In his talk, Vitaly Chernoivanenko, a Jewish Ukrainian researcher, will speak about the Ukrainian Jewish community and how, along with other Ukrainian communities, it has confronted recent Russian invasion and brutal aggression. What does it mean, both broadly and in this specific example, to decide to leave or stay in a country embroiled in war? Is there solidarity and assistance from other Jews worldwide, including Israel? What is the place of Ukrainian Jewish Studies and Ukrainian academics in these extreme times? Prof. Chernoivanenko will discuss these questions, and share his personal experiences and reflections during this war.

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Image Description: Ukrainian defenders Asher Joseph Cherkaskyi and his son David during Russia's war on Ukraine. Photo by Lars Berg, BILD. Courtesy of Asher Cherkaskyi.

Vitaly Chernoivanenko holds a PhD degree in History. He is a senior research fellow at the Judaica Department at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. He also serves as a president of the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies and chief editor of Judaica Ukrainica. Prof. Chernoivanenko taught Jewish history and religion at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy for twelve years. In 2017 and 2018, he was a visiting professor at the Université de Montréal.