa-Gatineau branch, together with the Paul Yuzyk Institute For Youth Leadership, announce the second annual Canada’s Parliament Education Forum — a unique educational leadership forum to in Ottawa November 20-24, 2013. Want to learn about our government, how it works, and what YOU can do to get involved to make a difference in
- [Interview-Shauna McLarnon of Ummagma](https://www.nashholos.com/interview-shauna-mclarnon-ummagma/) - Shauna McLarnon of the dream pop duo Ummagma from Ukraine talks about being a Canadian ex-pat in Ukraine doing music and raising a family in Ukraine with her Ukrainian-born husband ... her musical journey and life in Ukraine as an internationally recognized mainstream artist. Feature interview aired on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio on Nov.
- [If you would like to support Nash Holos, here's how:](https://www.nashholos.com/help-keep-nash-holos-online-air/) - Since 2002, Nash Holos podcasts have been available for download free of charge. If you appreciate this service, and would like to help ensure it continues, why not: 1. Make a donation. No amount is too large or too small. (A big chom to those who have made a donation in the past!) If you
- [Holodomor - genocide by famine in Ukraine 1932-33](https://www.nashholos.com/holodomor-genocide-famine-ukraine-1932-33/) - In the early 1930s, in a region considered to be Europe's breadbasket, Stalin's Communist regime committed a horrendous act of genocide against the Ukrainian people. An ancient nation of agriculturists was subjected to starvation, one of the most ruthless forms of torture and death. The Soviet government imposed exorbitant grain quotas, in some cases confiscating
- [Live performance of Holodomor: Murder by Starvation in Victoria online](https://www.nashholos.com/live-performance-holodomor-murder-starvation-victoria-online/) - Thanks to CHLY Radio Malaspina in Nanaimo for recording the live performance of Holodomor: Murder by Starvation by Father Edward Danylo Evanko. It took place in Victoria on Saturday, November 16. The recording is available in two parts: Part 1 (17:52) Part 2 (59:21) Father Edward’s series of performances of the play this year are part
- [Canadian students explore Ukrainian contribution to Parliament and multiculturalism](https://www.nashholos.com/canadian-students-explore-ukrainian-contribution-parliament-multiculturalism/) - Canada's Parliament Education Forum is a unique educational leadership event for high school and university age students from across Canada. Students participate in an exciting five day exploration of the Ukrainian contribution to Canada's Parliament and to our Canadian Policy and Legislation on Multiculturalism. It gives young leaders the opportunity to learn how our government
- [Euromaidan coverage on Nash Holos](https://www.nashholos.com/euromaidan-coverage-nash-holos/) - Dec. 4th - Nash Holos Nanaimo - special 2.5 hour live broadcast with long-distance guests: • Mirko Petriw (Vancouver) - local commentator and author of spy thrillers Yaroslaw's Treasure and Yaroslaw's Revenge. Mirko provides an overview of events in Ukraine. • Volodymyr Valkov (Lviv) - Executive Assistant at the Jewish Heritage Museum in Lviv and Project
- [Open Statement to the International Democratic Community from Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/open-statement-international-democratic-community-ukraine/) - Kyiv: Dec.12, 2013 In the middle of the night, from 10 to 11 December 2013, Ukrainian special forces troops started another brutal attack on the peaceful demonstrators in Kyiv. Aside from the regular police, militia men were also widely involved, having been brought from the depressed cities of eastern Ukraine. Some of them were deployed
- [Interview with Serhiy Hohlov of Ocean's Red](https://www.nashholos.com/interview-serhiy-hohlov-oceans-red/) - On this week's Nanaimo edition of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio (January 15, 2014) we get the eastern Ukrainian perspective of the Euromaidan. Kharkiv-based Serhiy Hohlov, bassist with the metal band Ocean's Red spoke with Ryan and Tetiana about how the Euromaidan inspired the video for their song Riot. He also speaks about the ambivalence
- [Shevchenko's Zapovit - Redux](https://www.nashholos.com/shevchenkos-zapovit-redux/) - Digging around in the audio archives I came across this still-timely piece I recorded back in March of 1996 ... during the first incarnation of Nash Holos. My co-hosts then were Bohdan Zajcew and Eugene Lupynis, who put up with me from June 1990- June 96. After we disbanded the show took a 4-year hiatus.
- [Holubka](https://www.nashholos.com/holubka/) - Love the blend of contemporary and traditional in this dance! Holubka (which means "dove" or "pigeon" in Ukrainian) performed by Hromovytsia (Громовиця) of Chicago at Canada's National Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin 2013. For information on this year's lineup, visit www.cnuf.ca Meanwhile, enjoy this clip from last year! http://youtu.be/TtftYqCotUQ
- [Newest (and best ever) song by Ludwig](https://www.nashholos.com/newest-best-ever-song-ludwig/) - My British Ukrainian-Irish friend, Ludwig, released a new song in May 2014 ... arguably his best ever. Featuring his lovely daughters on back-up vocals. It's a very powerful message as well as a beautiful song. So please share if you like it. Condemnation! Condemnation! Doesn't change the situation Putin - Hitler of today Who knows his final destination? Now
- [CTO Plaque unveiling ceremony Nanaimo BC August 22, 2014](https://www.nashholos.com/cto-plaque-unveiling-ceremony-nanaimo-bc-aug-22-2014/) - On Friday August 22, 2014, 100 plaques commemorating the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the War Measures Act and the start of Canada's first Internment operations of 1914-1920 were unveiled across Canada. The first was unveiled in Amhurst, Nova Scotia. The last two were unveiled in Nanaimo, BC. One plaque is located on the
- [Cherry Band: Hutsul Cup Song](https://www.nashholos.com/cherry-band-hutsul-cup-song/) - The Cherry Band performed this at the Dzherelo Centre. It's called the Hutsul Cup song. Shared it with Nash Holos listeners on the Jan 10, 2015 edition. Here's the link. Instructions to follow. Enjoy! ▶ Різдвяне вітання від Центру "Джерело" та гурту Cherry Band: гуцульський Cup Song "В неділю рано" - YouTube.
- [▶ Hutsul Cup Song Instructions](https://www.nashholos.com/▶-hutsul-cup-song-instructions/) - OK then. If you enjoyed the Cherry Band performing the Hutsul Cup song and would like to try your hand at it with some friends, here are the instructions. In Ukrainian, but if you're Ukrainian-impaired, just watch closely, follow your instincts, and do what they do. You'll make out just fine. Provided you are sober
- [Ukrainian Proverb of the Week](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian_proverb-2015-0124/) - Щоб волю мати, треба спершу себе об`єднати. Freedom is built on unity. - Ukrainian proverb
- [Pawlina in Ukraine May-June 2015](https://www.nashholos.com/pawlina-in-ukraine-may-june-2015/) - The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Initiative of Toronto is hosting a seminar in Ukraine entitled: The Seduction of Propaganda and Mass Violence in Ukraine in the 20th and early 21st Centuries. The UJE has kindly sponsored me to travel to Ukraine to attend this seminar and share the highlights with Nash Holos listeners and followers on
- [Interview - Cheryl Madden](https://www.nashholos.com/interview-cheryl-madden/) - Cheryl Madden, award-winning American specialist on the Holodomor discusses a recent Verizon ad denigrating Ukrainian dance, the security breaches she had experienced with her Verizon internet service over the past 12 years, and her harrowing experiences with the Russian federation regarding her work on the Holodomor. In 2008 Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko presented Chery Madden
- [Interview - Alti Rodal](https://www.nashholos.com/interview-alti-rodal/) - The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE), a privately organized multinational initiative launched in 2008 as a collaborative project to promote deeper mutual comprehension and solidarity between Ukrainians of Jewish, Christian and other heritages. It is based in Toronto and engages scholars, civic leaders, artists, governments and the broader public throughout Ukraine, Israel and the diasporas. Recently
- [Interview - Andrea Graziosi](https://www.nashholos.com/interview-andrea-graziosi/) - Dr. Andrea Graziosi is a pre-eminent, world-renowned scholar on the Holodomor. After stumbling on diplomatic files of this horrific genocide, which at the time was completely unknown to scholars, he began to unravel the mystery and share his insights in academic circles. He was a featured speaker at the UJE conference The Seduction of Propaganda: Mass
- [Interview - Military Students in Lviv](https://www.nashholos.com/interview-military-students-in-lviv/) - Many military students attended the UJE conference The Seduction of Propaganda: Mass violence in Ukraine during the 20th and 21st centuries, which was held in Kyiv and Lviv June 2-5, 2015. Four students attending the sessions in Lviv on June 5th discuss their career choices and thoughts about the future.
- [Reflecting on Remembrance Day](https://www.nashholos.com/reflecting-on-remembrance-day/) - From the Nash Holos audio vault, dating back to November, 2006. Fr. Bruce Power recalls a conversation with a war vet on Remembrance Day some years ago, and shares its powerful, and timeless, message.
- [Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0326](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-vancouver-2016-0326/) - 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!
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0330 Hour 1](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0330-hour-1/) - 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
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0330 Hour 2](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0330-hour-2/) - 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
- [Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0402](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-vancouver-2016-0402/) - 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
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0406 Hour1](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0406-hour1/) - 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
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0406 Hour 2](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0406-hour-2/) - Latest news from Ukraine • Commentary: Canadians helping Ukrainian prosthetic specialists learn tricks of the trade (News and commentary courtesy Ukraine Today • Ukrainian proverb of the week • Great Ukrainian music by • Migrena • Boris Sevastyanov • Mickey & Bunny • Ukrainian Old Timers • Prairie Crocus • Homin Stepiv Nash Holos Ukrainian
- [Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0409](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-vancouver-2016-0409/) - Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Spotlight on artist Hryhorii Falkovych • News from Ukraine (courtesy Ukraine Today) • Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Raven's Way by Vasyl Shkliar (English translation by Stephen Komarnyckyj) • Ukrainian proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian Music! Artists: • OT Vinta • Лісапетний Батальон • Веселі Музики • Tommy buick • Unknown
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0413 Hour 1](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0413-hour-1/) - Ukrainian Food Flair recipe: Ikra - Eggplant Spread • News from Ukraine courtesy (Ukraine Today) • Great Ukrainian music by • OT Vinta • Veseli Muzyky • Connie Kaldor • Kobza • Trio Marenych • Dunai • Yulia Donchenko • Ray St. Germaine Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo Wednesdays at 11am
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0413 Hour 2](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0413-hour-2/) - Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Tribute to Kyiv artist Hryhorii Falkovych • Rushnychok Story: Baraban • Upcoming events in Vancouver Island's Ukrainian Community • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian music by • Braty Hadiukiny • Forest Battalion • Christian Tessen • Kozak System • High Profile • M. Poplawski • Ukrainia • V. Ivasiuk
- [Nash Holos International Edition 2016-0408](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-international-edition-2016-0408/) - Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Spotlight on artist Hryhorii Falkovych • News from Ukraine (courtesy Ukraine Today) • Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Raven's Way by Vasyl Shkliar (English translation by Stephen Komarnyckyj) • Ukrainian proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian Music! Artists: • OT Vinta • Лісапетний Батальон • Веселі Музики • Tommy Buick • Unknown
- [Nash Holos Vancouver Edition 2014-0416](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-vancouver-edition-2014-0416/) - Latest News from Ukraine: Courtesy Ukraine Today • Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Dance of the Banished by Marsha Skrypuch • UA Today Commentary: Tactical medic speaks about his volunteering experience in Ukraine • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian music by • Braty Hadiukiny • Lisapetniy Batallion • Dunai • Inna Ishchenko •
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0427 Hour 1](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0427-hour-1/) - Ukrainian Food Flair recipe: Onion salad • Guest interview: Myroslav ("Mirko") Petriw discusses the last political developments in Ukraine, corruption, press freedom in Ukraine, and the ongoing resistance to Russian aggression • Victor's Vignettes: remember Kyiv in late April 1986 • Great Ukrainian music by: Dzvony • Komu Vnyz • Orest Liutiy • Mandry •
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0427 Hour 2](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0427-hour-2/) - News from Ukraine (courtesy Ukraine Today) • From the Nash Holos Audio Vault: A look at how amateur radio broke the story of the Chornobyl nuclear explosion April 26, 1986 and the USSR regime's attempt t cover up the disaster • Introducing new Nash Holos co-host Oksana Poberezhnyk • Ukrainian Easter traditions • Local events
- [Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0430](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-vancouver-2016-0430/) - On this edition: Commemorating Chornobyl and celebrating Easter • Special BBC World Service feature on the 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster • A look back at how shortwave radio "broke" the story of the disaster and forced the USSR to admit what happened in Chornobyl on April 26th, 1986 • Victor's Vignettes features
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0518 Hour 2](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0518-hour-2/) - Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm PST on CHLY 101.7FM, broadcasting to the north and central Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, northwest Washington State and Greater Vancouver listening areas. Your host for this hour: Pawlina
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo - 2016-0504 Hour 1](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0504-hour-1/) - Ukrainian Food Flair: Cooking with caraway • Feature commentary: BBC World Service 30th anniversary Chornobyl special • Victor's Vignettes: My Baba's sayings • Upcoming local events • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian music! Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm PST on CHLY 101.7FM, broadcasting to
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0504 Hour 2](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0504-hour-2/) - Special feature commentaries: Пам’яті Дмитра Гнатюка (In Remembrance of Dmytro Hnatuk) • Події сторічної давності на горі Маківка. Січові Стрільці. (Brave Sich Riflemen who won the battle on Mount Makivka) • Історія пісні "Журавлі" ("Чуєш, брате мій" — Ukrainian military song about cranes) • The Year of Manitoba’s Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Heritage • Події в
- [Nash Holos Vancouver 2016-0507](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-vancouver-2016-0507/) - Tribute to mothers and grandmothers on this week's show: Victor's Vignettes: Baba's Sayings • Knyzhka Corner Book Review: A Promise Kept by Andy Semotiuk (A tribute to his mother) • Special commentary: Oksana Poberezhnyk shares the many Ukrainian words for mother and grandmother • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian music on a
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2016-0511 Hour 1](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2016-0511-hour-1/) - Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm PST on CHLY 101.7FM, broadcasting to the north and central Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, northwest Washington State and Greater Vancouver listening areas. Your host for this hour: Pawlina
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2014-0118 Hour 1](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2014-0118-hour-1/) - Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Harry Lang, Yiddish newspaper reporter in Ukraine 1933 • Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Conflict in Ukraine by Serhy Yekelchuk • Cultural Capsule: The Three Feasts of Ukrainian Christmas • Ukrainian Proverb of the Week • Great Ukrainian music! Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio airs live in Nanaimo on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm PST
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2018-1017 Hour 2 - Дитячий Куточок - з Надію Кордубою](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2018-1017-hour-2-дитячий-куточок-з-надію-кордуб/) - Дитяча сторінка: 14 жовтня українці відзначають свято Покрови. Про історію виникнення цього свята і про традиції розповість автор рубрики п. Надія Кордуба. Стародавні пісні у виконанні Сергія Жданкіна та гурту "Орфей"
- [Nash Holos Nanaimo 2018-1024 Hour 2 - Дитячий Куточок](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-nanaimo-2018-1024-hour-2-дитячий-куточок/) - Nash Holos Nanaimo 2018-1024 Hour 2 - Children's corner Надія Кордуба -- Азбука доброти.
- [Свято Миколая](https://www.nashholos.com/свято-миколая/) - Свято Миколая Автор рубрики пані Надія Кордуба

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.nashholos.com/) - Ukrainian voices, music, and heritage — a bilingual programin English and Ukrainian for a global audience — on air and online Show Guide Your complete directory to Nash Holos ... in the main menu Listen Live ... or Later Catch the show live or stream it anytime Nash HolosPodcast Spoken word features from the show Ukrainian
- [Victor's Vignettes](https://www.nashholos.com/victors-vignettes-page/) - Victor’s Vignettes … stories about life in soviet and post-soviet Ukraine. -by Victor SergeyevMikolayev, Ukraine
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage](https://www.nashholos.com/jewish-heritage-page/) - A look at Ukraine’s Jewish Heritage – sponsored by Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.
- [Knyzhka Corner Books](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-book-reviews/) - Knyzhka (книжка) is the Ukrainian word for "book." Knyzhka Corner Book Reviews highlight books that matter to Ukrainians and the global Ukrainian community, as well as to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Ukraine’s past and present. The series was created to bring clarity, context, and informed commentary to a publishing landscape where high‑quality works
- [Knyzhka Corner Book Reviews](https://www.nashholos.com/knyzhka-corner-page/) - Knyzhka Corner Audio Bookshelf showcases books on a Ukrainian theme written in English. Includes author interviews, reviews, as well as links to the titles at online booksellers. Topics range from fiction to non-fiction and poetry, by authors around the world including Canada, the USA, the UK, Ukraine and elsewhere. Author interviews are conducted by Pawlina,
- [Feature Interviews](https://www.nashholos.com/feature-interviews-page/) - This section features select Nash Holos interviews with guests whose insight, experience, or creative work sheds light on Ukrainian life in Canada and around the world. These conversations offer context, perspective, and first hand accounts you won’t often hear elsewhere.
- [Features](https://www.nashholos.com/features-page/) - Features is the home for special content from Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. It includes interviews, commentaries, book reviews, and other recurring and occasional contributions to the program. Below is the latest content from the Features category.
- [Anton Lysenko](https://www.nashholos.com/anton-lysenko/) - Anton Lysenko creates the Ukrainian‑language video series on the Nash Holos YouTube channel. He has been contributing since 2024, building a steady, recognizable presence with videos that range from practical guidance to cultural commentary. Since his arrival at Nash Holos, Anton has developed a distinctive on‑camera presence that is calm, dignified, and compelling. He is
- [About](https://www.nashholos.com/about-new/) - Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio Showcasing Ukrainian culture in English & Ukrainian Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio is a bilingual variety show featuring the best in contemporary and traditional Ukrainian music. Broadcasting in Vancouver and Nanaimo, BC on AM & FM, and online in London, England. In 2025, Nash Holos celebrated the 35th anniversary of
- [Support](https://www.nashholos.com/support/) - Support takes many forms, and each one reflects a choice to stay connected — to people, to culture, and to the work that keeps a community and a culture alive. Whether it’s standing with Ukraine, helping independent media stay on the air, or supporting local cultural initiatives, every gesture of support makes a difference, however
- [Blog](https://www.nashholos.com/blog/) - Latest Blog Posts
- [Support Nash Holos](https://www.nashholos.com/support-nash-holos/) - There are several ways to support the work of Nash Holos, if you are so inclined. Each option is straightforward, appreciated, and entirely optional. Supporting the show will ensure its continuity and future work to support Ukraine, preserve its history and keep Ukrainian culture alive for generations to come. Listener Support For listeners who choose
- [Support Ukraine](https://www.nashholos.com/support-ukraine/) - Trusted organizations assisting Ukrainian civilians and defenders This page features reputable organizations that provide practical, on‑the‑ground support to Ukrainians whose lives have been shattered by Russia’s invasion. This includes displaced families, wounded veterans, families of the fallen, war widows and mothers, children, and communities struggling with ongoing attacks. Each group listed here has a proven
- [Pawlina](https://www.nashholos.com/pawlina/) - Paulette (Pawlina) Demchuk MacQuarrie has been a voice of Nash Holos (“Our Voice”) since the program’s debut in 1990. Since 2000, she has hosted and produced the Vancouver edition of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio on AM1320 CHMB. What started as a local multicultural radio program grew under her watch into one of the longest‑running
- [Timeline](https://www.nashholos.com/timeline/) - 1990: Nash Holos debuts on AM1470 CJVB, under the auspices of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress-BC Provincial Council. Co-hosted by Paulette MacQuarrie with Eugene Lupynis and Bohdan Zajcew. 1996: Nash Holos breaks the record for the longest-running Ukrainian radio program in the history of BC. Goes off the air. 2000: Nash Holos resumes broadcasting at the
- [Where to Listen](https://www.nashholos.com/where-to-listen/) - Where to listen to Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio, including full broadcasts with music on Mixcloud and the podcasts available on Acast, Substack, and RSS.
- [Sylvia Molnar](https://www.nashholos.com/sylvia/) - Born in Vancouver to Ukrainian immigrant parents, Sylvia Pidraziuk Molnar began cooking as soon as she was big enough to hold a spoon! After graduating from the University of British Columbia in 1976 with a Bachelor of Education, she taught sixth graders art and music, with a unique flavour: in her art and music classes,
- [Show History](https://www.nashholos.com/show-history/) - Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio first went to air on June 4, 1990, as a community‑driven program highlighting Ukrainian culture, history, and contemporary life. The original run, co‑hosted by Paulette MacQuarrie with Eugene Lupynis and Bohdan Zajcew, continued until 1996. In 2000 the program returned to the airwaves on AM1320 CHMB in Vancouver, this time
- [Contributors](https://www.nashholos.com/contributors/) - Nash Holos has been shaped over the years by a small group of contributors whose work became part of the program’s voice and character. This page introduces those creators and provides brief background on their roles in the show. Pawlina Pawlina is the producer and host of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. She presents the
- [Ukrainian Studies Foundation of British Columbia](https://www.nashholos.com/features__trashed/ukrainian-studies-foundation-of-bc/) - For over 30 years, thanks to generous contributions and bequests, the Ukrainian Studies Foundation – British Columbia (USF-BC) has supported and promoted Ukrainian studies at all educational levels. Including Nash Holos. USF-BC awards grants to organizations and individuals engaged in educationally beneficial projects or programs related to Ukrainian language studies, and the study of Ukrainian
- [Myra Junyk](https://www.nashholos.com/myra/) - Myra Junyk has always loved reading. In her various roles, she has been a very determined promoter of literacy. Myra has been a teacher, principal, K-12 language arts and library Program Co-ordinator, and curriculum writer for the Ontario Ministry of Education. She studied History and English at the University of Toronto, and her thesis compared
- [Publications](https://www.nashholos.com/publications/) - Nash Holos Publications launched with the Ukrainian Food Flair cookbook — the first glimpse of a much larger body of work built over decades on air. With more writing underway and long‑standing ideas finally taking shape, this emerging publishing channel marks the start of bringing that work together in print, with more to come. Ukrainian
- [Ukrainian Food Flair](https://www.nashholos.com/__trashed/) - Ukrainian Food Flair Ukrainian Food Flair is one of the longest-running features on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio, with roots going back to 1995 when it was created and first voiced by Sylvia. Over the years the series has included contributions from two additional presenters whose segments had shorter runs, before becoming a long-term mainstay
- [Nash Holos Videos on YouTube](https://www.nashholos.com/nash-holos-videos-on-youtube/) - The Nash Holos YouTube channel features video interviews, Ukrainian‑language content, and special projects that complement the radio broadcast and podcasts. It includes original work by long‑time contributor Anton Lysenko, whose monthly Ukrainian‑language videos have helped new arrivals from Ukraine navigate life in Canada and stay connected to their cultural roots. He also produces English-language videos, which offer
- [Radio Broadcast](https://www.nashholos.com/radio-broadcast/) - The Show: Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio is a weekly bilingual (Ukrainian & English) variety program based in British Columbia, featuring contemporary and traditional Ukrainian music, interviews, cultural and historical insights, and other items of interest to the Ukrainian and Ukrainian‑Canadian communities. Established in 1990, Nash Holos is the longest‑running Ukrainian radio program in the
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage](https://www.nashholos.com/ukrainian-jewish-heritage/) - The Ukrainian Jewish Heritage series features book reviews, interviews, and cultural commentary exploring the shared history of Ukrainians and Jews.
- [Great Ukrainian Music](https://www.nashholos.com/music/) - The Role of Music in the Show Music has always been a defining element of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. Each full broadcast features Ukrainian music that reflects the culture, history, and lived experience of Ukrainians in Ukraine and around the world. The program includes traditional folk music, lively zabava (Ukrainian‑Canadian party) music, contemporary Ukrainian
- [Ukrainian Food Flair cookbook](https://www.nashholos.com/cookbook/) - Embark on a delicious journey through a rich tapestry of authentic Ukrainian cuisine from Canada’s west coast! This cookbook celebrates the vibrant culinary heritage of Sylvia Molnar, a beloved educator and well-known figure on Vancouver’s culinary scene. Within these pages is a treasury of genuine Ukrainian recipes—a heartfelt tribute to Sylvia’s memory. As you delve
- [Nanaimo Edition](https://www.nashholos.com/nanaimo-edition/) - The Nanaimo Edition of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio broadcasts on Nanaimo's campus-community radio station CHLY. Occasionally the show is presented live in studio with co-host Oksana Poberezhnyk and in-studio guests from time to time. Other times the show is pre-recorded for broadcast. Broadcast – Nanaimo Wednesdays 11am–12pm PST CHLY 101.7FM Live Stream The CHLY
- [Vancouver Edition](https://www.nashholos.com/vancouver-edition/) - The Vancouver Edition is the flagship show of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio, broadcasting on-air and online Saturdays from 6–7pm PST on AM1320 CHMB Vancouver. Broadcast – Vancouver Saturdays 6–7pm PST AM1320 CHMB Live Stream The radio signal for AM1320 reaches beyond the Vancouver listening area to the east coast of Vancouver Island, including Victoria,
- [Victor's Vignettes](https://www.nashholos.com/features__trashed/victors-vignettes/) - Victor’s Vignettes ... stories about life in soviet and post-soviet Ukraine. These stories were written by Victor Sergeyev, who lived in Mykolayiv, Ukraine until his passing in 2019. Victor worked as freelance technical translator from English but later contracted multiple sclerosis, which made speaking difficult for him. But he found great joy, and a creative
- [Contact Us](https://www.nashholos.com/contact-us/) - Please send advertising inquiries, promo CDs and DVDs, review copies of books, event submissions, press/media kits and other promotional materials to this address: Nash Holos Broadcasting Co.Box 1331Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A9 For general inquiries, feedback, press releases, etc. please contact us via our Facebook page, email or by filling out this form:
- [Listen](https://www.nashholos.com/listen-to-nash-holos/) - Attention All Time-Shifters! If you ever miss the live on-air or online broadcasts of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio, you can still enjoy the show on your own time. To be notified immediately when a new podcast is available, subscribe to the RSS feeds. Vancouver Edition Nanaimo Edition * Special request to all Nash Holos

## Categories

- [Feature Interviews 2013](https://www.nashholos.com/feature-interviews-2013/)
- [Blog Posts](https://www.nashholos.com/blog-posts/) - Blog Posts
- [Knyzhka Corner Audio Bookshelf](https://www.nashholos.com/features/knyzhka_corner_audio_bookshelf/) - Knyzhka Corner Audio Bookshelf showcases books on a Ukrainian theme written in English. Includes author interviews, reviews, as well as links to the titles at online booksellers. Topics range from fiction to non-fiction and poetry, by authors around the world including Canada, the USA, the UK, Ukraine and elsewhere. Author interviews are conducted by Pawlina, producer and host of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. Book reviews by Myra Junyk , an avid reader and accomplished writer based in Toronto. Transcripts are posted along with the audio, and contain links to the books at online stores, primarily Amazon. The price to you is the same whether you purchase the books through these links or not. However, if you do, you will be supporting Nash Holos at no extra cost. So please consider clicking on a link and making a purchase. You will be helping to keep Nash Holos on the air and online!
- [Ukrainian Jewish Heritage](https://www.nashholos.com/features/ukrainian-jewish-heritage/) - A look at Ukraine’s Jewish Heritage – sponsored by Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.
- [Features](https://www.nashholos.com/features/) - • 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
- [Feature Interviews 2015](https://www.nashholos.com/feature-interviews-2015/)
- [Audio Vault](https://www.nashholos.com/nash_holos_audio_vault/) - “Blasts from the Past” as heard on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio over the years, from earlier days dating back to its 1990 debut.
- [Victor's Vignettes](https://www.nashholos.com/features/victors_vignettes/) - Victor’s Vignettes … stories about life in soviet and post-soviet Ukraine. -by Victor Sergeyev Mikolayev, Ukraine
- [Feature Interviews](https://www.nashholos.com/feature-interviews/) - This section features select Nash Holos interviews with guests whose insight, experience, or creative work sheds light on Ukrainian life in Canada and around the world. These conversations offer context, perspective, and first hand accounts you won’t often hear elsewhere.

## Tags

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