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Jul 28, 20211 min

Kyiv / Київ / קיעוו Jewish City Guide v1.0

The first City Guide at Jewish Ukraine Travel is for our homebase: Kyiv. The national capital and center of it all. The guide will help...

Feb 25, 20204 min

A Walk Through Chernivtsi Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish Cemetery in Chernivtsi is the second largest Jewish cemetery in Ukraine, behind Lviv, and one of the largest in...

Jan 6, 202011 min

Ukrainian Election 1917 Jewish Voter’s Guide

Pictured: Kyiv City Teacher's House. The building was the meeting location of the Central Rada from March 17, 1917 to April 29, 1918....

Oct 31, 20197 min

The Golem: Jewish Horror on Screen

A plague is sweeping through Lithuania in the year 1670. More die by the day, and now the daughter of a village headman, Vladimir, is...

Jun 26, 20198 min

Short Guide to Babi Yar

German forces entered Kyiv on September 19th, 1941 after a crushing victory over the Red Army. Starting the next day, the Soviet NKVD,...

May 2, 20194 min

Remembering the Holocaust Through Yom Ha'Shoah

The holidays we choose to observe, the days on which we observe them, and the manner in which we do so, are the most public and engaging...

Jan 9, 20194 min

Saying Goodbye to Amos Oz, A Writer of Pre-Holocaust Ukraine

At the close of 2018, we lost one of the titans of modern Jewish literature. Amos Oz passed away at the age of 79 after a short fight...