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Aryeh Deri, minister of Internal Affairs of the State of Israel met with Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine in Kyiv. Arsen Avakov, minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine; Joel Lion, ambassador of the State of Israel in Ukraine; Shmuel Kaminetzki head of the Rabbinical Council of Ukraine, chief rabbi of Dnipro and other officials took part in this meeting. During this meeting, in particular, heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and Israel signed a declaration on cooperation intensification, which should put an end to misunderstanding at border crossing by citizens of both countries.
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On July10, International forum “Those who return the faith to a human: Righteous among the Nations in Dnipropetrovsk”, organized by the Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration together with “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” was held in Dnipro. The event gathered more than 60 guests from Dnipro and region – scientists, museum workers, public figures, and veterans of World War II.
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On July 08, a respectable visitor – Dr. Olena Prokopovych (Rochester, NY), associate professor, department of political sciences of Nazareth College, program director for legal studies came to “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies together with our longtime partner, Dr. Oleh Repan (Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Institute of Dnipro History). During the meeting, opportunities for cooperation in the educational and scientific spheres, exchange of literature, participation in joint publishing projects were discussed.
Read more: Dr. Olena Prokopovych (Rochester, NY) visited "Tkuma" Institute
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During June 25–30, International educational project “Historical narratives and multiperspectivity. World War II: about stories and silence” was held in Gdansk, organized by International education center in Dortmund (IBB Dortmund) and Minsk International educational center named after J. Rau (IBB Minsk) with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany in cooperation with partners – The Ukrainian Oral History Association, Foundation for the Brest Fortress Development, “The Holocaust” Foundation. Young historians, educators, representatives of the historical education field from Belarus, Russia, Germany and Ukraine became the participants of the project. Maryna Strilchuk, researcher of “Tkuma” Institute and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” was invited to participate in this project.
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On June 27, Vadim Sidur (outstanding sculptor, graphic artist, painter, and poet) commemorative evening was held at the Museum of Ukrainian Arts, together with Vadim Sidur School of Modern Arts and Design and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”.