All the Jewish community centers, synagogues and educational institutions for all age groups, were closed down temporarily and transferred as much of the activity as possible to online.
Today we are talking about a new prize that was unveiled in December 2019: “Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize.” It is sponsored by the Canadian philanthropic fund Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, which supports this podcast featured on Hromadske Radio.
Over 40 Jewish kindergarten teachers gathered in Kyiv at the end of last month for a three-day training seminar organized by FJC’s Darkeinu educational curriculum.
The nonprofit behind a planned Holocaust memorial center in Ukraine has suggested renaming Kyiv’s Dorohozhychi metro station after Babyn Yar, the nearby ravine where German Nazis murdered 33,771 Jews on Sept. 29-30, 1941.
Six hundred Jewish leaders, including community leaders and active members, educators and rabbis from across Ukraine gathered last week in Dnepro, Ukraine for an unprecedented Forum of Ukrainian Jewish Communities.
Every New Year heralds hope for meaningful change. Some hopes are ephemeral, and others enduring, the result of years of planning or a simple leap of faith.
