A look at Ukraine’s Jewish Heritage – sponsored by Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Jars Balan on Holodomor reports by Canadian journalist Rhea Clyman (Part 1)
Read more: 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.…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage Book Review: Rebbe
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage Book Review: RebbeIn 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…
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Rosh Hashana 2022 and the Uman Pilgrimage
Read more: Rosh Hashana 2022 and the Uman PilgrimageTranscript: 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hannukah in Ukraine and around the world
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hannukah in Ukraine and around the worldHanukkah 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 4 —Currencies of Israel and Ukraine
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 4 —Currencies of Israel and UkraineWelcome 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 3—Currencies of Israel and Ukraine
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 3—Currencies of Israel and UkraineIn 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 2—Currencies of Israel and Ukraine
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Part 2—Currencies of Israel and UkraineThe 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hitler’s Basement
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Hitler’s BasementIn 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Currencies of Ukraine and Israel— Part 1 Historical parallels
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Currencies of Ukraine and Israel— Part 1 Historical parallelsBanknotes 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…
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Ukrainian Jewish Heritage – Interview: Paulina Zelitsky Part 2
Read more: Ukrainian Jewish Heritage – Interview: Paulina Zelitsky Part 2Last 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…