“Every nation has its own history – the
history of joy and grief. There exist Jewish, Ukrainian, Russian tradition – to
commemorate perished, to remember all namely, because every person has own name…”
With such words Dr. Igor Shchupak, Tkuma
Center director has opened the Ceremony of Awarding participants and volunteers
of the Project “Names…”. The project has been carrying out over the year by
Tkuma All-Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies (“Renascence”) jointly with Yad
Vashem National Institute of Catastrophe and Heroism Remembrance (Israel). The Ceremony
has been conducted on June 8th in Dnepropetrovsk Community Center
library. The volunteers have been awarded by the diplomas by the honored Yad
Vashem guests: Yad Vashem Chairman Nathan Eitan, the major sponsor of Project
“Names...”, Yossie Hollonder, the Project “Names...” Coordinator Boris Maftsir, and
Dr. Aharon Weiss, Tkuma Center Academic Adviser “spiritual coordinator”. The
Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk Region Shmuel Kaminetskiy has also participated.
On May 29th, 2007 the opening of
Memorial “Novozlatopil Tragedy 1941-
1943”, commemorating 1200 perished Jews, has
been conducted in Novozlatopil village of Zaporizhzhia region.
Novozlatopil is a former Jewish settlement. In
1929-1941 it was the administrative center of Jewish national area, which was 50%
populated by Jews. Side by side Jews and Ukrainians survived Holodomor in
1932-1933. But not all managed to survive during Nazi occupation.
Berezhany in the Memory of Poles, Jews and Ukrainians
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“Berezhany in the Memory of Poles, Jews and Ukrainians”
The Tkuma
(Renascence) All-Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies(Dnipropetrovsk) and
the Ukrainian State Historical and Architectural Society in Berezhany announce
the forthcoming International Conference “Berezhany in the Memory of Poles,
Jews and Ukrainians”. The conference, which will take place in Berezhany on
June 12, 2007, will be the first of its kind. It will be for the first time
that the history and memory concerning a small town in Western Ukraine will be
discussed by scholars and living witnesses. The Conference will commemorate the
final liquidation of the Jewish community of Berezhany, which occurred on June
12, 1943.
“Tkuma” (“Renascence”)All-UkrainianCenterforHolocaustStudies(Dnipropetrovsk) jointly withPolishCenterforHolocaustResearch, theInstituteofPhilosophyandSociologyandPolishAcademyofSciences (Warsaw) areto holdthe International ScholaryConference “TheUkrainian-PolishBorderlandsundertheSovietRegime 1939-1941: Ukrainian, Polish, JewishSocialLifeandRelationships” inLviv on June 17-20, 2007 . The conference is organized under the auspicesof Task ForceforInternationalcooperationon Holocaust Education,
Remembrance and Research and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Seminar “The Ark” is
to be conducted on August 2007.
Title “The Ark” originated
last summer when Tkuma Center has been successfully implemented international
inter-confessional youth seminar in Univ Lavra (Lviv region).
Representatives of
different nations in Ukraine consider Univ Lavra to be a sacred land. In Univ during
World War II priests and monks of Greek Catholic Church had been rescuing
Jewish children, suffering from Holocaust, supporting Ukrainian and Polish children.
Tkuma Seminar “Along the Jewish Streets” for Zaporozhye
Jewish and non-Jewish schools’ students
On March, 25th
Tkuma Center has conducted the Seminar
“Along the Jewish Streets” for Zaporozhye Jewish and non-Jewish schools’
students. The Dnepropetrovsk event hosted children of different age (from 6
to 12), who were the actual and potential participants of “Mazal Tov”
Zaporozhye Local Community Center Programs.
of regional, Kiev and Sevastopol municipal State Administrations
Rectors of Higher Educational Institutions
In order to get students, educational specialists and researchers to
study and investigate Holocaust and Holodomor History in Ukraine, develop new
teaching methods of it, use and popularize experience in Holocaust and
Holodomor teaching in Ukraine, and guided by paragraphs 4 and 5 of subscribed
by Ukraine International Holocaust Forum Declaration (Stockholm, January, 2000)
and proposals of Council of Europe, the Ministry of Education and Science of
Ukraine recommends to take part in International Competition “Lessons of
Holocaust – Lessons of Tolerance” held by “Tkuma” (“Renaissance”) All-Ukrainian
Center for Holocaust Study (Dnipropetrovsk).
The following people are welcomed to participate in the Competition:
- 8th – 11th
form students;
- students and post-graduates
of Higher Educational Institutions of Ukraine (III-IV level of accreditation);
- pedagogical
specialists of institutions of general education;
- researchers and educational
specialists of Higher Educational Institutions.
To receive additional information about Competition conditions, you are
welcomed to visit the Tkuma Center site – www.tkuma.dp.ua
or contact Tkuma Center Director
Igor Shchupak
on phones: 8 (0562) 36-87-11, 8-050-340-45-66.
The First Deputy Minister B. Zhebrovskij
REMEMBRANCE RELAY
REMEMBRANCE RELAY
Tkuma Center has traditionally
conducted the “Remembrance Relay” devoted to International Holocaust Day.
On January 15th,
2007 Tkuma Center has welcomed active participants of the programs to begin the
“Relay”. During the meeting the following issues have been considered:
- the modern
Holocaust perception in Europe and in the world,
- Catastrophe prevention
measures,
- authority and
public empowerment to resist fascism and nazism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia.
THE COMPETITION “LESSONS OF HOLOCAUST – LESSONS OF TOLERANCE” IS IN THE
PROCESS
“Lessons of Holocaust
– Lessons of Tolerance” competition is planning to be conducted in October
2007. Tkuma Center keeps on receiving the creative works from potential participants.
We suggest you an extract from the work received in February.
Rememberence Ceremony
Devoted to the Holocaust Day
On April 16th,
2007 “Tkuma” (“Renascence”) All-Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies has
conducted remembrance activities devoted to the Holocaust Day, which
commemorates six million Jews, exterminated by Nazis during WWII.
Holocaust Day is
commemorated on 27th day of Nisan month according to the Jewish
calendar. On this day in 1943 there have been the revolt in Warsaw ghetto which
nowadays considered as a symbol of Jews’ resistance.
On April 19, 1943 German
military units using artillery and armored cars has commenced the ghetto
destruction and its inhabitants extermination. During five weeks ghetto
defenders had been putting up heroic resistance to outnumbered and armed enemy
forces. Warsaw ghetto destruction has been finished on May 16th, 1943.
“Interreligious Tolerance
and Mutual Understanding”for Jewish and
NonJewish Schools’ Students in Dnipropetrovsk
Every nation celebrates not
only national holidays, but also the religious ones, i.e. those which belong to
the certain religious community of the state.
Thus, there is a striving to
preserve and hand down the cultural and historical heritage across the
generations. Most people especially honor holiday rites, the point is that the
title “svyato” (holiday) originated from the notion “svyatist’” (which means
sanctity).
To turn national
peculiarities in multinational Ukrainian society into advantages, which
encourage cultural exchange and mutual enrichment, to foster the atmosphere of
heart-openness and mutual understanding through acquainting with culture,
history, customs and traditions of different nationalities– those are the
objectives Tkuma Center is being implemented via educational activity.
Yad Vashem is the world-famous international museum as well as the key scientific
educational institution on Holocaust History investigation. Tkuma Center is
working towards the developing of cooperation with Yad Vashem. On January, 2007
two centers have come to the agreement concerning interchange of materials
published in Yad Vashem and Tkuma Center. Henceforth, everyone can get acquainted
with the book novelties of both countries in Israel Institute and Ukrainian
Center libraries. Ephraim Kei, director of “International Seminars in English
and the Jewish World” in Yad Vashem, was so kind to present Tkuma Center some multimedia
materials which are of great use and importance for Ukrainian teachers.
On January 2007 Yad Vashem has conducted the Seminar. Tkuma Center has
been presented by its director
Igor Shchupak.
Immensely significant issues on Holocaust history, Philosophy, Theology,
Philology, etc. have been discussed during the seminar, which has been
facilitated by outstanding scholars Dr. Ephraim Kaye, (International Seminars in English and the Jewish World Director)
and Prof. David Ebstein (Desk for Programs for Jewish Educators). The event has
welcomed a lot of teachers including recognized Holocaust scholars Prof. David
Bankier, Prof. Menahem Milson, Prof. Yeduda Bauer and others.
On December 17, 2006 “Tkuma”
All-UkrainianCenter for Holocaust Studies jointly
with Dnipropetrovsk Jewish Community Center has conducted press conference with
mass media, including journalists, poets, scholars and etc. In the frames of
the meeting the problems of tolerance in Ukrainian society have been discussed.
On October 27-29th
2006 Seventh Days Adventists jointly with “Tkuma” Center have initiated “Christian-Judaic Dialogue” in
Dnepropetrovsk. In the
frames of the event the religious, philosophical and historical issues have
been discussed by Judaists and Christians - Orthodox and Protestant (Seventh
Days Adventists) and representatives of other confessions.
On September 3, 2006 Jewish Council of Ukraine hosted the regular meeting of Tkuma All-Ukrainian Board. The agenda contained the issues concerning the regular Vth International Scientific Conference on Holocaust Studies to be held in Dnepropetrovsk on September 18-20, 2006 as well as summing-up the results of III International Creative Work Competition for school students and teachers “Lessons of Holocaust – Lessons of Tolerance” and IV International Pedagogical Conference “Lessons of Holocaust – Lessons of Tolerance” to be held in Kiev on September 26-28.
The participants also discussed Tkuma’s participation in the state and international actions on September 26-
30 in
commemoration of 65th anniversary of the tragedy in
Babi Yar
.
“Tkuma” in summer Jewish family camps
When a lot of people gather in one place, when they share
the interest in Jewish culture, history and tradition – this place becomes a
special one, especially when it is located at the
Black Sea
coast. Here, in the recreation center, not far from the Tarhankut cape (near
Chernomorskoye), not for the first time the summer Jewish family camps were organized
by Zaporozhye,
Dnepropetrovsk
and Lugansk Jewish Communities. “Tkuma” Center has friends and partners from various
Eastern cities of
Ukraine,
develops new interesting educational and cultural projects in various regions.
Therefore Tkuma staff couldn’t miss the opportunity of gathering 300 Jews and non-Jews,
who are not indifferent to the problems of preserving historical memory and
understanding the history lessons, problems of international relations and
tolerance. To these very topics dedicated were discussions and meetings held by
the director of
Tkuma Center Dr.
Igor Shchupak and its academic adviser Dr. Aharon Weiss.
3d in size Europe Jewish community is
located in
Ukraine.
Majority Ukrainian Jewish people are the residents of four biggest cities:
Kiev,
Kharkov,
Odessa and
Dnepropetrovsk.
In
Dnepropetrovsk, as in many Ukrainian cities,representatives of Jewish community and also
other nationalities and confessions gathered on July, 24th on the mass-meeting,
which was organized near Theatre of Opera and Ballet to express theirs opinion about
events in the
Middle East.
Trust towards each other rescues Tkuma polemical club meeting
If you regularly watch, listen, read
news you can’t be unimpressed by the number of alarming news about the cases of
violence because of nationality that take
place more often. What to say about the articles of numerous nationalistic
newspapers or internet sites? In such circumstances interethnic and
intercommunity dialogue is highly relevant. And though such dialogue within
Jewish organization is hard to arrange (most people have fear of the word “Jew”
in their hearts) this dialogue is of great importance.
International and inter confessional dialogue is highly important
background for the creation of the atmosphere of tolerance in Ukrainian
society. So Tkuma center with the assistance of its partners plans to hold educational
seminars for Jewish, Ukrainian and Polish youth.
Documenting and Perpetuation of Memory of Jews Perished During the Holocaust
Identifying the names of nearly 6
million Jews perished during Holocaust is acute scientific, public and national
problem. More than two millions names have still not been found, it is
estimated that over a million of the unidentified names are from
Ukraine.
Yad-Vashem started a very
important project “Documenting and Perpetuation of Memory of Jews Perished
During the Holocaust at the Occupied Territory of Former USSR”, the
presentation of which in Ukraine was organized by Embassy of Israel in Kiev on
April, 23 and Tkuma Center in Dnepropetrovsk on April, 27. Tkuma in cooperation
with JDC and other Jewish organizations plays the important role in
implementation of this project at the
territory of
Ukraine.
On March, 6 Mr. Jean-Pierre Froehli, the First
Secretary of German Embassy in
Ukraine
visited
TkumaCenter. Tkuma has been supporting
regular contacts with German Embassy, but it was the first visit of German
diplomat to
Dnepropetrovsk
office of Tkuma Central Ukrainian Holocaust Foundation.
On January 27, 2006 Tkuma
All-Ukrainian Academic Board held its regular meeting. Commemoration of
International Holocaust Memorial Day, coordination of Tkuma Center working plan
for 2006, as well as discussing the challenges of opposition to anti-Semitic
tendencies in Ukraine, the hotbed of which is infamous MAUP were the principal
issues on the Meeting agenda.
"Facts and Lies in the Common Knowledge on the Holocaust" the International Conference
On November, 17, 2005 the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Poland, the Institute for Europe Studying by
Jagiellonski University, the Institute of Strategic Research organized
in Krakow “Facts and Lies in the Common Knowledge on the Holocaust” the
International Conference.
Task
Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance
and Research also took part in the arranging and conducting the
conference.
"Holocaust: interdisciplinary approach" seminar for teachers
On September, 28-30 Tkuma Central
Ukrainian Holocaust Foundation under the auspices of Pincus Fund, The
L.A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education in Diaspora, held “Holocaust:
interdisciplinary approach”, seminar for teachers of Jewish schools. 38
teachers from Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Belaya Tserkov’, Donetsk,
Kharkov, Chernigov, Simpheropol’ and Krivoy Rog took part in the
seminar.
THE PROJECT “NAMES…” IS BEING HELD
STUDENTS ARE WELCOMED TO “THE ARK”
Tkuma Seminar “Along the Jewish Streets” for Zaporozhye
Jewish and non-Jewish schools’ students
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE
REMEMBRANCE RELAY
“There
Is No Other’s Pain”
TKUMA
CENTER INTERACTIVE SEMINAR
UKRAINIAN TEACHERS ARE GOING TO YAD VASHEM
ON THE SEMINAR IN YAD VASHEM
“Tolerance” Round Table
CHRISTIAN
Actions in Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the Tragedy in
On September 3, 2006 Jewish Council of Ukraine hosted the regular meeting of Tkuma All-Ukrainian Board. The agenda contained the issues concerning the regular Vth International Scientific Conference on Holocaust Studies to be held in Dnepropetrovsk on September 18-20, 2006 as well as summing-up the results of III International Creative Work Competition for school students and teachers “Lessons of Holocaust – Lessons of Tolerance” and IV International Pedagogical Conference “Lessons of Holocaust – Lessons of Tolerance” to be held in Kiev on September 26-28.
If you regularly watch, listen, read
news you can’t be unimpressed by the number of alarming news about the cases of
International and inter confessional dialogue is highly important
background for the creation of the atmosphere of tolerance in Ukrainian
society. So Tkuma center with the assistance of its partners plans to hold educational
seminars for Jewish, Ukrainian and Polish youth.
Identifying the names of nearly 6
million Jews perished during Holocaust is acute scientific, public and national
problem. More than two millions names have still not been found, it is
estimated that over a million of the unidentified names are from
On January 27, 2006 Tkuma
All-Ukrainian Academic Board held its regular meeting. Commemoration of
International Holocaust Memorial Day, coordination of Tkuma Center working plan
for 2006, as well as discussing the challenges of opposition to anti-Semitic
tendencies in Ukraine, the hotbed of which is infamous MAUP were the principal
issues on the Meeting agenda.
On November, 17, 2005 the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Poland, the Institute for Europe Studying by
Jagiellonski University, the Institute of Strategic Research organized
in Krakow “Facts and Lies in the Common Knowledge on the Holocaust” the
International Conference.
On September, 28-30 Tkuma Central
Ukrainian Holocaust Foundation under the auspices of Pincus Fund, The
L.A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education in Diaspora, held “Holocaust:
interdisciplinary approach”, seminar for teachers of Jewish schools. 38
teachers from Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Belaya Tserkov’, Donetsk,
Kharkov, Chernigov, Simpheropol’ and Krivoy Rog took part in the
seminar.