- September 26, 2025
- 10:44 pm
- Ukraine
The status of the “Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter” events is recorded on the Lviv BookForum website. All actions will take place offline and in Ukrainian.
15:30 – 16:45
Announcement of the winners and presentation of the “Encounter: Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Award” 2025
Venue:
Lviv Palace of Arts, conference hall
Address: 17 Mykola Kopernyk St.
Participants:
Maria Henkin, Volodymyr Yeshkilev, Ostap Slyvynsky, Sonia Kapinus, Mia Marchenko, Kateryna Pekur, Khrystyna Semeryn, Anna Nekrasova, Sofia Korn, Vasyl Shkliar
Moderators:
Andriy Pavlyshyn, Ukrainian journalist and historian,
Lana Zhab’yuk, Ukrainian journalist
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The event is intended to mark outstanding achievements in Ukrainian fiction related to Ukrainian-Jewish relations. A presentation of five shortlisted books is planned, as well as a discussion of modern intercultural communication. The jury will select a winner among various genres, including a mystical thriller and a novel highlighting the classics of Hasidism. The conversation will be supported by jury members, including Maria Henkin, who cultivates a Ukrainian book club in New York, and Volodymyr Yeshkilev, a well-known writer from Ivano-Frankivsk.
Books shortlisted for the “Encounter” Award 2025:
- Sonia Kapinus, “White Rabbits” (Kyiv: Orlando Publishing House, 2024)
- Mia Marchenko, Kateryna Pekur, “Children of the Fiery Time” (Kharkiv: Readberry, 2024)
- Yitzhok Leibush Peretz, “Hasidic” (Kyiv: Spirit and Letter, 2024)
- Khrystyna Semeryn (Compiled), “A Century of Presence. The Jewish World in Ukrainian Short Prose 1880s–1930s” (Kyiv: Spirit and Letter, 2024)
- Eli Shekhtman, “Goyrl. Rings on the Soul” (Lviv: A Priori Publishing, 2023)
13:30 – 14:30
All-Ukrainian Student Drawing Contest “Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: Our Stories Are Incomplete Without Each Other”
Venue:
Lviv Regional Children’s Library
Address: 1 Vynnychenka St.
Moderator:
Vladyslav Hrynyevych, Regional Manager of UJE, Ukraine.
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Presentation of the all-Ukrainian children’s drawing contest organized by the Ukrainian representation of the Canadian non-governmental organization “Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter”.
15:00 – 15:45
Presentation of New Books in the Field of Judaica
Venue:
Knyharnya Ye
Address: 7 Svobody Ave.
Participants:
Tetyana Nepypenko, Yehor Vradii, Ihor Shchupak, Maryna Horbachuk
Moderator:
Andriy Pavlyshyn, Ukrainian journalist and historian
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Presentation of new publications in the field of Judaica, published in 2024-2025 by various publishers.
10:00 – 10:45
New Ukrainian School History Textbook — The Most Pro-Israel in the World
Venue:
Knyharnya Ye
Address: 7 Svobody Ave.
Participants:
Ihor Shchupak, Zeev Khanin
Moderator:
Dr. Yehor Vradii
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Discussion of the “Comprehensive History” textbook for 11th grades, which offers a new interpretation of the history of Israel and the Middle East.
14:00 – 15:00
Listen, Read, Understand: Ukrainian Translations of Hebrew and Yiddish Authors
Venue:
House of Sound LKP “Lviv Radio”
Address: 6 Knyazya Romana St.
Participants:
Diana Klochko, Tetyana Nepypenko, Maryana Maksymiak, Anna Nekrasova
Moderator:
Andriy Pavlyshyn, Ukrainian journalist
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Discussion of Ukrainian translations from Hebrew and Yiddish.
17:00 – 18:00
Ukraine and Israel: The Battlefield of Russian Propaganda During the War Years
Venue:
Lviv Palace of Arts, conference hall
Address: 17 Mykola Kopernyk St.
Participants:
Vitaliy Portnikov, Maria Hurska
Moderator:
Natalia Fedushchak
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Discussion of ways to counter Russian propaganda manipulations in the context of the war.
Source – ukrainianjewishencounter.org