On 21-23 June 2009 inPshemyshl
(Poland) Polish Center for Holocaust Research at Polish Academy of Sciences and
Tkuma All-Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies jointly with other scientific
institutions and international organizations will conduct International
Scholarly Conference “Ukrainian-Polish-JewishRelationsduringNaziOccupationandHolocaust
(Ukrainian-Polish Borderlines, 1941-1944)”
On
January, 29th meeting of Tkuma’ intelligentsia club has been held.
The club was devoted to International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The
participants have lighted the memorial candles and commemorated exterminated
Jews by silence minute. The meeting participants were represented by Dnepropetrovsk
outstanding teachers, writers, poets, psychologists and engineers.
INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY IN DNIPROPETROVSK
On
January, 27th Tkuma Center has conducted commemoration ceremony by
the Holocaust Victims’ Memorial at Gagarin Park. Heads and activists of Dnepropetrovsk
Jewish Community, journalists of Jewish and Ukrainian mass media and
representatives of the public were invited to take part in the ceremony.
On
January, 27th Tkuma Center delegation took part in ceremony of
flowers-laying to the Holocaust Victims’ Memorial. Much attention of the public
and journalists has been attracted by the famous politician A. Yatsenuk participation
in the ceremony.
JANUARY, 27th: INTERNATIONAL
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
The
United Nations General Assembly designated January 27th as an annual
International day of Holocaust victims commemoration.
SEMINAR
SEMINAR ON INTER-CIVILIZATIONAL
AND INTER-ETHNIC PROBLEMS
On January,
21st Tkuma Center Director Igor Shchupak has conducted the seminar
on problems of inter-civilizational and inter-ethnic dialog for secondary
schools’ History teachers (on the basis of Dnepropetrovsk Regional Institute for
Advanced Pedagogical Study).
On
December, 15th-17th Tkuma jointly with Jewish Mazal Tov Community
Center (Zaporozhe) has conducted the seminar “The Role of Historical Memory in Strengthening
of the Jewish family”. The topic of the seminar wasn’t selected by chance but on
demand of center programs’ participants and clients.
On
December, 11th meeting of Tkuma’ intelligentsia club has been held.
This
meeting has hosted students of higher educational establishments. The youth has
enlivened the dialogue and began brisk discussion of the topic “Through all
phases of Love”. During the meeting older generation shared experience with
youth and psychologist answered the questions.
SUMMIT IN MINISTRY
SUMMIT IN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE
On
December 4th the summit “Problems of modern historical education contest
and ways of its solution” has been held in Ministry of Education and Science of
Ukraine. The summit has been conducted by the Minister of Education and Science
of Ukraine I. Vakarchuk. Presidium of the summit was represented by
academician I. Yuhnovskiy, director of the Institute of National Memory,
and P. Polianskiy, the deputy Minister.
Dr. Aharon
Weiss and Dr. Igor Shchupak have conducted 2 meetings with groups of
veterans and interviewed them in the frames of the “Shoah victims’ names”
project.
In
Nikolayev Jewish Community Center meeting of Intelligentsia Club has been
conducted. The participants of the meeting have actively discussed questions on
Holodomor and Holocaust, Ukrainian-Jewish relationships during WW II and
nowadays.
MEETING WITH VETERANS
TKUMA STUFF MEETING WITH VETERANS
AND STUDENTS IN ODESSA
On
December, 1st Tkuma stuff has met with veterans and students in
Odessa. During the meeting within the framework of Yad Vashem “Shoah victims’
names” project interviews have been conducted and Yad Vashem forms have been
filled in.
On November, 27th meeting of Tkuma’
intelligentsia club has been held. As usual among the participants were
representatives of Dnepropetrovsk intelligentsia: psychologists, engineers,
writers, poets, etc. The topic of this meeting was “Conflicts’ positive and
negative sides”.
CONFERENCE IN MOLDOVA
INTERNATIONAL
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE IN MOLDOVA
On
November, 17th in the capital of Moldova the first in the country
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE “Role of historical memory and Holocaust
lessons in modern youth education” has been successfully conducted.
On August 17-25, 2008 Tkuma All-Ukrainian Center for
Holocaust Studies, the Federation of Polish organizations in Ukraine, and Lvov
Ukrainian Catholic University with the support of Consulate General of Polish
Republic in Lvov, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Kiev and
Dnepropetrovsk and Lvov Regional Jewish Charitable Foundation “Hesed-Aryeh”
conducted the 3-rd Inter-ethnic Inter-religious Youth seminar “The Ark” for Ukrainian, Polish and
Jewish students.
International and inter-ethnic dialogue is an
important premise for fostering the atmosphere of tolerance in Ukrainian
society. Therefore, Tkuma Center together with its partners arranges
international forums, contests, and educational seminars in which Jewish,
Ukrainian, Polish youth takes part.
THE
CONFERENCE “KORCHAK STUDIES: EDUCATION-THROUGH-LITERATURE”
On May
26-28th, 2008 Tkuma
Center has welcomed over 220 participants (i.e. teachers, librarians, educators,
literature specialists, public) on the high-level and large-scale event,
devoted to the 130-date of birth of prominent pedagogue Yanush Korchak.
Project “Memory and Name” has been held in Donetsk on May 12-13 with
participation of Donetsk Jewish Community Center and Donetsk Charitable
Foundation “Hesed-Tsdaka”. During the Project Museum-educational exhibition “Rescue for the sake of justice”, Seminar “Problems
of Holocaust” and presentation of documentary “Memory and name”have been
conducted. 3 educational
establishments (Donetsk Secondary Schools #12, 15, 35) and over 120 Jewish and
non-Jewish students have been involved.
On February 26th «Youth FOR…! Youth AGAINST …!» seminar
has been conducted in Dnepropetrovsk. The seminar organizers have divided 30
participants into 2 groups to discuss different aspects of life during
Holocaust.
SEMINAR FOR UKRAINIAN TEACHERS AND METHODOLOGISTS AT YAD VASHEM
On
December 23, 2007 - January 4, 2008 knowledge-enriching seminar for Ukrainian teachers and methodologists
has been successfully conducted in Israel, at Yad Vashem world-famous
Methodical Center of Holocaust Studies.
The Educational Project “Exchanging the unique experience to promote
Holocaust awareness” has involved 17 high-qualified and renowned Holocaust
History and Tolerance Issues specialists from Ukraine, i.e. teachers,
methodologists and educators, who have been actively participating in Tkuma
Center activities.
THE MEETING OF THE DNEPROPETROVSK JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND YAD
VASHEM CHIEFS IN DNEPROPETROVSK
On December 13th, at the “Gold Rose” synagogue main hall in
the frames of cooperation project of Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community and
Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority Yad Vashem the official
reception has been initiated by the Igor Kolomoiskiy, where the meeting of Dnepropetrovsk
Jewish Community Trustee Committee with Avner Shalev, (Chairmen of the Yad
Vashem Directorate) and Arie Zuckerman (Special Advisor to the Yad Vashem
Chairman) has been held.
On December 6th,
2007 “Tkuma” (“Revival”) All-Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies has arranged
the seminar “International Day of Human Rights” which hosted the senior school
students.
TKUMA SEMINAR
TKUMA SEMINAR ON
ANTI-SEMITISM PROBLEMS
Tkuma Center partners
with numerous organizations, including close and lasting cooperation with Zaporizhzhia
Jewish Community Center “Mazal Tov”, headed by talented leader, teacher and
historian Inessa Nosenko. Mazal Tov organizes wide range of socially relevant projects
spiritually close to the activities conducted by Tkuma Center, i.e. “The school of International Communication”,
“Jewish Town” and other programs aimed to revive the historical memory,
strengthen the Jewish national identity and promote fostering the atmosphere of
tolerance and xenophobia non-acceptance in modern society.
“Let the fire flaming ever” (Haim
Nahman Bialyk) – under
such motto Tkuma Center has conducted the practical seminar for Dnepropetrovsk junior
school students on December 6th, 2007. Tkuma Center seminar welcomed
3-4 grades’ students of L.I. Shneerson specialized school #144 (mentor –
Svitlana Vitkovska). While defining the seminar tasks and activities, the organizers
paid attention to the traditions of Hanukkah celebration and its connection
with the historical past of the Jewish community in Ukraine. The seminar put
emphasis on Jewish devotion to the forefathers’ principles during the elitist
expansion as well as during the Holocaust period. The children have defined the
Hanukkah flame as a Miracle, happening with people who entirely follow Torah principles
and ready to resist those who harm Jewish people, their traditions and sanctity.
The children have shown brilliant awareness of the Hanukkah history, its
traditions and principles.
MEETING WITH TKUMA MUSEUM PROGRAMS
MEETING WITH TKUMA MUSEUM PROGRAMS VOLUNTEERS
Museum programs are one of directions of
Tkuma Center activities. On October 2007 in Kiev “Tkuma” All-Ukrainian Center
for Holocaust Studies has successfully conducted International Museum Seminar.
On November Tkuma has attracted Tkuma museum programs volunteers for carrying
out the meeting “Commemorative signs on the Jews mass grave sites in
Dnepropetrovsk”
INTERNATIONAL DAY
“INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST FASCISM, RACISM,
ANTI-SEMITISM” IN TKUMA CENTER
On November 7th 2007 “Tkuma” All-Ukrainian
Center for Holocaust Studies has conducted educational seminars for junior
school students of L.I. Shneerson specialized school #144 and for senior
school students of specialized ecological-economical school #67. The seminars were
devoted to International Day against fascism, racism, anti-Semitism.
“TKUMA HOLOCAUST LIBRARY”
“TKUMA HOLOCAUST LIBRARY” PRESENTATION IN MOSCOW
On October 18th the “Holocaust” Russian
Research and Educational Center has organized the meeting of public and
representatives of intelligentsia in Andrey Sakharov Moscow Center. The participants
have visited the unique exhibition devoted to Raul Wallenberg, who rescued thousands
of Jewish Hungarians during WWII and died in Stalin’s prison after the Budapest
liberation by the Soviet Union forces.
On October 18-21st Tkuma All-Ukrainian
Center for Holocaust Studies has participated in CIS Jewish Communities
Conference “Limmud-2007”. The Conference has welcomed the representatives of
Jewish Communities from FSU, England, Germany, Israel and the USA. The educational
Conference based on principles of pluralism, volunteering and fully
availability for participants has been conducted in Moscow area (Pokrovskoe)
and hosted over 600 participants.
