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 Dear visitors of our website! Dear friends and colleagues!
In these short winter days, when the darkness covers the earth so fast, small lights appear in the windows of Jewish houses. They do not only bring a little bit of brightness into this world, but they also announce the coming of an important Jewish holiday - Hanukkah.
They remind us of the miracle of light in the Jerusalem Temple. We sincerely send our best wishes on this holiday! May this festive light fill your heart with warmth and inspiration for new achievements! As the Jewish tradition proves, having belief and hope one can find the right way even through the thickest darkness. Hanukkah sameah! Best wishes, The team of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews. 
Dear visitors of our website! Dear friends and colleagues!
With the sunset on the 29th of Elul the 5772nd year of the Jewish calendar will finish.
It was a year of life, filled with success and failures, hopes and worries, joy and sometimes with sorrow. Shofar sounds, like hundreds-thousands of years ago, will notify us that a new year has come. Use this time to thank G-d for everything good you have happened to meet on your life road during this year. For good people who are with you. And even for difficulties which make you stronger. Start a new page of the book of your life with belief and strength! May this year be as sweet for you as honey apples on the Rosh-ha-Shana holiday table! Best wishes, The team of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews. 
From the 1st July 2012
an international volunteers' summer camp of the NGO ASF was held in Chernivtsi.
From the 1st till the 12th July 2012 an international volunteers' summer camp
of the NGO ASF (the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace) was held in Chernivtsi.
It's worth mentioning that the camp has already become traditional and traditionally
it was supported by the Museum of the history and culture of the Bukovinian Jews.
Dear visitors!We are happy to inform you that from the 22nd of May the museum is open for visitors as usual. Dear visitors!From the 8th of may till the 22th of may the museum is closed for visiting
as works on installation of ventilation equipment are being carried out at the moment. We sincerely apologise for inconveniences! Dear visitors of our website! Dear friends and colleagues!
A great Jewish holiday, Pesach, is coming!
Pesach is the holiday of liberation, spring and renewal. It is celebrated on the occasion
of the event which was the Rubicon in the history of Jewish people – exodus from Egypt slavery.
At that time the spirit of freedom overcame all fears before hardships on the way to the Promised Land.May the memory about your freedom-loving ancestors fill you with patience, fortitude and power to defeat al difficult life situations! Our sincere congratulations on the holiday! May you be in a festive mood! We wish you family warmth, a tasty and kosher seder! Best wishes, The team of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews. 
A new educational project in the museum In April, 2012 the Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture
of Bukovinian Jews in a partnership with the Department of Education of the Chernivtsi City Council on the funds
of a municipal grant has launched a new project – “Overcoming stereotypes together”. The project aims to promote the strengthening of the atmosphere
of mutual understanding, respect and tolerance and at the same time to prevent possible outbreaks of xenophobia
and interethnic hostility. Participants of the project (senior students of Chernivtsi high schools) will conduct
certain research work during April – August 2012. In particular, they will learn about the influence of different
ethnic groups for the development of the city in the past and they will get to know how the organized national
lives of representatives of different ethnic communities in Chernivtsi look like today. The outcomes of the project will be represented in an exhibition
that will be shown both in schools and galleries of the city. The display of Chernivtsi students will be enlarged
by the exhibition “Together”, prepared by the Congress of National Communities of Ukraine (Kyiv) about lives of
representatives of small national groups and ethnic communities in Ukraine. We will inform visitors of our website about the course of the project and its outcomes. March 2012 Honorable Guests in the Museum.
On Saturday, the 24th of March the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews was honored to
have special guests – Dr Hans-Juergen Heimsoeth, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of
the Federative Republic of Germany to Ukraine, and his wife. Undertaking an official visit to Chernivtsi,
the Ambassador and his wife took a tour around the museum, showing true interest in its permanent exhibition,
and met the museum’s team.
Dear visitors of our website! Dear friends and colleagues!
We sincerely congratulate you on the bright, boisterous, joyous holiday – Purim!
Through ages we keep the memory about the events, described in the Megillat Esther,
as evidence that faithfulness and devotionto your nation can overcome deceitfulness, hatred and intrigues.
May this wonderful holiday fill you with optimism and belief that the darkest clouds of sorrow and unhappiness
might be blown away by the warm spring wind!
Best wishes, The team of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews. 
July 2011 Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army
help volunteers of the German organization “Action Reconciliation Service for Peace” to
clean the Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi.
On the 7th of July soldiers of the Ukrainian army who are stationed in Chernivtsi came to help
the participants of the international volunteer summer camp. They together cleaned a part of the
old Jewish cemetery in Zelena Street.
 On 3rd of July this year's
summer camp of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace will start in Chernivtsi.
As in the previous two years, this summer there will again be a summer camp of the German
volunteering organisation Action Reconsilitation Service for Peace on the old Jewish cemetery
in Zelena Street. The Museum for the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews supports the summer
camp as a local partner.
June 2011 From 23-30 June 2011 the second
international youth summer school on Judaism will be held in Chernivtsi.
It will be organised by the youth organisation "Youth association for religious studies"
and its president Larissa Vladichenko. Co-organisers are the Chernivtsi Museum for History
and Culture of Bukovinian Jews and the Chernivtsi Yuriy Fedkovytch University.
May 2011 The exhibition "Motherland Word",
dedicated to the 110th birthday of Rose Auslander.
The Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews invites you to the exhibition "Motherland Word",
dedicated to the 110th birthday of the world-renowned poet Rose Auslander, who was born in Chernivtsi.
The opening of the exhibition will take place on the 19th of May 2011 at 3 pm in the entrance hall of
the cinema "Chernivtsi" (former Jewish Temple).
April 2011 Congratulations on Passover!
Dear guests of our website!It seems that not so long ago we together joyously celebrated the happy ending of the Megillat Esther story and the old Jewish tradition tells us about the coming of the next important holiday - Pesach. To celebrate this Holiday means not just to remember the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt, but also to think again about the meaning of inner and outer freedom as an essential part of human life. That is why at the eve of this Holiday we wish you and your family strength and patience, and fortitude to be free even in the face of difficult circumstances in life. We wish you a festive mood, warmth in your family and a delicious Seder! 
March 2011 German TV star is interested in the Jewish past
of Chernivtsi
On Thursday, the 31st of March, the well-known German actress Iris Berben visited the Museum of the
History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews. Iris Berben is one of the famous German actresses. She starred
in about 80 roles in different films. The actress won numerous international and German awards.
The important meeting in Lviv
On the 23rd of March, representatives of the Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture
of Bukovinian Jews met a delegation of the Rothschild Foundation in Lviv. The meeting took place
on the initiative of the Foundation in the process of evaluation of the project for the support
of the museum's collection and the creation of our own Internet resource, which was realized in
2010. For this project the Rothschild Foundation awarded our museum with a grant.
"Stairs of Tolerance" for Chernivtsi comprehensive
schools.
Recently the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews received good news from the Chernivtsi
City Council: the commission of the contest of social projects, which is held in Chernivtsi every year,
supported our museum's project "Stairs of Tolerance". Hence, in the autumn of 2011 regular workshop
classes for senior pupils of Chernivtsi comprehensive schools will be held in our museum. These
lessons aim at overcoming of the stereotypes and biases which exist among the young generation
in their relation to other cultures and faiths.
Trainings will be held by specialists based on methodology worked out with help of the Congress of National Communities of Ukraine. 
The International conference
"Public reform of museum management and marketing".
From the 14th to the 17th of March 2011, Mykola Kushnir, the director of the Museum of
the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews, took part in the international conference
"Public reform of museum management and marketing". This forum was organised
in Kyiv by the International Renaissance Foundation, the Rinat Akhmetov Fund "Development
of Ukraine" and the Ukrainian Centre for Museum Development.
Congratulations on Purim!
Dear guests of our website! The month Adar brings to you a joyous and noisy holiday Purim. This is a time when joy replaces sorrow and grey days become filled with colourful events. We wish your hearts to be filled with a festive spirit and that you may be warmed by the first sun rays of spring! We hope that the story of Esther and Mordehai reassures you that in spite of the most difficult situations in your life, you may always be a winner. We wish you a lot of sincere smiles and a joyous celebration! Purim Sameach! 
Film's director Boris Dratva visited the Museum
On the 9th of March Borys Dratva, a former Chernivtsi resident and now a citizen of Israel,
director of numerous documentary films about Chernivtsi and the life of Bukovinian Jews visited
the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews.
February 2011 Best wishes!
Leonid Fuks, the Director of the Chernivtsi region Jewish Charity Foundation "Hesed Shushana",
who has been devoted to the Jewish life in the city and region for many years, our museum's generous
sponsor and friend, a sympathetic and respected person, will celebrate his birthday on the 6th
of February. The team of the Museum of the History and Culture
of the Bukovinian Jews sincerely congratulates Mr. Fuks on this occasion and wishes him good health,
inspiration in the fulfillment of all his plans and intentions, well-being and success in his numerous
activities that benefit the community.
January 2011 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
On the 27th of January the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed in the entire world.
The Holocaust was one of the worst crimes of World War II and one of the worst tragedies in the history
of humanity and it should never happen again.
Bukovina suffered heavily from the savage cruelty of the Holocaust. The victims of the inhuman
policies which were carried out here mainly by the army and local administration of the Kingdom
of Romania from July 1941 to March 1944 were nearly 100,000 local Jews.
December 2010 Italian newspaper on the conference of the AEJM in Rome
In the Italian newspaper
"La Nostra Gazzetta" ("Our Newspaper"),)
which is published in Russian, there was an article on the conference of the Association of European
Jewish Museums, which recently took place in Rome. The Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian
Jews was represented by Joseph Zissels, the initiator of the museum's creation, and Natalia Shevchenko,
the first director of the museum and now the curator of its collection.
Congratulations on Hanukkah!
Dear guests of our website! Our best wishes at Hanukkah!
Remembering with you the great event in the history of the Jewish people - of the victory of the good
over the evil, of hope over despair, of light over darkness - we wish you to feel G-d's support
everywhere you go and that you are sure of success in everything you start.
We wish you happiness, health, spiritual well-being, warmth and light in your home. 
Our best congratulations to Joseph Zissels!
The Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews sincerely congratulates its founder, the Head
of Association of the Jewish Organisations and Communities (VAAD) of Ukraine, the Chairman of the General
Council of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, human rights activist and famous social figure, the extremely
decent and sincere person Joseph Zissels on his birthday!
We wish Mr. Zissels good health, inspiration and the fulfillment of all his plans, as well as happiness, joy,
well-being and harmony and warmth in his family.
November 2010 Conference in Rome
On 20 - 23 November 2010 the conference of the Association of European Jewish Museums (AEJM) took place
in Rome. For the first time representatives of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews
took part in the conference: Joseph Zissels, the initiator of the museum's creation, and Natalia Shevchenko,
the first director of the museum and now the curator of its collection.
This is an annual conference which has the aim to promote the cooperation between Jewish museums of Europe,
to exchange thoughts and experiences in the field of museology as for today the museums in more than 30
countries of Europe are associate members of the AEJM.
More detailed information on the conference will be posted soon.
Our best congratulations!
The team of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews sincerely congratulates Petro Ryhlo,
the famous translator, literature expert, expert on Jewish culture and heritage of Bukovina, good friend
of our museum for receiving the D.Zahul Award for literature. We wish him new achievements, inspiration
and success in all his endeavors.
October 2010 Lesson on tolerance at the museum
On the 30th of October the Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews was
visited by the participants of the School for Young Leaders "Steps towards each other".
The editor of the newspaper "Den" got to know the museum
Larysa Ivshyna, the editor in chief of the nationwide popular newspaper "Den" visited the Museum
of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews on the 28th of October.
Ukrainian-Jewish meeting in Jerusalem
On 18 - 20 October 2010 the scientific conference "Ukrainian Jewish Encounter: Cultural Interaction,
Representation, and Memory" was held in Jerusalem (Israel).
The conference was organised by the "Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Initiative" in co-operation with the
Israel Museum and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Scientists and public figures from Ukraine, Israel,
the USA, Canada, Poland, Russia and France participated in the conference.
Leonid Finberg from Kiev gave a talk about Jewish museums
in Ukraine which was received with great interest. He paid special attention to the Chernivtsi Museum
of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews.
Visit from Haifa
At the beginning of October the Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian
Jews was visited by Julia Shtraim, Deputy Mayor of Haifa (Israel) and Chairwoman of the Immigration
Absorption Authority in Haifa.
September 2010 Secret Service declassified
the criminal case against Rosa Auslander
Recently the funds of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews have
been enriched by unique documents - materials of the criminal case against Beatrice
Rosalia Scherzer, a famous poet of Jewish origin, who is known to the world as Rosa Auslander.
Our best wishes to all
our guests on the New Hebrew Year 5771!
Meeting of the Civil Counseling Board on Cultural Heritage Protection
M.Kushnir, Director of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews together with N.Shevchenko,
Deputy Director of the museum, attended a meeting of the Civil Counseling Board on Cultural Heritage
Protection in Chernivtsi city on the 14th of September. The reconstruction of the former Jewish hospital's
building in Barbusse Street (the former Synagogengasse) was one of the most discussed issues.
Enrichment of our video-collection
Recently the video-collection of the Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews has been enriched
by a new object - the film collection "It all began in Poland" ("Zaczelo sie w Polsce").
It was kindly given to the museum by Polish colleagues of the organization
Filmoteka Narodowa.
These documentary films, which include "Warsaw Sunday", "Siege" and others, are dedicated to the
events on the eve and in the first days of World War II.
Heorhiy Halyts visited our museum
Heorhiy Halyts, the deputy chairman of the Chernivtsi region state administration visited the Museum
of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews on the 10th of September. He took a tour around the museum
and congratulated the museum's co-workers on the Rosh-Hashana.
The International Poetry Festival
"Meridian Czernowitz", dedicated to Paul Celan's 90th birthday has ended.
The Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews is among the partners of the Festival.
On the 4th of September the guests of the festival visited our museum, got to know our exhibition and
learned about the life of the Jewish community of Bukovina. The video installation "Temple" on the front of the cinema
"Chernivtsi" was a part of the festival's program.
August 2010 International volunteers' camp
has finished its work
The work at the Jewish cemetery in Zelena str. was the most important part of the
volunteers' activity. Though volunteers didn't aim to clean the entire cemetery,
which area is approximately 15 hectares, their symbolic work is noticeable at once.
July 2010 International volunteers' camp started
its work on the 26th of July in Chernivtsi
The second international summer volunteers' camp of the German organization Aktion Sü
hnezeichen
Friedensdienste (Action Reconciliation Service for Peace) started its work on the 26th of July
in Chernivtsi in partnership and organizational support of the Chernivtsi Museum of the History
and Culture of Bukovinian Jews.
The camp's program consists of work at the Chernivtsi's Jewish cemetery in Zelena Street,
and also acquaintance with the history and multinational cultural heritage of Bukovina and
its center Chernivsti.
Scientific-practical seminar"Remembering the Forgotten: Jews in Poland and Ukraine" The scientific-practical seminar
"Remembering the Forgotten: Jews in Poland and Ukraine" was held by the Museum
of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews on the 13th of July 2010. The seminar
aimed to discuss problems of the preservation and restoration of historical memory
as well as of the spiritual-cultural heritage of Jews in Poland and Ukraine. It was
held in cooperation of the Museum with partner institutions in Warsaw. The mutual
realization of the international project "Discourse of internal and external memory
of Hasidic culture in Bukovina" became the reason for gathering.
March 2010 Administrative Appointments Mykola Kushnir, historian, lecturer at the
Chernivtsi National University, and author of numerous works on the history of the Jews of Bukovina
became the new director of the Museum.Nataliya Shevchenko, the first director of the Museum, will continue to work on enrichment of the museum's exhibition and the scientific development of the museum's collection. She will be in charge of the museum's collection. February 2010 Booklet and mapThe booklet of the Museum (texts by Mykhail Gold,
illustrations by Viktor Hukailo) and the schematic map "The Jewish Chernivtsi. Unforgotten image"
(by Galina Kharaz) were recently published. These editions will help the museum's visitors and
everyone, who is interested in the topic, to get to know the conception and the exhibition of
the museum, and to learn more about the history of the Jewish Community of Chernivtsi. 
January 2010 Grant for the museum's developmentThe museum has received a grant from the Rothschild
Foundation (Europe) for the development of Jewish museums (Europe). This Foundation is known for its
support of existing museums, which have proved their scientific and cultural value. That is why this
grant means not only financial support, which is necessary for the museum's functioning and development,
but it is also evidence of acknowledgment of our museum's success in the first year of its functioning.
October 2008Official opening of the museum
On the 7th of October 2008 the official opening ceremony of the Chernivtsi
Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews took place. This coincided with the 600th anniversary of the first written reference to the city of Chernivtsi. Even on the background of many wonderful events, which were held in the city, the opening of the museum was a significant event. The Chernivtsi press wrote about it and a lot of informational messages on the web were dedicated to this event. Among the guests of the celebration were former Chernivtsi citizens, who now live all over the world. Joseph Zissels, the Chairman of the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD) of Ukraine is the initiator of the museum's creation. Nataliya Shevchenko became the Museum's Director. The artist Roman Batig designed the museum. (Ukrainian)
August 2008The 100th Anniversary International Yiddish Language Conference
The historical conference on the Yiddish language was held in Chernivtsi in August 1908.
It was a significant event in the life of the Jews all over the world, giving an impulse
for the development of Jewish national and cultural self-identification in the 20th century.
Precisely 100 years later, in August 2008, a new, Anniversary Yiddish Conference took place in Chernivtsi. Its goal was to create awareness of the historical fate of Yiddish and the tragedy of the murder of the Yiddish-speaking people. And, despite of everything, one of the conference's goals was to understand the perspectives of the preservation of Yiddish and its development. An unofficial opening of the Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews was dedicated to the anniversary conference. The participants and the guests of the conference were the first visitors of the museum, where special display boards on the conference of 1908 were prepared. | |