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Vol. LXill No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine Intelligentsia notes Two Orthodox Churches in Ukraine discuss unification by Marta Kolomayets Council on Religion of Ukraine's ments; he even spoke Ukrainian in continuing threat Kyiv Press Bureau Cabinet of Ministers, on October 2, 1990. Moscow," said Bishop Mefodiy. It does not recognize the June 25-26, "We're not talking about a unification, KYIV - Hierarchs of the Ukrainian 1992, sobor that unified Patriarch more accurately we are talking about the Autocephalous Orthodox Church, under to Ukrainian culture Mstyslav's Church with Filaret's resurrection of one Particular Ukrainian the leadership of Patriarch Dymytriy of Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Orthodox Church, here in Kyiv. We by Marta KoSomayets Kyiv and all-Ukraine, have approached "Naturally, I don't expect our first should rid ourselves of these kinds of Kyiv Press Bureau Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) of steps to be easy, but I always remember ambitions (who is joining whom). the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - KYIV - Two months in planning, the the words of the late Patriarch Mstyslav, "We are resurrecting the traditional Moscow Patriarchate to discuss the unifi­ Congress of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia who told us that we must look each other cation of the two Churches. Orthodox Church of our Ukrainian people, assembled over 2,000 delegates and in the eye every so often," Metropolitan Metropolitan Andriy of Halychyna, and when that happens I hope at that sobor guests on November 11, who spent an Andriy explained. archbishop of Ivano-Frankivske, who we will pick a candidate worthy of being afternoon discussing a number of prob­ together with three other hierarchs broke "And that is exactly what we did the patriarch. I believe that day will come, lems that have plagued Ukrainians for away from the Ukrainian Orthodox today," he continued, describing his and it should come, and the bells of St. centuries: the status of the Ukrainian lan­ Church - Kyiv Patriarchate after the elec­ meeting with Metropolitan Volodymyr. Sophia will ring out telling the world the guage, the state of Ukrainian culture, as tion of Filaret to the post of patriarch on "Two branches of Orthodoxy looked great news," said Bishop Mefodiy. well as the continued controlling effect October 20 and joined the UAOC, said each other in the eye, and I saw a real Metropolitan Andriy told reporters of both the Russian language and culture. the first contact with Metropolitan and sincere desire on the part of that during a recent meeting with In an attempt to consolidate all of Volodymyr had been made at the Metropolitan Volodymyr to come to an Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople Ukraine's national-democratic forces, Pecherska Lavra that very afternoon. understanding, to unite into one in Patmos, Greece, the issue of canonical which have over the past few years of "The first step has been made. Today, Particular [Pomisna] Ukrainian Orthodox recognition of the Ukrainian Orthodox independence splintered off into many [November 14] we formed a committee Church," he said. Church was broached. parties, groups and organizations, con­ for this dialogue between our two If indeed the two Churches establish a '•.'We need to help Ukraine,' was the gress organizers appealed to the Churches, and Metropolitan Volodymyr dialogue, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church answer we received," said Bishop Mefodiy. Ukrainian intelligentsia to attend this told us that his Church will also form the - Moscow Patriarchate will have to break "The process of autocephaly - indepen­ forum and to form a united front in sup­ same kind of committee during its sobor, away from Patriarch Alexei of Moscow. dence, is a difficult and long process, and porting the Ukrainian language and cul­ which will take place on November 22," Although the hierarchs of the UAOC that is something that we have to fight for ture, and a strong Ukrainian state. reported Metropolitan Andriy after the did not comment on this possibility, they ourselves," explained Metropolitan Andriy. "More than 90 percent of our citizens conclusion of a one-day extended arch­ spoke highly of Metropolitan "It won't happen overnight," he added. voted for an independent Ukraine in 1991. bishops' sobor that day. Volodymyr, their "spiritual father" dur­ During the 30-minute press conference Where are they now?" asked Kostiantyn The UAOC is guided by the will and ing their days in the Moscow seminary, held at the Church of St. Nicholas Morozov, a congress organizer, during a testaments of Patriarch Mstyslav and where he taught. Naberezhny (of the Shores), which is news conference on November 10. Patriarch Volodymyr (Romaniuk) and "We can't say anything against him. "Over the last few years they've drift­ guided by the statutes registered with the He always displayed pro-Ukrainian senti­ (Continued on page 16) ed away, and we are attempting to get them back," he noted, adding that prob­ lems must be discussed openly. But, much of the work at the congress Jewish sisterhood honors Ukrainian rescuer amounted to preaching to the converted. by Stephanie Charczenko of special significance, the celebration a strong moral sense - truly a sense of Throughout the day hundreds of the del­ of the 50th anniversary of the United justice and righteousness...in the spirit egates - familiar faces at Rukh, Prosvita NEW YORK - The Park Avenue Nations, Ms. Geringer mentioned that of such great deeds as his we, too, Ukrainian Language Society, Congress Synagogue's Women's Evening Group the synagogue also had some special should think of mitzvahs that we could of Ukrainian Nationalists and Ukrainian and Sisterhood, as participants of the events planned - specifically, "Mitzvah Republican Party conferences - spoke of "Honor a Rescuer" program sponsored do for ourselves..." Sunday," in which the congregants problems in their regions, including the by the Jewish Foundation for Christian were urged to perform a "mitzvah," or Survivors present lack of Ukrainian schools and the Rescuers/ADL, paid homage to Roman an act of justice, or righteousness. absence of Uxrainian-language texts in Biletskij with a reception at the Park Ms. Charet introduced some of the "Roman Biletskij," Ms. Geringer bookstores. Former government officials Avenue Synagogue on October 23. Mr. stated, "is an example of a person with (Continued on page 14) such as Ivan Dzyuba, once minister of Biletskij was cited for his heroic efforts culture, and Mykola Zhulynsky, who in rescuing 24 Jews from certain death used to hold the humanitarian affairs in Ukraine during World War II. portfolio, spoke of the all too familiar Speakers included Eleanor Geringer, problems of getting the government to co-president of the Women's Evening focus on issues of language and culture. Group; Linda Charet, board member of Independent Ukraine's first president, the Women's Evening Group; and Leonid Kravc'nuk, told congress partici­ Harvey Schulweis, chairman of the pants that "culture and education should Jewish Foundation for Christian be the top priorities in the state." Rescuers/ADL. Members of the audience However, few concrete solutions to included five of the survivors that Mr. the many problems encountered through­ Biletskij rescued and over 200 members out Ukraine were heard during the day. of the Park Avenue Synagogue's congre­ "In the fifth year of independence, at a gation, as well as this writer, vice-presi­ time when Ukraine has been accepted as dent of the representative of the Society a member of the Council of Europe, of Ukrainian Jewish Relations. events that threaten the existence of the Ms. Geringer welcomed the audi­ Ukrainian nation-state, its language, cul­ ence on behalf of the organizers, the ture and spirituality are taking place," Women's Evening Group, as well as proclaimed the first paragraph of the the co-sponsors, the Committee for the Manifesto of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia, Homeless and Community Outreach, Roman Biletskij with Sabina Grau Schnitzer, one of the 24 Jews he and his family issued on the eve of the congress. Sisterhood and Men's Club of the Park Avenue Synagogue. As this was a week sheltered from the Nazis. (Continued on page 3) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 No. 47 ANALYSIS: Media independence NEWSBBIEFS alien to Ukraine's political culture Ex-politicals call for trial of Red crimes working in Ukraine. Residents of cities by Chrystyna Lapychak profit ventures is low. The government and towns are to be registered by January keeps track of independent media by KYIV — Hundreds of former political PARTI 1996, while registration in rural areas is requiring them to officially register. prisoners and dissidents from 19 countries to begin in the spring. (OMRI Daily The mass media in Ukraine are still The media continue to be at the mercy gathered here on November 7-8, calling Digest) plagued by the same obstacles they have of the state monopoly on newsprint, for a symbolic "Nuremberg-like" trial over stumbled over since the country won its printing and distributions, and the gov­ crimes committed by former Communist Privatization moves forward,., slowly independence in 1991. Financially, the ernment controls the allocation of trans­ regimes, Ukrainian Television reported on KYIV — The pace of privatization of news business in Ukraine remains a risky mission frequencies and broadcast licens­ November 8. The organizers, the state-owned enterprises is up by 25 per­ enterprise because of the lingering post- es. When the government announced International Congress of Political cent over the same period last year, Soviet economic crisis. Most publica­ plans to privatize 11 printing enterprises Prisoners of Communist Regimes, believe this year, it did not mention the 58 relat­ such a trial would serve as a moral cleans­ Ukrainian Radio reported on November tions, including many so-called indepen­ 6. Ukraine now has privatized nearly dent periodicals, receive some form of ed enterprises the Ministry of ing in various post-Soviet societies where Information controls. years of repression and human rights abus­ 20,000 small, medium-size and large state support, either direct or indirect. businesses, despite resistance from local For four years, consumer demand for es have gone unpunished and often uncon- While a number of independent televi­ officials and Parliament. The State periodicals fell sharply as prices demned. The congress, along with the All- sion and radio stations have emerged, the Property Fund plans to privatize 2,000 increased. Although advertising space Ukrainian Society of the Repressed and procedure for obtaining broadcast licens­ small and 1,400 large enterprises in the bought in print media and advertising the Israel-Ukraine Society, appealed to es and access to the airwaves is govern­ last quarter of the year. Critics charged time on television and radio have gown Ukraine's Parliament to consider making ment-controlled and easily manipulated. that the government's new economic pro­ 250 percent in the last two years, the November 7 (the anniversary of the Professionally, despite some improve­ gram, approved by Parliament on advertising market has remained largely October 1917 revolution) a national day of ment in the quality of writing and filming October 11, discourages privatization undeveloped. Ukrainian publishers do mourning for victims of totalitarian over the past year, both the press and because if increases support for state not see advertising revenues as a way for regimes. (OMRI Daily Digest) broadcast media have far to go before enterprises. (OMRI Daily Digest) assuming the role media play in Western them to gain financial independence. Lukashenka favored by Russian voters democracies. While press freedom is Most believe they need a patron or spon­ Donbas miners commence picketing guaranteed by law, and censorship is sor to survive, and they do not yet view MOSCOW — A poll conducted by KYIV — Approximately 100,000 coal officially prohibited, both ideals have their publications as businesses. Sovietskaya Rossiya and released on miners went on strike in.eastern Ukraine proved elusive. Journalists are con­ Ukraine imports 80 percent of its November 1 1 shows strong support on November 14 to demand payment of strained by a new law on libel and slan­ newsprint from Russia, which is increas­ among citizens of the Russian Federation wage arrears. "On strike at the moment der that limits their ability to criticize ing prices to prohibitive levels. for Belarusian President Alyaksandr are 21 mines of the Donbas region and government officials. Although the Periodicals run only half-year rather than Lukashenka, were he a candidate in we've been informed that 16 more will media span the political spectrum from annual subscription offers because of the Russia's upcoming presidential elections. join by this evening," said Mykhailo the radical right to the extreme left, a constantly rising costs. Another hurdle Some 30 percent of Russian potential Volynets, head of the Independent truly independent press - with a fair and for the Ukrainian press is the significant voters queried would vote for President Miners' Union. The union represents balanced approach and high ethical and competition from Russian publications. Lukashenka, who is not even a Russian workers in 62 of Ukraine's 246 coal professional standards - has yet to President Leonid Kuchma's citizen, but whose integrationist policies mines and hopes that all its members will emerge. September 1994 decree on support for vis a vis Belarus and Russia are well- join the action. Mr. Volynets would not During the parliamentary and presi­ print media provided tax exemptions for known. Kazakhstan's President, say how long the strike would last, but he dential election campaigns in March and paper and exemptions from the value- Nursultan Nazarbayev, would receive 10 underlined that many of the country's June 1994, hundreds of national and added tax for certain categories of news­ percent support, while other CIS leaders miners are still waiting for their international experts under the auspices papers. The decree only encouraged would receive little backing. In compari­ September salaries. The union chief of several organizations monitored media struggling publications to rely on govern­ son, the newspaper noted, recent polls claimed Ukraine's government owes the coverage. Three of those missions report­ ment assistance - rather than to find put support for retired Gen. Aleksandr coal industry some $150 million in ed the absence of a developed concept of alternative market-based ways to gener­ Lebed at only 23 percent, while all other wages alone. (Respublika/Reuters) mass media - their role, rights and oblig­ ate revenue and cover expenses. Russian politicians garner less than 10 ations - within Ukrainian society. The Although Kuchma, in April's state of the percent support. Also, at the November Government will support culture idea of media independence seems alien nation speech, underlined the need to pri­ 13 session, the Russian Duma passed a to the prevailing political culture in vatize state-owned newspapers that bur­ resolution calling for the integration of KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma, Ukraine. den the state budget, few of those publi­ Belarus into the Russian Federation, speaking to the Plenum of Creative Authorities on all levels persistently cations have moved beyond the initial reported Rossiyskaya Gazeta the follow­ Unions on November 9, said the govern­ try to keep the key political, economic phase of becoming joint-stock compa­ ing day. The resolution called for ment will continue to support culture, and structural levers in their own hands. nies. President Boris Yeltsin to dispatch a del­ Ukrainian Television reported. He said Few challenge the idea of the state con­ The number of publications in Ukraine egation to Miensk for talks on the issue the state will provide immediate assis­ trolling the media system, and there is lit­ has grown at a rapid pace. As of July, and recommended that a referendum be tance to the cinematographers' and writ­ tle criticism of journalists who accept there were 4,228 periodicals registered in held in Russia on relations with Belarus. ers' unions. Cultural activists and artists money in exchange for coverage. Ukraine. Of those, 3,345 were registered (OMRI Daily Digest) complained bitterly at the meeting about A large part of the problem is the lack as newspapers, 740 as journals, 70 as the decay of culture in the face of of a comprehensive legislative frame­ bulletins, 57 as "collections," and 16 as Ukraine establishes tax registry Ukraine's economic crisis and govern­ ment cuts in subsidies. President Kuchma work. In addition to two earlier laws - on almanacs. Those numbers are deceiving, KYIV — The state tax inspection also announced that he will shortly issue information (October 1992) and on the however, because some publications that agency has begun collecting forms from a decree on the reconstruction of the printed mass media (November 1992) - formally register never actually publish, employees of state and private enterpris­ Mykhailivskyi and Uspenskyi cathedrals the media are regulated by a 1994 law on or they survive only briefly. es for inclusion in a new computerized in the capital, destroyed by the Soviets in television and radio and several parlia­ Two out of three newspapers in state registry of individual taxpayers, mentary amendments approved in April the 1930s and 1940s. (OMRI Daily Ukraine are distributed only locally. The Ukrainian Radio reported on November Digest/Respublika) of this year. While broadly conforming regional focus encourages fragmentation 6. Registration is mandatory for all to international norms, the terminology is and offers leverage to regional - as well adults, including foreigners living and (Continued on page 17) vague on protection of press freedoms. as national - interest groups. That is also true regarding the implemen­ Although censorship is illegal, politi­ tation of government decisions and cal figures have taken advantage of a restrictions on media activities. The leg­ new law on libel and slander, which THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 islation governing broadcast media, as allows them to sue publications and indi­ well as a new law on information agen­ viduals for attacks against them. An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., cies, limits foreign ownership of news Although the legislation could serve to a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, Ш 07302. agencies and television and radio compa­ discourage the often-sloppy and unsub­ Yearly subscription rate: $60; for UNA members — $40. nies to 30 percent. stantiated reporting and raise journalistic Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ 07302. The state owns and finances 46 per­ standards, many political figures have (ISSN - 0273-9348) cent of the media registered in Ukraine. used it to intimidate journalists. Official bodies appoint senior manage­ One apparent incident of such intimi­ Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper ment, and the media rely heavily on state dation occurred in June when local law- (annual subscription fee: $100; $75 for UNA members). subsidies. The rest - 54 percent - are enforcement officials searched the The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: non-state and formally independent, offices and inspected the books of the (201)434-0237,-0807,-3036 (201)451-2200 although most are owned and funded by popular Kyiv tabloid Kievskie political parties, labor unions and various Vedomosti after the paper ran several Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz other interest groups. The number of for- critical articles on Kyiv Mayor Leonid changes to: Associate editor: Marta Kolomayets (Kyiv) Kosakivsky. Other publishers, as well as The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew Chrystyna Lapychak is a researcher at news agencies such as Respublika, have P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz the Open Media Research Institute based complained about similar searches and Jersey City, NJ 07303 and Andrij Kudia Wynnyckyj (Toronto) in Prague. The article above is reprinted point to a connection between their criti­ The Ukrainian Weekly, November 19,1995, No. 47, Vol. LXIII with permission from the OMRI publica­ cism of government officials and the Copyright ©1995 The Ukrainian Weekly tion Transition (October 1995). alleged harassment. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 Kyiv feels reverberations White House appreciates 'constructive advice' by Patience T. Huntwork tionship with Ukraine one of his highest of U.S. government shutdown foreign policy priorities. The two presi­ WASHINGTON - The Clinton admin­ dents have developed a strong personal by Marta Kolomayets A concisely worded statement, issued istration "appreciates the constructive relationship through two meetings in Kyiv Press Bureau in Ukrainian and English by the United advice" of the Ukrainian American com­ Washington and Kiev [sic], complemented States Information Service on November munity on relations between the U.S. and KYIV - Reverberations of the shut­ by frequent communications. President 15, read: "Due to the current absence of a Ukraine, according to a November 8 letter Clinton was pleased to continue his direct down of the U.S. government have national budget, normal operations of the from White House National Security resounded in Kyiv, as the commercial contact with President Kuchma during the consular section at the American Advisor Anthony Lake to Askold lengthy discussion at the United Nations and consular sections of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv are suspended until fur­ Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian luncheon on October 22. Embassy here have been closed until fur­ ther notice. During this period, the nor­ Congress Committee of America. "Senior Ukrainian officials have assured ther notice. mal operation of issuing non-immigrant The statement was made by Mr. Lake in us that the luncheon discussion between Tens of Ukrainians, forming a line visas is suspended. The Embassy will response to Mr. Lozynskyj's October 26 Presidents Clinton and Kuchma was very outside the U.S. Embassy on Yuriy announce a return to business in the con­ memorandum on behalf of the Ukrainian well received in Kiev. Their exchange rein­ Kotsiubynsky Street on a dull and dreary sular section when normal operations American community, expressing regret at forced the frequent high-level contacts Wednesday morning, November 15, resume." President Bill Clinton's failure to grant between our countries, including the recent were told to go home because no visa All non-essential services have been President Leonid Kuchma's request for a meeting between Vice-President Gore and service wouW be provided that day. shut down at the Embassy in Kyiv. bilateral meeting during the U.N. festivi­ Prime Minister Marchuk. Some had traveled from as far away as However, it is business as usual in han­ ties. The White House action could have Odessa and Luhanske to get visas in an dling foreign relations deemed essential "President Clinton is committed to the been "perceived as a snub rather than a efficient one-day system developed last to national security and in the mainte­ development of the strongest possible scheduling problem," and the White House year by the consular section. Embassy nance of the Embassy's physical securi­ relationship between the United States should consider corrective measures, Mr. officials could not provide the would-be ty. and Ukraine. Our support of Ukraine's Lozynskyj stated. tourists and businessmen with any more The consular section will continue ser­ ambitious reform program is clear and information. vicing emergency situations and govern­ The full text of Anthony Lake's unambiguous, as is our encouragement of "I spent all night on the train from ment-to-government programs already in response to Mr. Lozynskyj is as follows: Ukraine's close association with leading Lviv just tc turn around and go home progress. "On behalf of Secretary Warren European and multilateral institutions. again," said Andriy Lapychak, a 35-year- However, the temporary closing of the Christopher and Chief of Staff Leon 'The administration appreciates the con­ old engineer who wanted to obtain a visa consular section affects at least 200 to Panetta, I would like to respond to your cor­ structive advice and input we have received to visit family in New Jersey. 250 people a day - the average number respondence urging that President Clinton from the Ukrainian American community. He added, "Can you believe it, of Ukrainian citizens who apply for U.S. meet with President Kuchma during the We look forward to continued collaboration America, the richest country in the visas on a daily basis, said Victoria U.N. 50th anniversary events in New York. as we work together to ensure an indepen­ world, has shut down?" Sloan, the USIS spokesperson. "President Clinton has made our rela­ dent, prosperous and sovereign Ukraine."

Intelligentsia notes... (Continued from page 1) "Anti-Ukrainian forces - both external and interna — which over the past few years have blocked and sabotaged process­ es aimed at transforming Ukraine into a strong, rich, socially just and prestigious state, are now ready for their decisive attack in order to 'Belarusianize' Ukraine," it continued. The lengthy document was published in a number of national Ukrainian newspa­ pers, including Literaturna Ukraina (Literary Ukraine), Vechirniy Kyiv (Evening Kyiv), Narodna Hazeta (People's Newspaper), Chas-Time, Ukrainske Slovo (Ukrainian Word) and Molod Ukrainy (Youth of Ukraine) prior to the congress. Members of the 23-member organizing committee, including Mr. Drach, Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, Vitaliy Karpenko, Pavlo Movchan, Mr. Morozov, Volodymyr Muiiava, Yuriy Mushketyk, Anatoliy Pohribny, Yuriy Pokalchuk, Yevhen Sverstiuk and Vyacheslav Chornovil, authored the manifesto. "Ukraine is being demolished skillfully, professionally, by those who are managing the country today and by those from a for­ eign country who are controlling them," they noted. These seemingly cryptic messages Vitaliy Karpenko addresses the congress. Seated in the front row (from left) are: Oleksander Moroz, Yuriy Mushketyk, were explained further in the manifesto: Kostiantyn Morozov, Mykhailo Kosiv and Ivan Kuras. "Today's state leaders ignore such gener­ ally accepted ideas as the national digni­ trident in the form of a three-pronged can­ The Ukrainian intelligentsia, as defined gentsia. An animated audience applauded ty of one's cwn people, and allow them­ dle-holder served as a reminder of this by the Ukrainian writer who was elected loudly for such speakers as Mr. Kravchuk, selves to openly revile and humiliate nation's tragic past. Each candle represent­ the chairman of this elite group, includes Mr. Karpenko and Mykhailo Horyn, while Ukraine for the whole world to see." ed an era during which Ukraine sought not only those traditionally defined as speakers such as Mr. Kuras and Mr. Moroz, At times the document, a bit melodra­ independence. The first two dates, 1654 intelligentsia, "but also peasants and the the Parliament chairman and Socialist Party matic in style, took on a hysterical tone, and 1917, were depicted by extinguished working class, and all those whose spirit is leader, were received with restraint. declaring that "in effect, ethnic cleansing candles symbolizing failed attempts at sincere and who support the development Only time will tell if the severe criti­ is taking place against Ukrainians in statehood. The third candle, dated 1991, of an independent Ukrainian state." cism and harsh accusations voiced by Ukraine." with the crosshairs of a rifle's scope drawn The congress gathered an impressive congress delegates against the Ukrainian The one-day Congress of the over it, depicts Ukrainian independence on presidium, including two former Ukrainian government will have any effect on the Ukrainian Intelligentsia was held in the shaky ground and the Ukrainian state as a presidents, Leonid Kravchuk and Mykola spiritual state of this nation, or whether center of the capital city, at the October potential victim of Russian domination. Plawiuk, as well as three former presiden­ the concerns of the Ukrainian intelli­ Revolution Palace (now called the "We, representatives of the Ukrainian tial candidates, Vyacheslav Chornovil, gentsia will fall on deaf ears. International Center for Culture and intelligentsia, attest to the following: with Oleksander Moroz and Levko Lukianenko. "If all of our discussions today remain Arts), the site of mass executions of the exception of the 1930s, when the Although neither President Leonid merely declarations, then President Ukrainian intelligentsia in the 1930s. Bolsheviks rooted out practically all the Kuchma nor Prime Minister Yevhen Kuchma was right to be skeptical about The conclave attracted a prestigious leaders of our culture, sciences and tech­ Marchuk attended the one-day affair, they this congress," said Fedir Stryhun, a well- audience, which listened attentively to nology, and destroyed one-third of the sent greetings to congress attendees. The known Ukrainian actor from Lviv. "But, more than 50 speakers throughout the Ukrainian nation, Ukraine has not gone Ukrainian government did send Vice- on the other hand, if the president and the day. through such de-Ukrainization as we Premier of Humanitarian Affairs Ivan Kuras government of Ukraine cared about our The past was brought up often during have today," proclaimed Mr. Drach dur­ to the congress, but he did little to calm the culture and our language, there would not the congress, and a drawing of a Ukrainian ing his opening speech. fighting spirit of the Ukrainian intelli­ have been a need for this congress." THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 No. 47 Scholar says media exaggerates University of Ottawa will soon welcome reports of "extreme nationalism" Canada's third chair of Ukrainian studies Ukrainian National Information Service develop their own security arrangements by Christopher Guly to be handed over to the chair on entirely independent of any Russian con­ November 17, when it is formally WASHINGTON - The Woodrow trol. While recognizing nationalism, OTTAWA - The University of Ottawa launched by U. of O. Rector Dr. Marcel Wilson Center recently turned its atten­ Prof. Armstrong was also quick to point is about to become the third Canadian Hamelin. The university is contributing tion to "Independence and Nationalism out that he did not see a future for campus that will be home to a chair of half, while the other is coming from in the Western Borderlands of the extreme nationalism in Ukraine. Ukrainian Studies. Two others exist at another endowment yet to be announced. Former Soviet Union." The discussion In relation to the rest of the world, the University of Alberta in Edmonton Among those invited to attend the was chaired by John Armstrong, pro­ and the University of Toronto. fessor emeritus of political science at Prof. Armstrong stated that he does not inauguration of the Ukrainian studies support the invitation to the Baltic states Dr. Irena Makaryk, an English profes­ chair is former Governor General Ray the University of Wisconsin, Madison, sor at the U. of O., said that the Ottawa and was sponsored by the Center's to participate in NATO and does not see Hnatyshyn, who will serve as its patron; Ukraine as a member-state for at least position will be rotational and will focus Ukraine's ambassador to Canada, Viktor Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian on bringing many aspects of both the Studies. another decade. He added, however, Batiuk; and Conservative Sen. Raynell that Ukraine is even less likely to join Canadian Ukrainian and academic com­ Andreychuk, who will double as guest The discussion on September 25 was munities together. set up to focus specifically on the post- the fledgling joint border protection speaker. group that Russia has begun to establish "We're looking at having someone Dr. Makaryk told The Weekly that the Soviet emergence of nationalism that occupy the position for perhaps two has played an increasing role in the path with several of the former Soviet organizing committee is considering as years, and then pass it on to someone of the former republics toward indepen­ republics. many as 15 potential chair holders. But else," explained Dr. Makaryk, who dence. The influences of history on pre­ When questioned on the customs rela­ she said anyone is free to apply for the serves as a member of the committee sent-day nationalism were discussed, as tions between Ukraine and Russia, Prof. position. organizing the chair. "We're also looking were the professor's ideas about the Armstrong called them "unsuccessful," Given her own interdisciplinary back­ at creating a kind of think-tank atmos­ future of extreme nationalism in the and pointed to the fact that, until the two ground, the University of Toronto doc­ phere in which people from different development of the former Soviet countries can integrate their production toral graduate rriay Want to consider tak­ walks of life will come together and dis­ republics. facilities and devise a format to distrib­ ing the job herself. cuss issues." Prof. Armstrong, an acknowledged ute energy resources more efficiently, During a cross-appointment with the specialist on Ukraine and an author of even that cooperation is doomed to fail­ The chair of Ukrainian Studies will department of Slavic studied at the several works examining Central and ure. also host annual conferences, with the University of Ottawa, Dr. Makaryk lec­ Eastern Europe, including the book While Prof. Armstrong presented the first scheduled for November 1996. The tured on, among other subjects, "Ukrainian Nationalism," provided opinion that nationalism is present topic: Ukraine and the new world order. Shakespeare's influence on Ukrainian insight into the historical progression of throughout the "western borderlands of Although organizers still have to raise drama. nationalism in the former European the former Soviet Union," he claimed $500,000 (about $385,000 U.S.) to satis­ For example, in 1943 a Lviv drama Soviet republics and Ukraine specifical­ that it had led to significant advances fy federal government requirements for a group staged "Hamlet" while the city ly. He also developed a discussion of the along the path to independence for the university chair, they are already more was threatened by both the Nazis and the ethno-religious aspects of nationalism new republics. He also stated that, in his than half way there. Soviets. Neither side read much into the present in Lithuania, Estonia, and others. opinion, extreme nationalism does not Most of their funding has come from two "To be or not to be" allegory - except for Although nationalism has played a nega­ exist to the degree portrayed by the endowment funds. A total of $880,000 was the Ukrainians. "It was really common tive part in the modern-day politics of media, and that it has no place in the received from the estate of Dr. Constantine knowledge that this was a good way of the area in question, as evidenced by development of the Ukrainian politics of Bida, who taught in the university's Slavic expressing their allegiance to Ukraine," events in the former Yugoslavia, it has tomorrow. He noted that Ukraine has studies department, and from Antin and said Dr. Makaryk. also served as an important tool in the taken its history - one of prosperity and Nadia Iwachniuk. Mr. Iwachniuk, 90, Perhaps now the Ottawa-based struggle for true independence, he under­ development in spite of invasion and war received his master's degree in Slavic stud­ English professor will consider whether lined. - and used it to work toward a very ies from the university. her own "slings and arrows of outrageous Ukrainian nationalism which, accord­ promising future. An additional $200,000 is scheduled fortune" lead her to a Ukrainian chair. ing to Prof. Armstrong, was "over­ played" in an "unfortunate" piece by CBS television last October (the "60- Minutes" broadcast of "The Ugly Face COMMUNITY PROFILE: Winnipeg, bastion of Ukrainian Canadiana of Freedom"), served also to "promote by Christopher Guly the current level of independence from Roman Yereniuk, principal of the 60,000 out of about 100,000 Ukrainian Ukrainian Orthodox St. Andrew's Canadians living in Winnipeg," she Russia that Ukraine now enjoys." WINNIPEG - As a child, in my College at the University of Manitoba, says. 'That's largely because the pro­ The strong position that Ukraine took mind's eye Winnipeg's North End was says that the college has experienced a file of the people has changed to on the maintenance of a standing army the long-held bastion of Ukrainian 10 percent reduction in donations over become professional and trade-orient­ opened up the possibility for the other Canadiana. Selkirk Avenue, dotted with the last few years. Maybe that's a sign ed." newly independent states to do likewise. kovbasa-lined butcher shops, bakeries of tough economic times? Also, Ukraine's refusal to join any sort pumping out loaves of freshly baked What's most striking about the evo­ Gone too is the attraction to of military bloc with Russia, no matter rye bread, and storefronts displaying lution of Winnipeg's community is the Ukrainian cultural events, with the how loosely formed, again allowed the Cyrillic letters were omnipresent growing involvement of professional annual summer festival in Dauphin smaller republics to follow suit and to reminders of my roots. For some, they women's groups. One, the Alpha experiencing a decline in attendance remain as signposts to Winnipeg's Omega Alumnae, which was formed in recently. Ukrainian Canadian heritage. 1958 as an association for female uni­ But what's happening to offset this Hqwtamch "My tour of Winnipeg for visitors versity graduates of Ukrainian heritage, always includes a stop in the North waning trend in interest in Manitoba, has dramatically increased its profile ТжШшжУШх End," explains University of Manitoba Dr. Yereniuk says, is that Ukrainian through an upcoming conference it's historian Stella Hryniuk. "I always go Canadian organizations are experienc­ holding. ing their own renaissance since Ukraine Last November, the group presented MAIN OFFICE (editorial, subscriptions to Selkirk and Main, and perhaps visit declared its independence three years "The Ukrainian Canadian Family: and advertising departments): Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral and ago. "They've sharpened and certainly Reflections on the Past, Direction for The Ukrainian Weekly Ss. Vladimir and Olga [Ukrainian Catholic] Cathedral. But I don't think have become a lot more professional," the Future," at Immaculate Heart of 30 Montgomery Street the average Ukrainian is going to these he said. Mary School, located in the North End. Jersey City, NJ 07302 places any more." For example, the Ukrainian The one-day symposium explored a phone: (201) 434-0237 Maybe not Winnipeggers per se, Canadian Congress headquarters, locat­ plethora of family-related issues, lax: (201) 451-5486 who have migrated throughout ed in the city, has computerized its including tracing personal Ukrainian Manitoba's capital city, but Sylvia entire operation, and has become a roots, cross-cultural families, maintain­ KY1V PRESS BUREAU: Todaschuk, owner of the Todaschuk more equal partner with the federal ing Ukrainian cultural values in the The Ukrainian Weekly Sisters Ukrainian Boutique on Selkirk government in administering technical family, and survival strategies for 11 Karl Marx Street-Apt. 33 Avenue, says her nine-year old busi­ assistance to the homeland through the working women. Kyiv, Ukraine 252001 ness is booming. She says that most of recently announced partners program. Carol Hryniuk-Adamov, one of the Ukraine her shop traffic is largely due to out-of- More Ukrainians travel to Winnipeg conference organizers, says that the phone/fax: (44) 229-1906 towners, many of them Americans. through various government-sponsored daylong workshop was intended to look Today, Winnipeg, often considered exchange programs and, the city has at how Ukrainian-Canadian families TORONTO PRESS BUREAU: the hub of Ukrainian Canadian social seen an increase in the number of retail can maintain their heritage while deal­ Ukrainian National Association history, appears to be undergoing a operations that specialize in parcel ing with contemporary realities. "The The Ukrainian Weekly Press Bureau metamorphosis. shipments to Ukraine. The Carpathia world looks a lot different for me, when 1 Eva Road -Suite 402 While traditional signs of cultural Credit Union, long an icon of Ukrainian I consider that Ukrainian-English bilin­ Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 4Z5 allegiance dissipate, perhaps a symp­ Canadiana in Winnipeg's North End, gual programs are not getting fourth - Canada tom of cultural fatigue, new forms of now has three outlets. and fifth-generation students," she said. phone: (416) 626-1999 pro-active connection to the homeland This, says Dr. Hryniuk, is part of the "And who would have predicted that fax:(416)626-3841 are emerging in the city's Ukrainian urbanization of Manitoba's Ukrainian Filipino kids in the North End would be Canadian life. Canadian community. "There are studying Ukrainian?" No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 Self Reliance New Jersey opens new branch in Whippany by Roma Hadzewycz Speaking on behalf of Ukrainian credit unions in the Metropolitan New York WHIPPANY, N.J. — The Self area were: Lubomyr Zielyk, Self Reliance (N.J.) Federal Credit Union, Reliance New York; Lev Futala, SUM-A based in Clifton, N.J., has opened a Credit Union, Yonkers, N.Y.; Andrew branch office in this growing center of Herchak, Self Reliance Newark; and Ukrainian American community activity Vsevolod Salenko, Ukrainian Orthodox in Morris County. Located on Route 10 Federal Credit Union, New York. (westbound), close to St. John's Messages conveying best wishes were Ukrainian Catholic Church, the office received also from Self Reliance held ribbon-cutting ceremonies on Elizabeth and from the Ukrainian Saturday morning, November 4. National Credit Union Association, head­ More than 50 local community members ed by Dmytro Hryhorczuk. and representatives of area credit unions Myron Bytz of the local branch of the participated in the gala opening, which also Ukrainian Congress Committee of included a blessing of the premises by the America, speaking on behalf of the Rev. Joseph Panasiuk, pastor of St. John's, Morris County Ukrainian community, and congratulatory messages from commu­ welcomed the Self Reliance branch nity anc credit union activists. office and praised the credit union for Acting as master of ceremonies was recognizing that this part of New Jersey Michael Celuch, who introduced the Self has a growing Ukrainian community that Reliance (NJ) board members present, in has been enlarged by the relocation of particular, the president of the board, many young families. He pointed out that Jaroslaw Fedun, who addressed the gath­ the area boasts a Ukrainian Catholic | Roma Hadzewycz ering outside the credit union's new church, a UCCA branch which this year home in Morris County. is marking its 50th anniversary, the youth During the branch's grand opening ceremonies, Ray Francis (center) of the New Mr. Fedun noted that the Clifton-based organizations SUM-A and Plast, and a Jersey Credit Union League presents a plaque to Self Reliance officials. credit union had decided three years ago School of Ukrainian Studies that has over "to expand our credit union service to as 120 students. many Ukrainian Americans as possible so Local representatives of the Ukrainian that we can all benefit from the credit American Youth Association (SUM-A) union philosophy of people helping other and the Plast Ukrainian Youth people." The decision was made to expand Organization were also present, and their into Morris County because of the thriving participation was acknowledged during and growing community there. the festivities. He spoke also of the various services Once the official part of the cere­ offered to credit union members, includ­ monies was over, refreshments were ing VISA charge cards, first and second served and the credit union was opened mortgages, home equity loans, wire for business, with many local Ukrainians transfers to Ukraine and other countries, opening accounts for themselves and/or life insurance, share drafts and direct their children. deposit of payroll checks. * * * Mr. Fedun concluded his remarks by The Self Reliance (N.J.) Federal thanking the local community "for the Credit Union's main office is located at opportunity to let us serve you," and by 851 Allwood Road in Clifton. (201-471- announcing "as of today, this is your 0700). Its Passaic branch office is at 229 credit union." Hope Ave. (201-473-5965). Ray Francis, vice-president of the The new Whippany branch is located New Jersey Credit Union League, pre­ at 730 Route 10 (westbound). Hours are: sented Self Reliance's new branch office Jaroslaw Fedun (center), president of Self Reliance (N.J.), cuts the ribbon with the Monday and Friday, noon to 7 p.m.; with a plaque on the occasion of the assistance of Ray Francis (right) and Jaroslaw Petryk (left), former president of Saturday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The branch grand opening. the credit union. phone number is (201) 560-9585. Ukrainian Democrats honor community activist and party official by Roman Woronowycz long-time local Ukrainian activist and monial dinner and honored Dr. Julian Democratic Party. Mr. Giblin has been a also the Essex County, N.J., Democratic Bemko, who has practiced dentistry in member of the Essex County Board of EAST HANOVER, N.J. — A pre­ chairman. Union, N.J., for more than 40 years and Chosen Freeholders, which he served in election gathering of Ukrainian The Ukrainian-American Democratic is very active with the Ukrainian 1987-1988 as president. He also has held Democrats on November 3 honored a Association held its fourth annual testi- American Veterans and their Adopt-A- the office of Essex County surrogate. In Hospital program. addition, Mr. Giblin served as general They also recognized Thomas Giblin, chairman of the Newark St. Patrick's an Irish American active in that commu­ Day Parade Committee Inc. in 1970-1972 nity, who has been involved in Essex and 1984-1986, and was the grand mar- County politics for 20 years and is presi­ shall in 1984. dent of the 5,000-member Local 68 of the Present at the gala affak.were Essex International Union of Operating County politicians, including Irvington Engineers, AFL-CIO. Township Council member £at McNally, Dr. Bemko was honored for his work who was elected county clerk on with the Ukrainian American Veterans, November 7, UAV National Commander in which he is past commander of the Dmytro Bodnarczuk and Alexander New Jersey State Ukrainian American Blahitka, current chairman of the Veterans. He is also past president of the Ukrainian Democrats of New Jersey. Union County Rotary Club, a fellow of UADA Honorary Co-Chairman Rotary International, a musical director Michael Matiash presented Chairman of the Millburn Old Guard and past presi­ Giblin to the 100 or so attendees of the dent of the Ukrainian Business and banquet. Mr. Bemko was introduced by Professionals of Elizabeth. UADA Co-Chairman Joseph Lesawyer. In the past year, Dr. Bemko has The awards were presented to the distin­ become heavily engaged in the UAV guished men by UADA Chairman Adopt-A-Hospital Project. Since July Marcantony Datzkiwsky and Community 1994, more than 458,000 pounds of med­ Relations Officer Roman Pyndus. icine and humanitarian supplies, and Mr. Datzkiwsky said the UADA's medical equipment valued at $460,000 mission is to represent Ukrainians to the have been shipped to the Ukrainian cities Democratic Party and to act as a go- Roman Woronowycz of Zaporizhzhia, Krasnohonivka, Lviv, between with the community. UADA members honor Dr. Julian Bemko with song: (from left) Honorary Co- Brody and Dnipropetrovske through the Past UADA honorees include former Chairman Joseph Lesawyer, Community Affairs Officer Roman Pyndus, efforts of Dr. Bemko and the UAV. New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne Chairman Marcanthony Datzkiwsky, Mr. Bemko, Co-Chairman Michael Chairman Giblin was noted for his and both of this year's honorary chair­ Matiash, MC of the affair, Secretary Christina Rak-Brown. dedicated work in the Essex County men, Messrs. Lesawyer and Matiash. 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NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY When in Rome... Ukraine's debate over death penalty by Bozhena Olshaniwsky have permitted their personal feelings and Ukrainians walking down Chicago Avenue the weekend of November 3 emotions to color their decision-making, observed a sign hanging on the door of the Ukrainian Consulate General. It The dispute between the newly and their public statements are not the kind announced that the offices would be closed on November 7-8, in celebration of a appointed members of President Leonid to inspire confidence and trust. In addition, Ukrainian national holiday — October Revolution Days. By the following Monday, Kuchma's Cabinet Serhiy Holovaty and their lack of professionalism bodes ill for the consulate had received numerous phone calls questioning the celebration of a Hryhoriy Vorsinov - has cast a shadow Ukraine. Soviet holiday by independent Ukraine newly freed from the empire's hegemony. on Ukraine's ability to adhere to interna­ The newly appointed minister of Justice, The matter was brought to the attention of The Weekly's sister publication, tional commitments and treaties. Mr. Holovaty, made an official statement Svoboda, which telephoned all four of Ukraine's diplomatic representations in the The public dispute over the moratorium on October 17 to a Council of Europe dele­ United States on November 7 to determine which was working and which was cele­ and ultimate abolition of the death penalty gation, noting that the moratorium on exe­ brating. As Svoboda reported on November 11, they found the Ukrainian Mission to in Ukraine has drawn Amnesty Inter­ cutions is being adhered to and that no exe­ the United Nations in New York open for business. At the Ukrainian Embassy in national's attention. In an "Urgent Action" cutions have been carried out in Ukraine Washington, a representative told Svoboda that it was not open; it was a holiday. At appeal Amnesty International stated that it since September. This was part of the pre­ the Chicago consulate, an about-face took place, because on November 7 someone is alarmed by reports that executions in Uk­ parations and requirements for Ukraine to answered the phone and, when queried, cheerfully replied, "Of course, we're open." raine are continuing, despite a commitment join the Council of Europe on November 9. At the New York Consulate, determining whether anybody was working was by the government to impose an immediate Meanwhile, another newly appointed tougher. Phone calls were placed in the morning and after lunch, but each time the moratorium on them and to ultimately abol­ only answer was from a machine dispensing information on how to obtain a visa. ish the death penalty - this to fulfill a Kuchma Cabinet member, Procurator As it turns out, all the diplomatic missions in the United States did open — requirement for Ukraine's acceptance as a General Vorsinov stated on October 27 officially — but only to the extent that the doors were unlocked. Diplomatic member of the Council of Europe. that executions continue to be carried out and that he personally supports the death business probably did take place, but in reality they were celebrating the Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine October Revolution, as directed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (AHRU) has joined Amnesty International penalty. Mr. Vorsinov stated in a tele­ The Svoboda story spurred a rather emotional letter to the editor from the by writing appeals to relevant agencies of phone conversation with a representative consul general in New York, Viktor Kryzhanivsky, who questioned the facts. Ukraine's government and publicizing this of Amnesty International that no official "On those days the Consulate had meetings with 50 people who had prior issue in Ukraine's and the diaspora's news­ government decree or written statement appointments," explained the consul general. "Add to this the citizens who papers. AHRU's appeals were sent to: concerning the moratorium has been called needing a consultation, several dozen more generally get through than President Leonid Kuchma, Minister of issued and that no instructions were do not, and you will have a much better idea of what the New York Consulate Justice Holovaty, Procurator General passed on to local authorities. General of Ukraine did on those days." Mr. Kryzhanivsky stated at the end of Hrigoriy Vorsinov, Minister of the Interior It has been reported that Ukraine has his letter that, officially, the Ukrainian Consulate celebrates only Ukrainian Yuriy Kravchenko, Prime Minister Yevhen the highest rate of judicial executions in Independence Day on August 24 and all official holidays of the U.S. Marchuk, the procurator of Dnipropetro- the world - 150 executions in 1994 and What is perplexing here is that the Svoboda article clearly stated only that "at vske, Ambassador Dr. Yuri Shcherbak and 74 in 1995. the (New York) Consulate the only answer available was a taped message on how Consul General Viktor Kryzhanivsky. Amnesty International's appeal stated to obtain a visa," and nothing more. So, what is Mr. Kryzhanivsky's beef? The poignancy of this polemic between that the organization is: It is not important whether the consul general misread or misinferred the Svoboda two officials of the executive branch of • "calling for all relevant government and story, or simply overreacted to it. If he says that the consulate was open, we believe Ukraine's government is that they do not judicial bodies of Ukraine to be promptly him. (As for the matter of the answering machine, well, most of those who call seem to be uniformly informed about the informed of the government's commitment know that it is always a crap shoot to reach a living soul on first try.) But, it is policy of Ukraine's government. They to an immediate moratorium on executions known that the offices of all the diplomatic institutions remained open merely as a as part of the preparations for Ukraine join­ formality; most of the diplomats and employees did celebrate the Soviet holiday. ing the Council of Europe on November 9; It seems that Ukrainian diplomats in the U.S. still tend to pay lip service and feel Bozhena Olshaniwsky is president of little sensitivity to matters important to the diaspora; and that smacks of aloofness Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine. (Continued on page 17) and arrogance. We do not want to believe what some critics of the diaspora's financial sup­ port for the diplomatic missions state, i.e. that Ukraine wants only money and not spiritual and informational input from Ukrainian Americans and Ukrainian A look at the fourth immigration Canadians — the ole "put up and shut up" approach. by Eugene Lemcio inappropriate. And even sound reasons for Ukraine's diplomatic institutions have absolutely every right to celebrate their being competent in both languages are not The State of Washington has experi­ national holidays. It is the Parliament's fault that holidays such as May Day and always heeded. Certainly, legitimate argu­ enced a great influx of Ukrainian refugees October Revolution Day, corroded fenders and bumpers that should join the ments and strategies which are already in during the past five years. Solid figures are Soviet machine already on the scrap heap of history, are still celebrated. place must become more widely known and hard to come by, but conservative estimates But where is the sensitivity to Ukrainian Americans and their anti-Soviet broadly used. But a meritorious single from relief agencies put the numbers in the sensibilities, who supported and fought for an independent Ukraine for many approach that begins with an emphasis on several thousands. And more are on the years and, lately, have given almost unconditional financial support to establish language retention and expansion can soon way from other states as they learn of a proper Ukrainian diplomatic presence in North America? run out of energy and lose focus. We've got Washington's generous social services. At The Washington Group's Leadership Conference, held in October, to set our feet on higher, firmer ground. In light of this massive fourth wave of Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak said the Ukrainian American community must finally That is why one has to start with some­ immigrants to our shores, my thoughts realize the extent to which Ukraine has been sovietized, that "the romantic period of thing that might be called bivocationalism. turn, not to the problems that this poses, but collaboration of the Ukrainian diaspora with the young Ukrainian state is over." This has to do with a twofold vision or out­ Well, the diplomatic corps here, in turn, must realize that acknowledging a sovi­ to the potential for great good that it brings. look that sees both North America and etized Ukraine does not make it acceptable, and that it is about time that Ukrainian Although adults are ever in my view, my Ukraine as places of service. I use the lan­ diplomats show a smidgen of honest regard for diaspora concerns. main concern is for the youth, whose par­ guage of "vocation" or "call" deliberately, The Weekly Associate Editor Marta Kolomayets wrote last week of the "let's ents already lament that their kids are for­ given the ethnographic character of the party" attitude in Ukraine that appreciates holidays — capitalist, communist or getting their native language in a breathtak­ recent emigres. Most of the newcomers are Christian— as long as it allows for a few more days off. If this is true, fine. ing rate of "North Americanization." This Protestant and Pentecostal, for whom dis­ Ukrainians are free within the limits of their laws to holiday as often as they want, is an old story, and it is not confined to this cerning and doing the will of God are fun­ but as for those officially here as representatives of the government, perhaps they corner of the U.S. So, I am appealing to the damental concerns. Of course, these are val­ should remember the old adage, "When in Rome do as the Romans do." wisdom of the diaspora to consider fresh, ues that Catholic and Orthodox Christians multi-dimensional thinking and acting on share and so should not resist expressing. this issue. "Oksano, 'The earth [Ukraine and North My own suggestion calls for a triden- America] is the Lord*s and all its fullness; tine approach to tapping the resources of the land and all of its inhabitants' (Psalm our recently arrived brothers and sisters: 24.1). You are so good in science. Might one that is bilingual, bivocational, and the Holy Spirit be guiding you into environ­ biprofessional. mental studies so that you can help to clean Of course, the value of bilingualism can up both Hanford and Chornoby 1 ?" never be minimized. However, it has "Bohdane, you'd make a great lawyer. Andriy Rachynsky, a conductor and composer who intro­ become clear that inducing guilt, appealing Since God delights in justice, what about duced Italian music in Left-Bank Ukraine, was born in Velyki to nostalgia, and good-natured cajoling are Mosty, near Spkal in Galicia on November 24, 1724. studying constitutional law that protects Rachynsky studied at the Collegium in Lviv, where he conducted the archbishop's the rights of ethnic minorities and the kapejle for three years. In 1753, he was brought to the court of the young Western- Eugene Lemcio Ph.D. is professor of poor, both here and over there?" educated Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovsky in Hlukhiv. As historian Orest Subtelny put it, New Testament at Seattle Pacific University Our best thinkers and rhetoricians need Rozumovsky brought "a touch of European sophistication to Hlukhiv by adorning it and President of the Ukrainian American to be set to work on making the most com­ with gracious palaces, English gardens, and a theater in which visiting Italian opera Club ofWA. A third-generation Ukrainian- pelling case for such a dual call to serve. American, he has in the last two years lec­ companies performed." The latter was Rachynsky's touch. He also established However, unless this bivocation can be tured on biblical subjects in Ukrainian and Hlukhiv's Music Library during his eight-year stint as court composer. fleshed out concretely in a biprofession, English at Ivan Franko University, Taras In 1761, Rachynsky was called to St. Petersburg and played as a chamber musician then the vision remains at the level of a Shevchenko University, and the University

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

complementary of each other. Miss Soyuzivka To understand this synergy, we must consider the historical perspective of not demeaning Ukrainians in the homeland and Ukrainians abroad. Those in the home­ Dear Editor: land were subjected to more than 300 Reading the October 8 issue of The years of brutal Russification, the princi­ A news force to be reckoned with Ukrainian Weekly, I was dismayed to pal thust of which was eradication of the read the letter to the editor from Zirka Ukrainian national identity and propaga­ OTTAWA - He doesn't quite have executive at Canada's largest television Kudla of Toronto, regarding the extent of tion of the "maloross" (Little Russian) Ted Turner's global influence, but for­ network. "I don't like to navel gaze about the coverage given the Miss Soyuzivka concept of national inferiority. mer Winnipegger Slawko Klymkiw is my achievements very often," he says, contest. I guess I was dismayed also by Free of oppression in the West, the quickly becoming a news force to be before launching into a team-player her opinion of the Miss Soyuzivka con­ Ukrainian diaspora was able to preserve reckoned with. litany of Newsworld's achievements: 7 test in general. some degree of national culture as well as After an upward climb in the regional million viewers; almost 2.6 million peo­ The coverage was adequate. It is a the Ukrainian language. By default it ranks of the Canadian Broadcasting ple watching Newsworld's coverage of once-a-year event and, since this event became the standard bearer and the pre­ Corporation's television service in both VE-Day European celebrations; 300 live occurs at Soyuzivka, why shouldn't it be server of the idea of Ukrainian nationhood. Winnipeg and Toronto, the 42-year-old news events during the last season. He covered in The Weekly? The importance of the diaspora as a TV producer is now the head of CBC catches his breath. That is nothing com­ I don't understand how this contest cultural reservoir and its effect on the Newsworld - Canada's 24-hour news pared to the upcoming season. can be considered demeaning to the process of Ukraine's rebirth is recog­ channel equivalent to Mr. Turner's CNN. More news than anyone could ever young ladies who enter it. The young nized by the political leadership of At CBC's Toronto headquarters, Mr. hope to ingest, analysis upon analysts ladies are judged on their involvement Ukraine, including President Leonid Klymkiw is de rigeur. upon analysis. There is even a place for and contributions to their Ukrainian Kuchma. Using its resources as a cultural "He's young, innovative and dynamic, Pamela Wallin, Canada's version of for­ communities; activity in various reservoir, the diaspora can contribute to and that's why Newsworld's ratings are mer CBS-TV news co-anchor Connie Ukrainian organizations; and academic, rebuilding national consciousness, teach­ going to go through the roof, " says the Chung, who was unceremoniously career and personal achievements and ing the native language, and strengthen­ network's publicist Margo Raport. Of dumped from her co-anchoring position goals. Which of these criteria does Ms. ing confidence and national self-esteem course, Ms. Raport is paid to offer such on the CBC's main network evening Kudla find demeaning? in Ukraine. This role gives substance and glowing appraisals. But Mr. Klymkiw's newscast, "Prime Time," earlier this We should care and support our young meaning to our existence as a distinct record stands for itself. He has been year. Ukrainian women in today's world. The ethnic community in the West. wowing the back-room decision-makers Notwithstanding their journalistic Miss Soyuzivka contest is a small way of The Ukrainian Weekly recently pro­ at CBC for quite some time. qualifications, Mr. Klymkiw has also recognizing them. This tradition is worth filed a group of dedicated young people The son of the great conductor of the found prominent places for a coterie of continuing. doing just that. They deserve thanks Winnipeg-based Alexander Koshetz broadcasters with Slavic names: Joanne In regard to the new Miss Soyuzivka, from all of us. Choir, Walter Klymkiw, worked in his Stefanyk, Denise Rudnicki and Christina Tania Sawa, it appears that this young Indeed the Ukrainian diaspora faces home town, as a field producer in CBC Pochmursky, who are among woman's contributions and accomplish­ new challenges in the post-independence Current Affairs and handled sports pro­ Newsworld's brighter lights. ments are something we should all be era. However, it does not need to assume gramming and documentaries. But Mr. Still, Mr. Klymkiw probably wishes proud of. new roles for the future. It must learn to Klymkiw, who holds a master's degree that some of his luck would have been As for the prize money awarded to the play all the old ones better: strengthening in history from the State University of Turnerian in its dimension. "CNN has winners, this is a simple reward for their our community, nurturing our culture and New York at Binghamton, first really more reporters than we have [Newsworld accomplishments and an incentive to future helping our brethren in the native land. wowed the network as executive produc­ relies on CBC's main English-service] contestants. It is doubtful that this amount er of Winnipeg's supper-hour newscast, and has a massive infrastructure behind Ihor Lysyj would sustain the UNA Washington Office. "24 Hours." Launching a special inves­ it," he bemoans. "But I still think our for­ West Hills, Calif. I do, however, agree that The Ukrainian tigative news unit, known as the "I eign coverage is better than anyone's." Weekly is the best newspaper our commu­ Team," the Ukrainian Canadian journal­ Like CNN, Newsworld carries foreign nity has in the diaspora. I would like to add ist led the program to become the high­ programs, such as "BBC World News," that The Ukrainian Weekly is also very Let's help young est-rated dinner-hour news show in the but complements it with its own informative, educational, enlightening and city. Canadian spin, and, where resources entertaining. Let's keep it that way. Chornobyl victims He turned the same magic in Toronto, allow, coverage of international events. After re-reading Ms. Kudla's letter, I Dear Editor: when he arrived in 1988. Mr. Klymkiw's Among this fall's new offerings on the detected what could perhaps be a bit of first assignment was to produce "CBC at 24-hour news channel is "The Pacific jealousy to me. As was already mentioned in The Six," which went on to win 30 program­ Rim Report," a 30-minute program Ukrainian Weekly (April 2), in a report and which will run on Sundays focusing on Irene Grassmann ming awards and become the most hon­ appeal concerning the treatment of that part of the world. Rochester, N.Y. ored local news program in Canada. He Ukrainian children suffering from also stick-handled the executive produc­ Still, Mr. Klymkiw will have to face leukemia, the Children of Chornobyl Relief er's job for CBC Toronto's news and limited budgets - a casualty of massive New challenges, Fund is continuing its fund drive for the current affairs operation, producing federal government cutbacks to Canada's purchase and delivery of a blood cell sepa­ "CBC at Eleven" and "CBC Weekend." public broadcaster - and his share of crit­ rator to the Regional Children's Specialized Before joining Newsworld in 1992, he ics. not new roles Clinic in Lviv. This apparatus is critically served as executive producer of the CBC "I am very, very proud of Slawko and needed in the treatment of the youngest vic­ Dear Editor: News Special Program Unit, where he what he has done," offers his father, tims of onco-hematological diseases. Walter Klymkiw. "But I must say that I have been following with great interest developed a series of live town hall The Ukrainian-American community the Europeans still cover Ukraine better the discussion on changing priorities and meetings that linked communities across has already responded to the appeal. The Canada to discuss political and econom­ than the Americans or the Canadians." new roles for the diaspora in the post-inde­ CCRF has registered $24,782.50 in ic issues. The program was nominated Stay tuned. pendence era, as addressed in the articles donations (and dividends). The amount for Canada's television award, the covering the 11th Leadership Conference still needed to obtain the blood cell sepa­ Gemini. in Washington and the 18th triennial con­ rator is $9,000. Mr. Klymkiw, who has won three vention of the Ukrainian Canadian The lives of numerous children in Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television Congress. The diversity of views expressed Ukraine stricken with leukemia - as a and Radio Artists (ACTRA) awards as a and positions taken at these and other con­ direct result of the Chornobyl catastro­ producer, was promoted to senior execu­ ferences is not surprising, considering the phe - depend upon modern treatment tive producer of programming responsi­ social, cultural, political and economic using the latest medical equipment. Such ble for live newscasts. He oversaw cover­ diversity of the diaspora. costly, state-of-the-art equipment is not age of the elections in South Africa and One of the principal points of contention manufactured in Ukraine, but we in the VE-Day celebrations in Europe, which in these discussions is whether we should West are able to provide it. became the CBC's most comprehensive continue to focus our efforts on whole­ We call upon all those who have not yet live coverage of an event from Europe . hearted financial and moral support for extended their help to this humanitarian Most men, at this point, would retire. Ukraine, or instead refocus our attention on project, to send their much-needed, tax- Mr. Klymkiw decided to stay, and the community needs of our diaspora. deductible donations to: Children of became the boss. As head of Newsworld, On closer examination of the issue, it Chornobyl Relief Fund, 272 Old Short appears that in order to survive as a distinct Hills Road., Short Hills, NJ 07078. Checks he is responsible for the round-the-clock community in the West we should do both. should be made payable to: Children of operations of news special events, infor­ Without a strong community structure and Chornobyl Relief Fund - Separator. mation programming schedules, market­ ing and promotion. organization in the West, we cannot pro­ As a rule, Ukrainians in the U.S. sup­ That much responsibility could produce vide badly needed help to Ukraine at this port various American organizations critical time of the re-birth of the Ukrainian a swollen head. But with Mr. Klymkiw involved in medical research. Let us not nation. Without the involvement in our that part of the package seems to have forget about the treatment required by native land there is no real need or justifica­ gravely ill children in Ukraine. eluded him. tion for the existence of the Ukrainian dias­ Reached over the telephone from his pora in this post-independence era. Oksana Bakum Toronto office he sounds more an over­ Consequently, both points are valid and Highland, N.Y. worked assignment editor than a senior Slawko Klymkiw THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 No. 47

UNA GENERAL ASSEMBLY J Jacyk Foundation awards recognize

I Executive Committee Troy, Ml 48098 1 I President Andrew Keybida і strides in Ukrainian historical studies EDMONTON - The Petro Jacyk The committee also made six awards of 1 UlanaDiachuk 19 Rutgers St. 1 Educational Foundation recently allocated $1,000. They went to Orest Martynovych 1 Ukrainian National Association Maplewood, NJ 07040 1 Anne Remick 1 $15,000 in awards to recognize achieve­ for his monograph "Ukrainians in Canada: і 30 Montgomery St. ments in Ukrainian historical studies. The Formative Period, 1891-1924" 10SunnysideAve. і j Jersey City, NJ 07302 The independence of Ukraine resulted (Edmonton, 1991); Dr. Iurii Mytsyk for his Canton, MA 02021 J 1 Vice-President in an increasing activity in research on edition of F. Sofonovych's "Khronika" Nick Diakiwsky I Ukrainian history in North America and in (Kyiv, 1992) and his other works on 1 Nestor Olesnycky 2065 Ridge Road Ext. 1 Europe and a burgeoning of historical source studies; Oleksii Toleochko for і 17 Garthwaite Terrace Ambridge, PA 15003 1 studies in Ukraine. Regrettably, freedom "Kniaz' v Davniy Rusi" (Prince in Old І Maplewood, NJ 07040 Roman Kuropas I of inquiry and access to archives in Rus\ Kyiv, 1991); Vasyl Ulianovsky for I Director for Canada 24619 Hill j! Ukraine has come just as the difficult eco­ "Istoriya Tserkvy і relihyinoyi Dumky v Warren, Ml 48091 і nomic situation has diminished resources Ukraini" (History of the Church and і Peter Savaryn for supporting scholars in Ukraine. Religious Thought in Ukraine, 2 vols. 1 7507 Rowland Road The Rev. Myron Stasiw I Through the awards, the foundation hoped Kyiv, 1994); Valeriy Smoliy and Valeriy 1 Edmonton, Alberta T6A 3W6 18 Leeds St. і to draw attention to distinguished work in Stepankov for "Bohdan Khmelnytskiy: 1 Vice-Presidentess Toronto, Ontario M6G 1 N7 1 Ukraine and in the West and to provide Sotsialno-Politychnyi Portret" (Bohdan some support for the younger and senior Khmelnytsky: A Social and Political 1 Anya Dydyk-Petrenko Editor-in-Chief, Svoboda 1 scholars in Ukraine who have demonstrat­ Portrait, Kyiv, 1993); and Hennadiy I 16050 Dorset Road ed excellence in their research. Boriak for his work in publishing sources I Laurel, MD 20707 Zenon Snylyk і The foundation entrusted the Peter at the Archeographic Institute. Svoboda Ukrainian Daily 1 1 Secretary Jacyk Center of Ukrainian Historical Awards of $500 was made to Oksana 30 Montgomery St. 1 Research of the Canadian Institute of Shchus for her article "Vseukrainski 1 Martha Lysko Jersey City, NJ 07302 J Ukrainian Studies, the University of Viyskovi Zyizdy" (All Ukrainian Military I Ukrainian National Association Alberta, to select the recipients. The center Conferences), in Istorychni Zoshyty 1992, і 30 Montgomery St. Editor-in-Chief, j struck a nominating committee consisting No. 7; Stanislav Kulchytsky for the articles I Jersey City, NJ 07302 The Ukrainian Weekly j of Prof. Olga Andriewsky of Trent 'Tsentralna Rada: Utvorennia UNR" (The 1 Treasurer Roma Hadzewycz 1 University, Prof. Mark von Hagen of Central Rada; The Creation of the Columbia University, Dr. Yaroslav The Ukrainian Weekly 1 Ukrainian National Republic) and 1 Alexander G. Blahitka Hrytsak of the Institute for Historical "Ukrainska Derzhava v Chasiv I Ukrainian National Association 30 Montgomery St. 1 Studies of Lviv University, Dr. Heorhiy Hetmanshchyny" (Ukrainian Statehood 1 30 Montgomery St. Jersey City, NJ 07302 | Kasianov of the Institute of History of the during the Hetmanate), in Ukrainskyi 1 Jersey City, NJ 07302 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Istorychnyi Zhurnal, 1992, Nos. 5, 7-8; Manager, Soyuzivka I Prof. John-Paul Himka, Dr. Zenon Kohut, and Serhiy Yekelchyk for the article, "The 1 Auditing Committee John A. Flis 1 Dr. Serhii Plokhii, Prof. Frances Swyripa, Body and National Myth: Motifs from the and Dr. Frank E. Sysyn of the University Ukrainian National Revival in the 19th I Stefan Hawrysz Soyuzivka і Foordmoore Road I of Alberta. The directors of the Jacyk Century," Australian Slavonic and East 1 155 Erdenheim Road Center made the final selections. European Studies, 7, No. 2 (1993). Kerhonkson, NY 12446 j 1 Philadelphia, PA 19038 Two awards of $2,500 were made for In order to encourage the advancement 1 William Pastuszek outstanding monographs in Ukrainian of new research topics and methods in Honorary Members 1 1 9 S. Chester Road history published between 1991 and Ukraine, a special grant of $2,000 was of the General Assembly j 1 Swarthmore, PA 19018 1994. For books published in the West, made for the costs of the seminar, "The Stepan Kuropas I the award went to Prof. Sophia Senyk for Image of Ruler in Europe and Ukraine in 1 Stefania Hewryk 3301 N. Newland I "A History of the Church in Ukraine" the 12th to the 18th Centuries," orga­ 1 327 Mc Adam Ave. Chicago, IL 60634 і (Vol. 1, Rome, 1993; Orientalia nized near Kyiv by Dr. lakovenko. The 1 Winnipeg, Manitoba R2W 0B3 Christiana Analecta, 243). For mono­ seminar took place September 21-25 and Jaroslaw Padoch і і Anatole Doroshenko graphs published in Ukraine, the recipi­ was attended by 20 participants, includ­ 71 E. Seventh St. і ent was Dr. Natalia Lakovenko for ing Dr. Kohut, director of the Canadian 1 291 S. Collier Blvd. New York, NY 10003 1 I Apt. 601 "Ukrainska shliakhta z kintsia XIV do Institute of Ukrainian Studies. The Genevieve Zerebniak 1 seredyny XVII stolittia" (The Ukrainian papers and discussion will be published 1 Marco Island, FL 33937 239 Portage Lakes Drive і Nobility from the End of the 14th to the in the next issue of Mediaevalia 1 IwanWynnyk Akron, OH 44319 і Middle of the 17th Century, Kyiv, 1993). Ucrainica. I 233 E. Ninth St. 1 New York, NY 10003 AnnaChopek I 678 44th St. і Los Alamos, NM 87544 j 1 Advisors Washington conference focuses Mary Dushnyck 1 1 Roma Hadzewycz 2 Marine Ave. 1 1 Ukrainian National Association Brooklyn, NY 11209 1 on economic issues facing Ukraine I 30 Montgomery St. Bohdan 1. Hnatiuk 1 WASHINGTON - A conference on 40 officials from government and inter­ J Jersey City, NJ 07302 535 Prescott Road 1 Ukrainian economics, organized jointly by national organizations as well as univer­ I Tekla Moroz Merion Station, PA 19066 j the U.S. Department of State and the sity professors participated. The confer­ 1 345 36th Ave. International Ukrainian Economic ence was coordinated and chaired by I.S. 1 Lachine, Quebec H8T 2A5 Anna Haras 1 Association, took place here on September Koropeckyj of temple University. 1930GreenleafSt. 1 29. It was the second conference at this The papers, based on the. mjbst recent 1 Stefko Kpropas Bethlehem, PA 18017 1 forum; the first took place in 1993. statistical data, dealt withasome of the 1 126 Wilfiams Drive Myron Kuropas 1 The participating scholars and the top­ important issues in Ukraine's present-day J Schaumburg, IL 60198 ics of their presentations were as follows: 107 llehamwood Drive 1 economy. Some of the problems discussed j Alex Chudolij DeKalb, IL60115 j Oleh Hawrylyshyn (International such as the forces driving or impeding the 1 281 Urma Ave. Monetary Fund), problems and pitfalls of reform and social conditions are quite new The Very Rev. Stephen Bilak 1 J Clifton, N J 07013 economic reforms: Daniel Kaufmann in the scholarly analysis of Ukrainian eco­ 1750 Jefferson St. 1 (World Bank, Kyiv), myth and reality of nomics. The over-all tone of presentations 1 Walter Korchynsky Apt. 301 j reforms; Janusz Szyrmer (University of with respect to economics and of Mr. 1 212 Meadowbrook Parkway E. Hollywood, FL 33020 j Pennsylvania), foreign economic rela­ Pascual with respect to politics in Ukraine J Horseheads, NY 14845 Walter Sochan 1 tions; Oles Smolansky (Lehigh was rather optimistic. It was noted that, I Eugene Iwanciw 53 Brinkerhoff St. § University), payments for Russian ener­ following a moderation in the decline of output during the first half of the current 1 6138 N. 12th St. Jersey City, NJ 07304 j gy; Fyodor Kushnirsky (Temple 1 Arlington, VA 22205 University), Odessa as a free economic year, one can expect some positive growth John O. Flis 1 zone; Ihor Stebelsky (University of in total production and an improvement in 1 Stefanie Hawryluk 355 Elm Drive І Windsor), agriculture under the Kuchma social conditions next year, for the first 1 P.O.Box 174 Michael Drive Roslyn, NY 11576 j administration; Roberta Feldman time since Ukraine's independence. 1 Cottekill, NY 12419 Joseph Lesawyer 1 (International Finance Corporation), By coincidence, the conference took 1 Taras Szmagala Jr. 2643 Deer Path 1 trends in privatization; Simon Johnson place on the day of the visit to Washington 1 1701 E. 12th St. Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 1 (Duke University), household survival of Ukraine's prime minister, Yevhen 1 Apt. #15K West strategies; Hao Quan Chu (World Bank), Marchuk, and his deputy, Roman Shpek, Wasyl Didiuk 1 1 Cleveland, OH 44114 the social safety net. who were involved in finalizing over $300 30 Allenhurst Drive 1 Carlos Pascual, who is in charge of the million in Loans and additional financial 1 Alexander Serafyn Apt. 402 1 Ukrainian desk at the National Security help from the International Monetary Fund I 2565 Timberwyck Trail Islington, Ontario M9A 4Y8 1 Council, delivered a very interesting during the expected introduction of address at the luncheon. Approximately Ukraine's new currency. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995

BOOK NOTES: Jabotinsky and Ukraine 50th anniversary edition EDMONTON - A book launch was held in Kyiv on Mr. Kleiner, who has done a great deal to develop October 5 to celebrate the publication of Israel Kleiner's research on the history of Ukrainian-Jewish relations. "Vladimir (Zeev) Jabotinsky і Ukrainske Pytannia: The fate of both peoples is part of his own experience, of Orwell's classic Vseliudskist u Shatakh Natsionalizmu" (Vladimir and he has a profound knowledge of the problems dis­ [Zeev] Jabotinsky and the Ukrainian Question: cussed in his book. Universality in the Guise of Nationalism). Born in Odessa, Vladimir (Zeev) Jabotinsky (1880- features special preface The book was written at the behest of the Edmonton- 1940) became one of the major Zionist leaders of the "I am aware that I write for readers about based Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and pub­ 20th century, establishing Jewish self-defense organiza­ whom I know nothing, but also that they too have lished by CIUS Press. tions in the Russian Empire and later in Palestine. probably never had the slightest opportunity to The author, who was born in Kyiv, emigrated to He gained a reputation as a talented publicist as a know anything about me " Israel in 1971, then worked in the Ukrainian section of result of his contributions to Odessa newspapers. Radio Liberty. Subsequently he worked at the Opposed to assimilation, Jabotinsky formulated a pro­ - George Orwell, in the preface to the Jabotinsky Institute in Tel Aviv and edited a Ukrainian, gram of national self-government and cultural autonomy Ukrainian edition of "Animal Farm." language collection of articles, "Vladimir Jabotinsky: for the Jews of the Russian Empire. His search for allies by Nestor Gula Selected Articles on the National Question," published to help implement this program led him to advocate that by Suchasnist in 1983. Since 1984, Mr. Kleiner has the Jewish national movement support the empire's non- TORONTO— Two years after George Orwell's worked in the Ukrainian section of the Voice of Russian peoples, especially — given Ukraine's econom­ Animal Farm was published, he was asked to write a America in Washington. ic and strategic importance — the Ukrainian movement. special preface to the Ukrainian edition of the book, A capacity crowd attended the book launch, which Mr. Kleiner's book offers a detailed account and which was distributed in November 1947 to was held at the Teachers' Building in Kyiv (where the analysis of Jabotinsky's writings on the Ukrainian ques­ Ukrainians in displaced person camps by the Ukrainian Central Rada met in 1918). The book's tion, his articles in the Ukrainian press, his relations Ukrainian Displaced Persons Organization in Munich. importance and the timeliness of its publication for with Ukrainian cultural and political figures such as A special illustrated 50th anniversary edition of Ukraine were noted by all participating speakers, among Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Symon Petliura and Slavynsky, this classic has just been released. It includes the whom were eminent figures in Ukrainian scholarship and his polemic with Petr Struve in 1911-1913 over the preface to the historic Ukrainian edition. and culture. issue of Russian cultural hegemony. In the preface (which was translated from Kyiv historian Volodymyr Serhiyenko, who served as Mr. Kleiner noted that his monograph is devoted to Ukrainian since the original English-language master of ceremonies, introduced Ivan Dzyuba, Yevhen the "Ukrainian pages in the life of the great Zionist manuscript could not be found), Orwell writes a Sverstiuk, Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, Oksana leader," including an analysis of his world view, philos­ brief autobiography and comments on the basis for Zabuzhko, Leonid Finberg (head of the Jewish ophy, attitude to the Ukrainian question and the influ­ the political commentary in "Animal Farm." Educational Association of Ukraine) and others. ence of this attitude on the formation of Jabotinsky's An allegorical account of the Russian Revolution The history of relations between Ukrainians and character. As Mr. Dzyuba, who wrote the preface to the and the resulting Communist dictatorship of the Jews, who lived side by side for many centuries in monograph, noted in his speech, "Israel Kleiner's book Soviet Union, "Animal Farm" is set on a farm in Ukraine, has been complex and, at times, dramatic. Its is the first serious monograph in Ukrainian 'Jabotinsky England, where the animals oust the farm's owner research and treatment are full of distortions and misun­ studies,' and one hopes that it will stimulate new and proceed to run the farm themselves. From the derstandings. Even today, there are those who would research on Jabotinsky's legacy, which is so important start the pigs seize control and eventually become continue to represent Ukraine as a principal hotbed of at this new stage in the development of Ukrainian- the farm's despotic rulers. anti-Semitism. Jewish relations." In the preface to the Ukrainian edition, Orwell Accordingly, the appearance of any unbiased and The 263-page clothbound book is available from writes that he became a pro-Socialist "more out of accurate work of research that sheds light on this prob­ CIUS Press for $17.95 (Canaidn) plus $1.26 GST. Also disgust with the way the poorer section of the indus­ lem is to be welcomed, especially today, when relations available is a collection of scholarly articles on trial workers were oppressed and neglected than out between the two peoples, each with its own state, have Ukrainian-Jewish Relations in Historical Perspective of any theoretical admiration for a planned society." become international for the first time in history and edited by Dr. Peter J. Potichnyj and Dr. Howard Aster He writes about his experiences fighting in the when the newly independent Ukrainian state is making (543 pp., cloth, $34.95 plus $2.45 GST). Spanish Civil War, with the POUM militia (the strenuous efforts to establish Ukraine's reputation as a To order contact: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Spanish Trotskyists) and about the way the democratic polity that guarantees broad cultural and Studies Press, 352 Athabasca Hall, University of Communists in the Spanish government hunted them human rights to ail minorities resident on its territory. Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8; telephone, (403) down even though both groups were fighting the Warm recognition was extended at the book launch to 492-2972. Fascists. After escaping from Spain, Orwell notes that he read reports about the Spanish Civil War in England and came to understand the "influence of the Soviet myth upon the Western Socialist movement." Perestroika to independence The writer admits he had never visited Russia and knew about events there only from press reports. JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Ukraine: of Ukraine. Nonetheless he says he saw the USSR was not pro­ Perestroika to Independence" is a Although it is sometimes hard to gressing towards a socialist society, but was trans­ rigorously detailed analysis of the keep up with the acronyms (in one forming itself into a hierarchical one. He states that social and political movements that paragraph, the reader must differen­ one of the underlying reasons he wrote "Animal led Ukraine to declare independence tiate between the URP, the PDRU, Farm" was to expose "the Soviet myth in a story that in 1991. the SDPU and the DPU), the book could be easily understood by almost anyone and Written by Taras Kuzio and gives an intricate sense of the politi­ which could be easily translated into other languages." Andrew Wilson, it covers theo­ cal maneuvers in the struggle for *** ries of nationalism, different power and the social changes lead­ This anniversary edition is published by Martin Soviet policies that shaped pre- ing to the beginning of mass politics Seeker & Warburg Ltd., the same British company glasnost Ukraine, the effects of in Ukraine. that published the original 50 years ago. It is illus­ glasnost, the voices of dissent Based on official documents and and finally the coup and its after­ trated by British artist Ralph Steadman. samvydav sources, the book includes It is available in Canada for $29.99 (Can.). math. It focuses on the rise of pictures of protests, riots and hunger the individuals and organizations strikes as well as leaders of the key that played an important role in political parties. Its book jacket fea- demanding democracy and on the reactions of the Communist Party (Continued on page 13) Ukraine: past and present JERSEY CITY, N.J. — century issues. Two are about pop­ "Ukrainian Past, Ukrainian Present" ulation loss in Ukraine — one, by is a collection of selected papers Ihor Stebelsky, is about migration to from the Fourth World Congress for Siberia before 1917, the other, by Soviet and East European Studies, Serhii Pirozhkov, is about the held in 1990. tragedies in the 1930s and 1940s. What binds these papers together Rex A. Wade writes about a case is the common theme of forces that study of the Bolshevik take-over of shaped Ukraine. The first three Kharkiv, while Taras Hunczak papers (by Orest Pelech, Catherine writes about the choices of the B. Clay and Alexis E. Pogorelskin) Ukrainian nationalists during World deal with Ukrainian nationalism in War II. the 19th century. The authors The last two, by Taras Kuzio and address the relationship between Peter J. Potichnyj, discuss Ukraine Ukrainian national self-assertion under Gorbachev. The collection and the intellectual and social devel­ does not attempt to be a comprehen- opments in Russia. The other papers discuss 20th (Continued on page 13) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 No. 47 Retrospective exhibit at The Ukrainian Museum honors Hnizdovsky

Hnizdovsky's painting "Displaced Persons.'

by Marta Baczynsky transformed through his distinctive "Displaced Persons" (1948) - show the 1972 he presented some of his woodcuts on vision into works that alternately sur­ artist's remarkable talent in the execution botanical themes in the book "Flora NEW YORK - The retrospective prise, impress, delight and provoke. The of form and presentation of content. Exotica" with text by Gordon Wolf that exhibition of the works of Ukrainian brilliance of his distinctive thinking and With time he developed a modernistic was published by David R. Godine. artist Jacques Hnizdovsky will open at his extraordinary effort in bringing it to visual language - "The Judge, the "The woodcuts of Jacques Hnizdovsky The Ukrainian Museum in New York fruition is most impressing." Accused and the Cop" (1955), represent some of the freshest and most City on Sunday, December 10, at 1:30 "Crucifixion" (1955), "Last Supper" original printmaking in American graphic p.m. commemorating the 10th anniver­ Jacques Hnizdovsky was born in the (1956), and "Nude" (1956), among oth­ arts of the past 30 years," wrote Peter sary of his death. village of Pylypche, in the Borshchiv region of Ukraine, on January 21, 1915, ers - but one that was exclusively his Wick, a longtime curator of the Featured will be oil paintings and an area rich in folk art tradition. own. Here, "Hnizdovsky reinforces the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts graphic works, which comprise the largest Hnizdovsky took great pride in his cul­ singularity of his artistic mission as he of Houghton Library at Harvard and the most outstanding part of the taps into a rich tradition of western art University, in his foreword of the 1976 edi­ artist's oeuvre. During his artistic career tural heritage and without doubt the aes­ but one that had lost resonance for most tion of a catalogue raisonne of the artist's Hnizdovsky worked in various media, thetic taste and splendid ornamentation, 20th century artists" explains the curator. woodcuts, "Hnizdovsky: Woodcuts, 1944- thus some of his ceramics and weavings seen especially in Borshchiv embroidery, However, it is in the woodcuts and 1975", published by Pelican Publishing will also be shown. Through this collec­ "helped mold the artistic sensibilities of linocuts that Hnizdovsky's formidable Co. of Gretna, La. In 1987 an updated edi­ tion of works, the exhibition will explore his talent," states Dr. Leshko. technical skill is displayed. Interwoven tion, "Jacques Hnizdovsky: Woodcuts and the artistic journey of a man whose cre­ Hnizdovsky began his formal training with the artist's own inventiveness of the Etchings" was published, which included ative endeavors were unique in their in art in the Academy of Fine Arts in image, his devotion to art as craft is all graphic works created during the artist's expression and universal in their appeal. Warsaw, Poland, and completed it in underscored. Working in this medium lifetime. The exhibition will be accompanied 1942 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. He came to earned Hnizdovsky his livelihood and Hnizdovsky's prints were included in by a bilingual, illustrated catalogue con­ the United States in 1949. brought him acclaim and recognition in numerous national and international exhibi­ taining an analytical essay about the The artist faced his greatest artistic chal­ art circles in the United States, as well as tions and are part of many museum and pri­ artist's work by the curator of the exhibi­ lenges in the area of painting and woodcuts. on the international arena. vate collections, among them: the National tion, Dr. Jaroslaw Leshko, professor of In painting Hnizdovsky's inner struggle to Dr. Leshko comments on Hnizdovsky's Museum of American Art, Washington; art history at Smith College, whose field retain his identity, not to succumb to any woodcuts: "Brilliance of invention and of The Library of Congress; White House; of expertise is 20th century art. particular school, led him through many technique, a deep understanding of the Cleveland Museum of Fine Arts, Louisiana Dr. Leshko writes about the artist: years of experimentation and diversity. story of art, an abiding love of nature and State Museum; Yale University; Hunt "Hnizdovsky looked to the spiritual and His earliest, most important works, an uncompromising commitment to artistic Institute of Botanical Documentation, physical verities of existence from which rendered in a detailed and realistic man­ quality - these coalesce to produce a graph­ Pittsburgh; Duke University Museum of to draw the meaning for his art, which he ner - "Art Academy" (1944-1950) and ic oeuvre of great distinction, justifiably Art, Durham; New Orleans Museum of recognized as an important contribution to Art; Winnipeg Art Gallery; and the New the history of 20th century prints." York Public Library. In 1962 the artist was awarded first The exhibition will close on March 3, prize for a work at the Boston 1996. Printmakers annual exhibition. His work Reception was part of the 1963 contemporary U.S. Graphic Arts exhibition in the USSR, as In conjunction with the exhibition and well as part of a similar one in Japan in following its opening, The Ukrainian 1967. Hnizdovsky's woodcuts were Museum will host a reception on included in the Triennale Internazionale Sunday, December 10, at 3 p.m. It will della Xilographica in Italy in 1972. be held at the Ukrainian National Home, On the national level, his shows were 140 Second Ave., in New York City. held at California's Long Beach Art The curator of the exhibition, Dr. Museum, at Yale University, at the Leshko, will be the guest speaker. University of Virginia (1978-1982), and Mezzo-soprano Kalyna Cholhan will at the Hermitage Museum of Norfolk, perform. The reception is being orga­ Va. (1981), among other prestigious nized by the Special Events Committee, museums and galleries. chaired by Tatiana Tershakovec, of the In 1967 Hnizdovsky produced a book of museum's board of trustees. In preparation of The Ukrainian Museum's commemorative exhibition of the essays in the Ukrainian language, illustrated Tickets for the reception are $30 per works of the lates Jacques Hnizdovsky, (from left) Tatiana Tershskovec, chair of with reproductions of his paintings, wood­ person. Reservations for the event must the Special Events Committee on the museum's board of trustees; Director cuts and ceramics. Titled "Hnizdovsky", be made by December 1 by calling the Maria Shust; and exhibition curator Dr. Jaroslav Leshko. the book was published by Prolog Inc. In Museum, (212)228-0110. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 Mir Lada: flexing the boundary between photography and illustration TORONTO — Throughout that the imagery can tie into the written content. Then his years at school, photogra­ he creates technical sketches and notes on how to shoot pher Mir Lada would try to all the separate elements so they make visual sense create in a print what was in when it's all brought together in system. his mind, yet the photographic When all the shoots are done and the images import­ process inherently did not ed into the computer system, Mr. Lada then goes into a allow for certain effects and "digital trance" and uses a variety of image manipula­ colors that he was envisioning. tion and 3-D rendering software to create the image he Since he entered the digital has in his head. realm of the computer two Intent on creating "great images," Mr. Lada tries years ago, the possibilities of something new on every shoot. Sometimes to produce what can be achieved in the the images he wants, he spends days or weeks building Mir Lada, the image- field of conceptual photo illus­ "permanent still lifes" or, sculptures. maker. tration has been increased Apart from forays into sculpture, he is venturing into manifold. And now Mr. Lada is considered a master of doing more totally artificial environments using a virtu­ digital image manipulation. al photography studio in 3-D modeling software, (which Three-fourths of his work is done at his state-of-the art he describes as "totally mind-bending.") He has recent­ digital imaging system in his studio — Marat Photography ly finished a completely digitally created (i.e., no pho­ — in Toronto. Clients apparently appreciate unique ways tography) illustration for Bell's Solutions magazine of having their product, service or story presented. "People using this technique. connect with the reality that a photograph portrays, but At 27, Mr. Lada is competing against shooters five to have fun with how far my imagination can take them in the 20 years his seniors. He has done national ads for compa­ digital realm," Mr. Lada explained. nies like Pioneer, Toyota, Harley Davidson, Radius, and Mr. Lada first needs to create the concept itself. For Bell and special projects for Xerox, Phillips and CBC, as editorial and corporate jobs, he asks clients to supply well as worked for many of the top magazines in Canada. him with the story or background information, or refer­ He has won the Conceptual Shot of the Year and ences (such as movies, paintings, sculpture, fashion) so Cover of the Year at the National Magazine Awards in 1994, as well as winning in competitions sponsored by the leading graphic arts publications in North America "The Face," personal work which appeared on the such as Communication Arts, How, Applied Arts, and cover of Studio Magazine, January-February 1995. Cisaruk, Lada and Muchin Studio. He also has had a digital how-to article pub­ lished in Photo Life and an eight-page profile/cover exhibit in Central Michigan story in the February 1995 issue of Studio Magazine. Early this year Mr. Lada joined forces with Suzy MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — The exhibit "Full Johnston, one of the top artist representatives/agents in Circle," held at Central Michigan University's Canada. Multicultural Center, August 28-September 15, fea­ Growing up in Philadelphia, Mr. Lada cites his moth­ tured the work of three women artists from Toronto er, Sophia Lada, a prominent painter in the Ukrainian and Detroit. community, as being an important creative influence. The exhibit's unifying theme was an "exploration His grandparents, Theodore and Maria Uhorczak, were of archaeological, mythological and historical sources always very supportive of his pursuits. "Being a master on the role of women and spirituality in both ancient tinkerer and photo-hobbyist, my grandfather taught me and contemporary cultures," according to Ulana a lot about mechanics and being able to think technical­ Klymyshyn, director of multicultural programming. ly, and my grandmother kept us well-rooted to our her­ On display were paintings by Halyna Cisaruk of itage and dinner plate." Detroit and Sophia Lada of Toronto, and sculp­ At age twelve, the move to Winnipeg was a welcome tures by Svitlana Muchin of Toronto. change, where he learned to be self-sufficient. In his teens, This was the first combined exhibit for the three he slowly got to know and understand his father, the women, who decided to display their work togeth­ deceased, notorious artist, Marco Zubar. From there he er because it reflects common themes. moved to Toronto at 18 to pursue an education at Ryerson Ms. Cisaruk's recent paintings explore "the Polytechnical University and Ontario College of Art. archetype of the Mandala—a Sanskrit word mean­ As far as his perspective on the Ukrainian scene, Mr. ing circle or center. It is often a spiral that takes us Lada noted that he was involved in the Ukrainian commu­ on a contemplative journey within as well as an nity in Philadelphia, but didn't feel spiritually connected to exploration on the nature of the infinite." it. When he moved to Toronto, he eventually regained his Ms. Lada's work, titled "Reflections" is, accord­ enthusiasm for his heritage and language and the Ukrainian ing to the artist, "a series of visual commentaries community. He recently joined the Chornomortsi Fraternity exploring images of the female form, rooted in the of Plast. "It's a great feeling to come back home." goddesses of Old Europe and interwoven with the Mr. Lada may be contacted directly at (416) 516- demands for conformity imposed by our image-con­ 9938 or through Ms. Johnston, (416) 285-8905. scious cultures." The series was inspired by "the ever-changing light of the prairie sky." "Acrobats," for a feature story in Healthwatch Ms. Muchin's wall pieces, titled "Woman of the Magazine, profiling real people who use their arms Moon," are composed of smoke-fired clay and in their professions. laminated mahogany. The sculptures were created after seeing very old and beautifully preserved smoke-fired ceramics at museums in Ukraine. The exhibit, according to Ms. Klymyshyn, was very successful and many of the over 2,000 visi­ tors to the center during the duration of the exhibit commented on the beauty of the works, the mes­ sages conveyed through Ms. Lada's work, and the uniqueness of the compositions and themes.

Ms. Cisaruk, who was born in Ukraine, holds a degree from Wayne State University. A teacher of elementary school for 17 years, she has displayed her work at exhibitions in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois, in Ontario, and in Venice, Italy. Ms. Lada, who was also born in Ukraine, stud­ ied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. She is cur­ rently in charge of a slide registry of women artists at a women's art resource center in Toronto. Ms. Muchin works as an education officer at an art gallery in Toronto. She holds degrees from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and York University in Toronto. Her work has been dis­ played at exhibitions in Woodstock, Toronto and Brantford, Ontario, and in Winnipeg. "Businessman," for an article in "Report on Business ;azine." Logo for Insync Design, created as a sculpture. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1995 No. 47

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Ukrainians from Canada, Ukraine North America's Weekly Ukrainian Television win medals in orienteering meets Ukrainian World Congress Sports Commission Ukraine placed 19th. TORONTO - The publication In the women's competition, Nina Orienteering North America, in its Vinnytska placed 44th in the short and recently released September/October 30th in the classical. ,c issue, provides a wealth of information Canadians of Ukrainian descent also about the sporting successes of Ukrainian fared well in various orienteering compe­ and Ukrainian Canadian orienteers. titions. At the Canadian Championships Ukraine participated for the first time held at Smoky Lake, Alberta, on July 15- as an independent state at the World 23, Danylo Malanczyj of Port Hope, Orienteering Championships on August Ontario, placed second in both the short 15-20 at Detmold, Germany. course and the five-day event in the One of the biggest surprises of the under-12 competition. Both races were competition was Ukraine's Yuri won by a foreigner, and as a result, the Omelchenko's gold medal victory in the young Malanczyj walked away with two ОД^ШИ men's short course event. The 23-year- gold medals. Bay old from Chernivtsi covered the 5.62- Danylo's aunt, Vera Malanczyj of kilometer course with a 210-meter climb Toronto, placed fourth in the short course and 18 control points in 30:35 minutes, women's 50 competition and fifth in the • Youth зшшгеши c. . more than a minute faster than the silver five-day event. In both competitions she П medalist. Omelchenko's teammate Ihor was third among Canadians. At the Ontario Relay Championships •СотШірШіІІ ЧтТ^° Trukhan finished in 33rd place. ^[фШШ^Щщ^уШт^^ |8V 11:00 AM "For the awards ceremonies, teams were held at Rockwood on June 10, Ukrainian advised to bring national flags and tapes of Canadians collected a slew of bronze - Arts • TravelЩЩЩЩіо their national anthems. Omelchenko's vic­ medals: Eugene Mlynczyk of Mississauga tory was so unexpected that no tape of the in the men's 21 event, Serhiy Efremov of Entertainment "ЩщМ* (NeVefend Ukrainian national anthem was available. Toronto in the men's 35, Ludmilla Business • Sports ^» V^wj^ So Valery Hlushenko, president of the Efremov also of Toronto in the women's Ukrainian Federation, stepped up, and in a 21 and the team of Mlynczyk, Efremov, Kid's Corner strong, resonant voice sang the anthem as Efremov and Vera Malanczyj in the relay. ШШШк— ПТТЙШВ his country's flag was raised; an emotional All the aforementioned Canadian event," noted the magazine. Ukrainian orienteers are members of IP"5S5B • UBNCOUUEB - РПВОД In the classical final, Omelchenko Toronto's Ukrainian Orienteering Club. placed eighth, while Oleksander Mikhailov The September/October 1995 issue of and Trukhan finished 34th and 35th, Orienteering North America also features To receive respectively. a one-page profile of the club, which is In the men's relay competition, celebrating its 20th anniversary.

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Ms. Schnitzer was HOME OFFICE OF UNA. family members during the Holocaust. The stories of the criminals and the (Continued on page 15)

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Church - Kyiv Patriarchate, a number of Two Orthodox... hierarchs came to Filaret and asked him (Continued from page 1) not to run for patriarch. Journey to Chernobyl: "We told him that his move to run for located near the Dnipro and is one of patriarch would only deepen the rifts Encounters in a Radioactive Zone only two UAOC churches in Kyiv, between the various confessions for years Metropolitan Andriy and Bishop Glenn Cheney to come," said Metropolitan Andriy. Mefodiy, who serves as the administrator of the UAOC, told reporters they could "We even told him he could head the Alex Kuzma of the Children of Chernobyl not serve in a Church headed by Church, but not with the title of patri­ Relief Fund says that "Mr Cheney captures Patriarch Filaret. arch. And, even until the eve of the sobor, we thought that Filaret would take the texture of life in the Chernobyl zone: "And each day we are getting more this decisive step and decline to run for the fear, the anger, the sense of betrayal priests and parishes joining the UAOC, the office of patriarch. But it didn't hap­ . . . like Milan Kundera, he never shies from Zaporizhzhia, from Dnipropetrovske, from Chernihiv," said Bishop Mefodiy. pen," said Metropolitan Andriy. away from the bleak and seedy ironies ... "The election of Patriarch Filaret "We don't even feel that we have left for all his dark humor, Cheney reveals a showed everyone that he is part of a sink­ the Kyiv Patriarchate. Rather, we feel genuine compassion for the people ..." ing ship. And, all the bishops who were that Filaret left our Church. He has been consecrated by Patriarch Volodymyr cast out of three Churches - that of the Glenn Cheney travelled to Ukraine just days after the breakup of the (Romaniuk) are performing his will, for Moscow Patriarchate, by Patriarch USSR. He interviewed scientists, journalists, engineers, top-level he always said that we must not allow Mstyslav, who did not want Filaret to be patriarch, and by Patriarch Volodymyr, government officials, doctors, environmentalists, parents of sick children Filaret to become patriarch," explained Bishop Mefodiy, adding that today the who also told us that Filaret should not and people living just a few kilometers from the Chernobyl complex— UAOC has eight bishops and over 1,000 be patriarch. all of them could at last speak frankly about the disaster which even parishes. Metropolitan Andriy told reporters the now—nearly ten years later—has wreaked unknown havoc. The bishops explained that prior to last UAOC has scheduled its sobor for June month's sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox 5-6 of next year. Cheney's story is moving and personal, but is also told with great wit and humor; he humanizes the disaster in a chronicle which is enormously readable and insightful. Turning the pages back...

Kirkus Reviews says that ". . . Cheney's portraits of the people (Continued from page 6) affected ... give them a memorable poignancy..." And Senator in the court of Peter III. Two years later, he was given the titular rank of captain of the Novhorod Siverskyi regiment, and spent the rest of his life traveling throughout Joe Lieberman of Connecticut calls Cheney's observations "vivid, Ukraine recruiting promising young singers for service at the imperial court. insightful and thought-provoking." His works include the sacred vocal concertos "Raduitesia Bohu" (Rejoice in God) and "Vozliubykh Tia, Hospody" (Loving Thee, О God). Rachynsky died in Novhorod 200pp 5 1/2x8 1/2 Cloth $20.00 Photos 0-89733-418-3 Siverskyi in 1794. Sources: "Rachynsky, Andrii," Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 4 (Toronto: University of Toronto From your bookseller or from Press, J993); Orest Subtelny, "Ukraine: A History," (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, /988). Academy Chicago Publishers 363 West Erie Street Chicago, IL 60610 Please add $3.50 for postage/handling Notice to publishers and authors It is The Ukrainian Weekly's policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly published books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodicals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. IKRAINE Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, KRAINE NJ 07302. _. -A CONCISE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS ENCYCLOPEDIA Read The Weekly. Wear The Weekly. Volume I and II You can obtain both volumes for only $130.00 Now available: The Ukrainian Weekly T-shirts 1 1 featuring The Ukrainian Weekly flag in white lettering on 100% | Including Postage cotton black T-shirt. 1 ORDER NOW 1 Price: $10 , plus $2 postage/handling, per shirt. 1 Fill out the order blank below and mail it with your check or money order 1 To order, fill out form below, clip and mail to: 1 USE THIS COUPON!

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War. The oil would be shipped to refiner­ (OMRI Daily Digest) other exotic animals are in demand by Newsbriefs ies in Ukraine, where it would be those here with money to burn. "There is a Russia to build five more nuke plants (Continued from page 2) processed and sold to other Black Sea huge new interest among 'nouveau riche' countries and to customers in Western businessmen for exotic pets for their Turkish oil pipeline proposed MOSCOW — The Russian Ministry of and Central Europe, said Mr. Dadyveryn. Nuclear Energy is planning to construct five offices," said Oleh Poyasnyk, who runs an ANKARA — Ukraine's dependence (Reuters) new nuclear power stations in Russia, animal trading company in Ukraine's sec­ on Russian oil would be lessened if its Vitaliy Lebedenko, president of ond largest city. "They consider it presti­ Kuchma meets with ethnic minorities imports from the Persian Gulf were car­ Rosenergoatom, told Interfax on November gious to have a little terrarium with animals ried to the Black Sea through a pipeline 9. Mr. Lebedenko said two would be con­ in the corner." Along with primates and KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma snakes, Mr. Poyasnyk's King Cobra firm from southern to northern Turkey, said structed in the Far East; one in the Urals and met with leaders of ethnic minority orga­ sells hedgehogs, lizards, owls, pheasants oil industry official Ivan Dadyveryn on two in European Russia. The first of the Far nizations on November 13, Interfax- and turtles, all out of his two-story house. A November 14, following a meeting with East plants is already under construction. Ukraine and UNIAN reported the same female wolf named Gina guards the proper­ Turkey's energy minister, Sinasi Altiner. Mr. Lebedenko claimed that Russian public "We are buying oil expensively from day. He agreed to set up a temporary ty. The growing exotic animal business opinion, which turned against nuclear Russia. Depending only on Russia is commission to deal with inter-ethnic alarms Ukrainian officials, who worry power after the Chornobyl disaster in 1986, strategically unfavorable," said Mr. problems in the Crimea at the request of about a rise in the cross-border trade of rare has now become more supportive. Russia Dadyveryn, who added, "We struck deals Refat Chubarov, a leader of the Crimean and endangered animals. "Because our bor­ currently has nine nuclear stations, generat­ to buy crude oil from Sudan, Iran and Tatar Mejlis (Assembly). Mr. Chubarov ders with Russia are practically open, there ing 13 percent of its electricity needs. In Nigeria, and we want to carry this to asked President Kuchma for assistance in is the threat of rare animals going through 1992, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin Ukraine via a pipeline across Turkey." ensuring that the interests of the Crimean our territory," Environment Minister Yuriy announced a program for a 60 percent boost Under the project 100 million tons of oil Tatars are taken into account when Kyiv Kostenko told The Associated Press. Mr. would be pumped annually to Samsun on and Crimean authorities divide powers in nuclear capacity by 2010. (OMRI Daily Poyasnyk said he buys most of his animals the Turkish Black Sea coast from the between them. President Kuchma said he Digest) from Ukrainian owners of exotic pets. But he admitted there is keen Western interest Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, where an would consider the creation of a perma­ Exotic animal trade burgeons in Ukraine oil terminal to export Iraqi crude has nent presidential commission to maintain in indigenous animals from Central Asia been shut since the 1991 Persian Gulf ties with ethnic minority organizations. KHARKIV — Monkeys, cobras and and the Far East. (Reuters)

Ukraine's debate... Ukrainian National Association (Continued from page 6) • calling for an immediate investiga­ Monthly reports tion into reports of continuing executions in some regions of Ukraine, especially in Cash Surrenders 25,722.97 Dnipropetrovske, and for the findings to RECORDING DEPARTMENT Death Benefits be made known; Dividend Accumulations 873.16 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Endowments Matured 59,272.90 • reiterating opposition of Ukraine to Indigent Benefits Disbursed 850.00 the death penalty in all cases as a viola­ JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Interest On Death Benefits 1,828.76 TOTAL AS OF MARCH 31, 1995 17,214 39,655 5,168 62,037 Reinsurance Premiums Paid 3,696.63 tion of the right to life as proclaimed in GAINS IN APRIL 1995 Trust Fund Disbursed New members 53 44 15 112 Total the Universal Declaration of Human Reinstated 16 65 3 84 Rights, and on the grounds that it is the Transfered in 3 7 10 Operating Expenses: Change class in 5 1 6 Real Estate 71,359.81 ultimate form of cruel, inhuman and Transfered from Juvenile Dept. 1 1 Svoboda Operation 79,900.54 Washington Office 14,723.73 degrading punishment." TOTAL GAINS: 77 118 18 213 Official Publication-Svoboda LOSSES IN APRIL 1995 68,468.45 Organizing Expenses: Suspended Advertising 3,392.09 Transfered out Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 5,507.59 Change of class out Field Conferences 3,114.88 Transfered to adults A look at the fourth... Died Lodge Supplies Purchased 103.16 Cash surrender Medical Inspections 285.25 (Continued from page 6) Endowment matured Reward To Branch Presidents And Treasurers 365.00 Fully paid-up Refund of Branch Secretaries Expenses 77,394.09 dream. We have to help them to practice Extended insurance Reward To Organizers 6,669.98 what we preach. If Oksana and Bohdan Certificate terminated Reward To Special Organizers 11,532.83 TOTAL LOSSES 86 214 41 341 Supreme Medical Examiner's Fee 1,500.00 respond to the call of joint service in both INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP 7,950 20,162 28,112 Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 2,101.19 Total places, then they must be guided by our GAINS IN APRIL 1995 Paid-up 14 21 35 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: educators towards those institutions, cur­ Extended insurance 5 18 23 Employee Benefit Plan 16,724.87 ricula and funds that can give shape and TOTAL GAINS 19 39 58 Insurance-General 7,207.00 Insurance-Workmens Compensation form to the twofold vocation. LOSSES IN APRIL 1995 743.00 Died 2 41 43 Salaries Of Executive Officers 17,213.86 Subsequently, our established profes­ Cash surrender 10 8 18 Salaries Of Office Employees 64,211.61 Reinstated 2 6 8 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 40,531.75 sional people, having already staked-out Lapsed 3 4 Total 146,632.09 the terrain, need to follow this up with TOTAL LOSSES 17 59 76 General Expenses: TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Actuarial And Statistical Expenses 30,670.00 advice regarding actual job opportunities in AS OF APRIL 30, 1995 17,207 39,539 5,145 61,891 Bank Charges 518.32 the public and private sectors. (We might Bank Charges For Custodian Account 3,574.22 MARTHA LYSKO Dues To Fraternal Congresses 63.50 have to help create those possibilities). And Secretary General Office Maintenance 1,746.31 this shouid then spill over into the matter Insurance Department Fees 4,162.09 Operating Expense of Canadian Office 175.00 of language maintenance. All three dimen­ FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Postage 4,262.24 sions will then nourish one another. Is it Printing and Stationery 5,950.48 Rental Of Equipment And Services 1,251.42 too daring to dream that, with our help, the INCOME FOR APRIL 1995 Telephone, Telegraph 4,371.69 new wave will provide our Continent and Traveling Expenses-General 1,944.00 Dues From Members Total Ukraine with leaders who will be bilingual Annuity Premiums From Members Miscellaneous: in expression, bivocational in outlook, and Income From "Svoboda" Operation Auditing Committee Expenses 6,054.75 Investment Income: Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 755.32 biprofessional in practice? Might such an Banks 411.76 Disbursements From Ukrainian National Heritage Defense Fund 3,421.18 approach appeal to many of our second Bonds Exchange Account-UNURC Certificate Loans 2,424.03 Investment Expense-Mortgages 2,825.00 and third generation as well? Mortgage Loans 48,498.62 Professional Fees 5,640.00 Real Estate 19,026.46 Rent 2,650.74 Short Term Investments 1,043.73 Transfer Account 369,000.00 Stocks 7,607.40 Total Total 939,531.06 Refunds: 3,424.03 Convention Expense 1,800.00 Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 589.27 Real Estate 2,704.50 General Office Maintenance 9.99 Short Term Investments 190,213.69 Operating Expenses Washington Office 2,892.91 Stock 4,659.73 GRAND HOTEL Rent 211.98 202^801.95 Reward To Special Organizer 5,197.96 Disbursements For April, 1995 Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 20,331.11 PER PERSON Taxes Held In Escrow 434.66 TWIN Telephone 8.31 BALANCE Total 33,51451 BREAKFAST $60ж5Г$30 ASSETS LIABILITIES Miscellaneous: Donations To Fraternal Fund Cash 3,099,936.36 Life Insurance Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine Short Term Exchange Account-UNURC Investments fly With $625 SSwA Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 520.00 Bonds Air Ukraine THRU DEC і в Transfer Account 349,987.50 Mortgage Loans Total 675,527.40 Certificate Loan Investments: $ Real Estate 3,076,855.62 Accidental D.D. Bonds Matured Or Sold $ 35,299.66 Printing Plant &E.D.P. (215)567-1328 FAX: (215) 567-1792 Mortgages Repaid 30,887.72 Equipment Short Term Investments Sold 52,070.69 Stocks Total 118,258.07 Loan to D.H.-U.N.A Housing Corp. Income For April, 1995 $ 1,766^31.04 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. DIASPORA $ Deposit ENTERPRISES, INC. DISBURSEMENTS FOR APRIL 1995 Total 220 S. 20TH STREET • PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 ALEXANDER BLAHITKA Treasurer THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995 No. 47

Field & Olesnycky PREVIEW OF EVENTS Attorneys at Law (Continued from page 20) public to a luncheon on the occasion of the the over forty individually decorated trees 11 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 100 70th anniversary of the UNWLA. The lun­ showcasing artifacts typical of each group's cheon will be held at the St. Josaphat heritage and celebration of Christmas, is a East Hanover, N.J. 07936 Ukrainian Parish Center, 26440 Ryan Ukrainian tree, whose Ukrainian embroidery (201) 386-1115 Road, at 1:30 p.m. Donation: $16. Tickets motif has been designed by Christine Boyko. may be purchased at Ukrainian credit Mrs. Boyko, an educator and artist, is a resi­ Fax (201) 884-1188 unions and the Eko Gallery not later than dent of Scottsdale and one of the original par­ (Three Miles North of Ramada Hotel, at Ridgedale Ave.) November 25. For table reservations call ticipants in the event since its inception !5 (313) 893-5813 by November 25. years ago. There will also be holiday choral concerts by local high school, community Representation of Small Businesses, PHOENIX, Ariz.: The Ukrainian communi­ college and university choirs, weekdays, ty, represented by the Phoenix Chapter of the December 4-20, noon-1 p.m. On Saturday, Wills, Estates and Asset Protection, Commercial and Corporate Law, 4 Ukrainian Women's League of America, will December 9, there will be a "Make N' Real Estate and Family Law. be taking part in International Christmas XV, Take" ornament craft activity for youth, I-4 a free, public event dedicated to sharing the p.m. International entrees are featured for For the convenience of clients unable to travel to Morris County, celebration of the nativity of Christ as inter­ lunch, ll a.m.-1:30 p.m., weekdays in the will schedule conferences in Essex, Union and Hudson Counties. preted by the many ethnic/cultural groups in Coin Room Cafeteria by Marriott. Booklets the community. The event will take place in featuring stories of Christmas celebrations the indoor concourse of Bank One Center, around the world, including a Ukrainian Nestor L. Olesnycky Robert S. Field Central Avenue at Van Buren Street. Among entry by Mrs. Boyko, will be available cour­ tesy of Bank One Arizona. International Christmas XV is open seven days a week, including Christmas Day, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. through December 29.

Ukrainian National Association LOS ANGELES: The Ukrainian Art Center, 4315 Melrose, is holding a Monthly reports Yalynka Festival and open house. Admis­ sion: $2. Among the events scheduled for 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. are: demonstrations of Paid To Or For Members: craft by local folk artists; a lunch of tradi­ RECORDING DEPARTMENT Annuity Benefits And Partial Withdrawals 69,245.73 tional Ukrainian food; craft activities for Cash Surrenders 18,880.90 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Death Benefits 124,901.00 children. At 1 p.m. a traditional Ukrainian Dividend Accumulations 1,984.57 Christmas celebration will be presented JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 1,000.00 by the students of the Ridna Shkola TOTAL AS OF APRIL 30, 1995 17,207 39,539 5,145 61,891 Endowments Matured 84,032.81 GAINS IN MAY 1995 Indigent Benefits Disbursed 400.00 Ukrainian School, and members of the New members 39 43 11 93 Interest On Death Benefits 176.24 SUM-A youth organization will sing car­ Reinstated 18 63 1 82 Payor Death Benefits 17.53 Transferee! in 3 15 6 24 Reinsurance Premiums Paid 167.25 ols; at 2 p.m. there will be a performance Change class in 6 6 Total 300,806.03 by the Ukrainian Dance Commpany of Transferee! from Juvenile Dept. 1 1 Operating Expenses: Los Angeles under the direction of TOTAL GAINS: 66 122 18 206 Real Estate 81,797.12 LOSSES IN MAY 1995 Andrej Bachynskyj and caroling by Svoboda Operation 89,434.99 Washington Office 22,027.20 members of the Plast youth organization. Transferee! out Official Publication-Svoboda 74,972.18 The center will welcome the Federation Change of class out Organizing Expenses: Transferee! to adults Advertising 5,194.02 of Cultures International at 3:30 p.m. with Died Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 2,574.28 Cash surrender a cultural appreciation ceremony follow­ 968.47 Endowment matured Field Conferences ed by a dinner/dance with entertainment Fully paid-up Medical Inspections 370.25 Extended insurance Reward To Branch Presidents And Treasurers 12.50 by Bobby Matos and his Afro Cuban Jazz Certificate terminated Refund of Branch Secretaries Expenses 537.84 Ensemble that starts at 4 p.m. with a re- Reward To Organizers 10,885.30 TOTAL LOSSES 78 200 27 305 admission fee of $20. Throughout the INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP 7,965 20,162 28,127 Reward To Special Organizers 69.37 GAINS IN MAY 1995 Total 238,843.52 day, paintings and etchings, stained glass, Paid-up 22 39 61 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: $ folk crafts, Ukrainian pysanky, ceramics, Extended insurance 9 20 29 Employee Benefit Plan 35,812.48 embroideries, books, ethnic rubber TOTAL GAINS 31 59 90 Salaries Of Executive Officers $ 17,213.86 stamps, cards and apparel will be on sale LOSSES IN MAY 1995 Salaries Of Office Employees 67,807.53 at the gallery store. For information call Died 1 27 28 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 26,910.12 Cash surrender 11 16 27 Total 147,743.99 the center, (213) 668-0172. Reinstated 2 13 General Expenses: $ Lapsed 2 3 5 Actuarial And Statistical Expenses 1,226.00 ONGOING TOTAL LOSSES 16 59 75 Bank Charges 347.71 TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Bank Charges For Custodian Account 51.04 NEW YORK: The Mayana Gallery, 136 AS OF MAY 31, 1995 17,210 39,461 5,136 61,807 Books And Periodicals 47.92 Second Ave., fourth floor, is holding an Dues To Fraternal Congresses 421.87 MARTHA LYSKO Furniture & Equipment 5,598.03 exhibit on Metropolitan Andrey Secretary General Office Maintenance 715.28 Sheptytsky. Featured will be photographs Insurance Department Fees 2,630.92 Operating Expense of Canadian Office 175.00 and archival material from the collections Postage 1,022.67 of Sister Maria Bernarda OSBM and the Printing and Stationery 2,733.07 FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Rental Of Equipment And Services 3,128.23 late Dr. Hryhoriy Luzhnytsky of Philadel­ Telephone, Telegraph 5,725.58 phia. Sister Maria Bemarda, who recently INCOME FOR MAY 1995 Traveling Expenses-General 237.85 has been appointed by Metropolitan Total 24,061.17 Dues From Members 207,570.92 Stephen Sulyk to conduct an information Miscellaneous: Annuity Premiums From Members 141,679.74 Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine campaign about Metropolitan Sheptytsky Income From "Svoboda" Operation 118,105.33 16,600.91 investment Income: Donations 200.00 and the beatification process both in the Exchange Account-UNURC 394.364.67 Banks Expenses Of Annual Sessions 33,214.81 - U.S. and Ukaine, will give a talk based on Bonds Investment Expense-Mortgages 225.00 her trip to Ukraine this summer to places Certificate Loans 2,278.61 Professional Fees 6,160.00 Mortgage Loans 43,061.69 and sites associated with the life of the Rent 4,018.60 Real Estate 79,934.73 Transfer Account 635,000.00 metropolitan. The film "Yak Buduvaty Short Term Investments 589.91 Ukrainian Publications 1,419.50 Ridnu Khatu" (How to Build One's Own Stocks 7,683.81 Total Total 971,684.51 Home"), a 1995 production of the press Investments: Refunds: Certificate Loans 2,765.41 bureau of the Ukrainian Greek- Catholic Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 33,747.65 Mortgages 1,633.23 Church in Lviv, will also be screened. Investment Expense 875.00 Reai Estate 1,921.85 The exhibit, which opened November 17, Medical Expense 75.00 Short Term Investments 1,402,205.26 Official Publication "Svoboda" 7,054.56 Stock 4,684.14 runs through November 26. Gallery Operating Expenses Washington Office . 4,412.67 Total hours: Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Saturdays and Postage 12.50 Reward To Organizers 120.00 Disbursements For May, 1995 Sundays, 1-5 p.m.; and Thanksgiving Reward To Branch Presidents And Treasurers 7.50 Day, November 23, 1 -5 p.m. Refund of Secretary's Expenses 537.84 Reward To Special Organizer 2,956.98 ADVANCE NOTICE Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 34,691.38 Taxes Held In Escrow 217.33 ASSETS LIABILITIES Friday, December 15 Total 84,70841 Cash 3,757,472.44 Life Insurance Miscellaneous: Short Term ROSSFORD, Ohio: St. Michael Donations To Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 1,876.38 Investments Ukrainian Catholic Church is sponsoring Donation To Ukrainian National Heritage Defense Fund 685.20 Bonds Exchange Account-UNURC 394,364.67 Mortgage Loans a deluxe 14-day tour of Ukraine from Profit On Bonds Sold or Matured 2,796.54 Certificate Loan April 25 to May 8. The tour will visit Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 390.00 Real Estate 3,078,777.47 Accidental D.D. Transfer Account 635,030.00 Printing Plant &E.D.P. Lviv, Ivano-Frankivske and Kyiv. Transactions Within UNA 270.49 Equipment 714,106.36 Airfare, hotels, three meals a day, sight­ Total 1,035,41318 Stocks 1,781,019.00 Fraternal Loan to D.H.-U.N:A Orphans seeing, two theater performances, all Investments: Housing Corp. 104,551.04 taxes and visa fees are included in the Bonds Matured Or Sold 1,374,819.72 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. price of $1,790. The reservation deadline Certificate Loans Repaid 8,500.61 Mortgages Repaid 48,277.64 is December 15. For additional informa­ $ 74,754,593.64 Short Term Investments Sold 400,000.00 tion call the parish, (419) 666-5627, or I- Total 1,831,58737 ALEXANDER BLAHITKA 800-242-7267. Income For May, 19І 3323,404.17 Treasurer No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1995

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS ABSOLUTELY ...SHUMKA Monday, November 20 Tickets, available at the door, are $15; chil­ dren under 16, free. For more information NEW YORK: The Institute on East call Alexander Salewycz, (201) 777-7346. From the producer of the award winning "Shumka Return of the Whirlwind" Central Europe at Columbia University presents a symposium titled "NATO and EDMONTON: The Canadian Iinstitute of ... 3 BRAND NEW ALL-DANCE VIDEOS! the East," featuring Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture by The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers' stunning new show member of Parliament and former minister Dr. Andrej Kreutz, faculty of continuing of defense, Republic of Poland; Marshall education, University of Calgary, on has been captured on video and presented like you've never seen Shumka before! D. Shulman, former special advisor on "Polish-Ukrainian Dilemmas: A Difficult Soviet affairs to the Secretary of State and Partnership." The lecture will be held in NOW... for the first time, get ONE or get ALL THREE videos, professor emeritus, political science, the Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, at Columbia University; and Alexander 7:30 p.m. but get the DANCE SENSATION OF THE YEAR for your very own! Motyl, associate director, Harriman Saturday, December 2 Institute, Columbia University. The sym­ posium, which is open to the public, will NEW YORK: Music at the Institute, spon­ usia Cycles of the Sun Night of Perun ^^ be held in the Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, sored by the Ukrainian Institute of America, idventure ol a blacksmith's weaves a rich tapestry of Ukrainia n is a modern interpretation of sixth floor, International Affairs Building, presents the Krysa-Tchekina Duo in a con­ .чі daughter durmy 17th seasonal celebrations of nature arxі the consequences of "blind 420 W. 118th St., 11 a.m.-l p.m. For more cert titled "Greetings from Eastern Europe." rv Ukraine, that takes von faith" in a ceremonial ritual information call (212) 854-4008. Violinist Oleh Krysa and pianist Tatiana artar mercenary camp, and set in pre-Christian Ukraine. Tchekina will perform a program of works Saturday, November 25 a Sultan's comical harem, ending by Schulhoff, Prokofiev, Bartok, Karabyts with Shumka's famous Hopak. NORTH PORT, Fla.: Ukrainian National and Szymanowski. The concert will be held Women's League of America Branch 56 at the UIA, 2 E. 79th St., starting 8 p.m. will commemorate the 70th anniversary of NEWARK, N.J.: St. John the Baptist the UNWLA with a banquet and cultural Ukrainiain Catholic School will be hosting a program to be held at St. Mary's St. Nicholas program in the school gym, Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 1078 N. 762 Sanford Ave., at 3 p.m. St. Nicholas' Biscayne Drive. Tickets: $15. For tickets office will be open 11 a.m.-noon and 2-3 and table reservations call (813) 426-8077. p.m. Only one package per recipient will be Sunday, November 26 accepted. The program will feature a play performed by St. John's students. St. CHICAGO: The Schola Cantorum, under Nicholas will be present to distribute gifts. #"3# the direction of Michael Thompson, will perform in concert in a program of works TOMS RIVER, N.J.: St Stephen featuring the Christmas section of Handel's Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1344 White

3ancers are a national treasure.. .Ukrainian Shumka "Messiah," Bortniansky's Concert No. 6, Oak Bottom Road, will hold a holiday Dancers know how to give an audience its moneys worth." Gregorian Chant and Advent Music. The bazaar at the parish center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - The Toronto Star concert will be held at Ss. Volodymyr and There will be Ukrainian and Christmas Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, 2245 W. crafts, attic treasures, and home-made "One doesn't just watch the Shumka Dancers - they are absolutely thrilling to experience. Superior St., at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10. breads and cakes. "Cafe Ukraine," which Their dash and vigour, their number and harmony, their sheer joy of dance make them Proceeds to benefit St. Nicholas Grammar opens at 1 1:30 a.m., will have eat-in or unquestionably unique." - Veronica Tennant (Prima Ballerina, Author, Broadcaster) School. Tickets may be purchased at St. take-out Ukrainian ethnic foods. Nicholas Cathedral Rectory by calling (312) Buy ONE (or $24.95 use OP GET ALL THREE m > coionui collector's case top ому $59.95 uso ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.: The Ukrainian 276-4537, or at the door. plus shipping and handling (Canadian orders $29.95 OP SB9.95 plus snipping and handling) community will host a concert by the Monday, November 27 Veseli Halychany ensemble from Ternopil, Ukraine, to be held at the TO ORDER CAll TOLL FREE (24 hours, USA or Canada) •# ОПП Л~7Л ССЧО CHICAGO: Friends of Radiology in Epiphany Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, VISA, MASTERCARD, OR MONEY ORDER ACCEPTED. l"OUU"*lf ГЗОсО Ukraine Inc., a non-profit group of diagnos­ 434 90th Ave., at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10. tic and therapeutic radiologists, medical physicists and professional colleagues will Sunday, December 3 be meeting, in a session open to the public, during the Radiological Society of North NEW YORK: The Society of Ukrainian- TO ALL SECRETARIES AND NEW MEMBERS OF U.N.A. America convention at McCormick Place, Jewish Relations, the American Association Room E263, 11:30 a.m.-l p.m. Paul Capp, of Jews from the Former Soviet Union and All English-speaking new members who purchased UNA insurance in M.D., director, American Board of the Jewish Cultural Society will hold a con­ Radiology, will preside. Featured speakers ference titled "Ukrainian-Jewish Dialogue" the Adult Department as of September 1, 1995 will receive four com­ are Prof. Yakiv Babij, M.D., president, to be held at the Shevchenko Scientific Ukrainian Association of Radiologists and Society, 63 Fourth Ave., (between Ninth plimentary copies of "The Ukrainian Weekly". All Ukrainian-speaking director, Kyiv Diagnostic Center; and Prof. and 10th streets), starting at 10 a.m. The conference will address issues pertinent to members will receive "Svoboda". By introducing our new members to Dmytro Mechev, M.D., vice-president, UAR and director, Kyiv Institute of Postgraduate Ukrainian-Jewish relations in three aspects: these publications, we hope they will become subscribers. Physicians Training in Radiology. Issues to historical-philosophical, socio-political and be considered are: raising the standards of cultural. Among the participants will be Ukrainian medical education to those in the Ambassador Anatoliy Zlenko, Prof. Taras U.N.A. Home Office West, solutions for Ukrainian-language Hunczak, Evhen Stakhiv, Oleksandr medical publications, and linking Ukraine Burakovsky, Wolodymyr Shpyluk and oth­ with Western medical centers via coopera­ ers. tive programs and improved telecommunica­ EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The Lesia tions. Dinner reception to follow in the Ukrainka "Ridna Shkola" Ukrainian School evening. For additional information contact of Morris County will host a visit by St. Friends of Radiology, c/o Dr. Adrian Nicholas at the Ramada Hotel, 130 Route Baranetsky, fax (201) 378-3981. 10, at 3 p.m. Students will perform a holiday Friday, December 1 program, after which St. Nicholas will dis­ tribute gifts. Refreshments of coffee and pas­ NEW YORK: Members of the Ukrainian tries will follow. The heavenly office will be Engineers' Society and the Ukrainian open to receive gifts at 2-3 p.m. There is a Medical Association of North America, limit of one gift per child. along with their families, friends and the Ukrainian community are invited to the tra­ WARREN, Mich.: The Detroit Regional ditional, annual Yalynka to be held at the Council of the Ukrainian National Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th Women's League of America invites the St., at 7 p.m. The evening includes a musi­ cal holiday program and a light buffet. (Continued on page 18)

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