Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity of 2013-14, Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the continuing war in Eastern Ukraine has triggered an intense public search for Ukrainian identity. The Jewish community of Ukraine, too, has embraced a new sense of identity. Ukrainian Jews no longer regard themselves merely as Jews living on the territory of Ukraine. Once inclined to self-identify as Russian or Soviet Jews, Increasingly, they see themselves as Jewish Ukrainians. These fundamental shifts in self-identification will be explored by Ukrainian and Jewish scholars and civic leaders at “Jews and the New Ukraine,” the first public discussion of its kind in London.
Ukrainian Jewish Encounter: ‘Jews and the New Ukraine’ discussion to take place on Jan. 29 in London
Clockwise from top left: Mark Freiman; Peter Pomerantsev, Yaroslav Hrysak; Yosef Zissels.
