Inside: l Plast leaders gather for world conference – page 3 l Photo report: UNA celebrates 125 years – centerfold l Community: Maryland, New York, Connecticut – page 12

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association, Inc., celebrating W its 125th anniversaryeekly Vol. LXXXVII No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 $2.00 Inaugural Holodomor Forum draws UNA General Assembly holds experts from across North America annual meeting at Home Office Former U.S. Rep. Sander Levin honored for his long-time support of Holodomor issues

U.S. Holodomor Committee The agenda of the meeting was focused on discussing methodologies for expanding PHILADELPHIA – Delegates from across awareness of the Holodomor in American the United States and Canada met Friday, society, as well as in the Ukrainian October 4, to Sunday, October 6, in American community. Philadelphia at a Holodomor Forum orga- On Saturday, October 5, delegates nized by the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian attended a plenary session chaired by Mr. Holodomor-Genocide Awareness. Sawkiw. Rather than an academic conference, the In his opening remarks, he stated: “The forum was organized as a working session U.S. Holodomor Committee has been work- for advocates to jointly lay out a blueprint ing feverishly for over a decade to promote to build on recent efforts to increase aware- Holodomor awareness and recognition of ness of the Holodomor as follows: intro- the Holodomor as a genocide against the duce a Holodomor curriculum at the state Ukrainian nation. We have been fortunate Nadiya Folk or local level; maintain a drumbeat of advo- to have dedicated a memorial in Participants of the 2019 annual meeting of the Ukrainian National Association’s cacy efforts for recognition of the Washington, D.C., to the victims of the General Assembly. Holodomor as a genocide; revoke New York Ukrainian genocide, and to have the U.S. Times correspondent Walter Duranty’s Congress recognize the Holodomor as a by Roma Hadzewycz Honorary Member of the General Assembly Pulitzer Prize; and increase media expo- genocide in last year’s resolution commem- Eugene Oscislawski. Editor-in-Chief Roma sure of the Holodomor. orating the 85th anniversary of the PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian Hadzewycz also participated. On Friday evening October 4, following Ukrainian Holodomor. National Association’s General Assembly The annual meeting began with an registration and a meet and greet recep- He noted: “It is in this manner that we convened its 2019 annual meeting here at opening ceremony during which the tion, U.S. Holodomor Committee Chairman sponsor the first-ever Holodomor Forum in the UNA Home Office on Friday and Canadian, American and Ukrainian national Michael Sawkiw, Jr. moderated a U.S. Saturday, November 1-2. anthems and Taras Shevchenko’s “Zapovit” Holodomor Committee general meeting. (Continued on page 16) The meeting was held in Parsippany this (Testament) were sung, and a prayer was year because the UNA’s gala 125th anniver- offered. A moment of silence was observed sary concert was scheduled for Saturday in honor of UNA activists who had recently evening, November 2, at Dolan passed away, among them former UNA Performance Hall of the College of St. Supreme Vice-Presidentess Gloria Paschen. Art installation in Kyiv marks Elizabeth in nearby Morristown. The In his report, President/CEO Kaczaraj General Assembly sessions took place in pointed to the $390,622 increase for the anniversary of Revolution of Dignity the Home Office’s newly designed confer- first six months of 2019 in the UNA’s sur- ence room. plus, which now stands at $11.41 million. Ukraine Crisis Media Center Shevchenko Boulevard in Kyiv. It comes as an attempt to visualize the feelings of inner Updates on all aspects of the UNA’s activ- He added that he anticipates a further KYIV – Ahead of the sixth anniversary of tension, conflict and relentless force ity were delivered by the three executive increase in surplus for the entire year. The the Revolution of Dignity, the Ukraine Crisis beyond reason. operating officers of the UNA: President/ UNA’s chief executive also reported on his Media Center on October 30 installed the Chief Executive Officer Stefan Kaczaraj, representation of the organization during sculpture “Confrontation” on Taras (Continued on page 15) Chief Operations Officer/National the past year. Secretary Yuriy Symczyk and Chief CFO/Treasurer Lisovich began her Financial Officer/Treasurer Roma Lisovich. report by citing the broader context of Other General Assembly members, as developments in the life insurance industry. well as the editor-in-chief of the UNA’s offi- She underscored that the UNA has built a cial publications, Svoboda and The strong foundation for future growth and Ukrainian Weekly, submitted written said it “continues to experience consecutive reports in advance of the meeting. All had years of solid net profits.” Moreover, she an opportunity to orally add to their said the UNA’s assets are projected to grow reports at the annual meeting. to $182 million by the end of 2020. Present in addition to the executive COO/National Secretary Symczyk ana- operating officers were other executive offi- lyzed UNA insurance sales for the first nine cers: First Vice-President Gerald Tysiak and months of 2019 and noted that 2020 has a Director for Canada Ewhen Osidacz; lot of potential for increased sales. In the Second Vice-President Eugene Serba par- works are agent recruitment processes and ticipated via teleconference. Also attending a new marketing plan. He also spoke about were Auditing Committee members Luba the merger of some UNA branches and the Walchuk, George Fedorijczuk and Andrij establishment of a new branch, No. 501, in Skyba, and Advisors Olya Czerkas, Nicholas the Philadelphia District, as well as a poten- Fil, Gloria Horbaty, Irene Jarosewich, tial new branch in the Whippany, N.J., area. Oksana Koziak, Michael Luciw, Julian Advisor Puzyk, who chairs the special UCMC Pishko, Bohdana Puzyk, Oksana Stanko, “Confrontation” by Oleksiy Zolotaryov stands on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. Lubov Streletsky and Andrij V.R. Szul, and (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46

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President Zelenskyy’s Mariupol speech Move to lift ban on farmland sale ICJ can judge complaints against Russia Ukraine’s Parliament has passed a bill in The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Donbas hints at forthcoming strategy its first reading to remove a ban on the sale has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear of farmland, a move supported by the coun- by Vladimir Socor The president’s Mariupol speech seems Kyiv’s terrorism-financing complaint Eurasia Daily Monitor to be a reaction to criticism from mass try’s foreign backers and hailed by Prime against Russia over Moscow’s activities in media and civil society over Mr. Zelenskyy’s Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk as a step away eastern Ukraine. The November 8 ruling, Addressing a forum in Mariupol, a port acceptance of the Steinmeier formula per from “feudalism.” A total of 240 lawmakers read out at the Hague-based United city in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Moscow’s demand and his unrequited backed the bill on November 13 to lift the Nations court by Presiding Judge Donetsk Oblast, on October 31, President eagerness to meet with Russian President nearly two-decade ban in October 2020, as Abdulqawi Yusuf, said conditions had been Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined an upcom- Vladimir Putin. The criticism focuses on Mr. dozens of protesters opposed to the reform met for the case to be heard in full. It also ing “state strategy for the reintegration of Zelenskyy’s lack of a concept on how to gathered outside the Parliament building. rejected Russia’s argument that the court the Donbas and Crimea” into Ukraine. The “end the war” and “bring peace” (see EDM, The proposed legislation, which is strongly does not have jurisdiction in the case. Kyiv dual-purpose forum included a conference September 17, 24, 25, 26, October 3, 10, 16, promoted by President Volodymyr alleges Moscow has breached a treaty on for international and Ukrainian investors, 17, 21). In the week prior to the Mariupol Zelenskyy, must be voted on a second time terrorism financing by arming and sup- as well as a “unity forum” for dialogue speech, the pullback of Ukrainian troops to come into force. “This day will go down porting pro-Russia militants in eastern between the government and civil society. from one frontline outpost and scheduled in the history of Ukraine,” Honcharuk said Ukraine since 2014. Kyiv has also charged Mr. Zelenskyy’s speech may, at best, be pullback from another outpost (again as in a Facebook post after the vote. “Finally, that Russia-installed authorities have been taken as an introduction to a forthcoming preconditions to a Putin-Zelenskyy meet- we can move away from feudalism to real suppressing the rights of ethnic Tatars and strategy for reintegration of the occupied ing) highlighted anew the absence of a stra- market relations as a fully fledged, devel- territories. Composed of broad generalities, tegic concept amid Mr. Zelenskyy’s tactical, other minorities since Russia occupied and oped country,” the prime minister added. this introduction enumerates four features reactive moves. illegally annexed Ukraine’s Crimean penin- that the strategy must necessarily entail: Without acknowledging those criticisms Those who want to scrap the moratorium sula in 2014. The case opens a new legal transparency, consensus, realism and state in the Mariupol speech, Mr. Zelenskyy on the sale of agricultural land, which was front in strained relations between Russia capacity to apply the strategy in practice. attempted to address them obliquely by introduced in 2001, say the move would and Ukraine and could take years to Within these principles, the strategy must, suggesting that a Donbas reintegration unlock enormous investment potential. resolve. Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of of course, be balanced, pragmatic and ready strategy is being worked out. The effort fell However, critics raised concerns that it Foreign Affairs Olena Zerkal told journalists for certain compromises to attain its goals. short of this goal, as did the president’s could allow local oligarchs and foreigners in Kyiv on November 8 that the ruling was a Self-evidently, it must also combine “diplo- October 10 press marathon (see EDM, to force out poorer Ukrainians in purchas- “great victory for Ukraine” and “a victory of macy, information and humanitarian poli- October 16, 17), and for the same reasons: ing plots. The draft bill limits the area that the rule of law.” She added, “We can move cies, as these cannot exist separately from lack of specifics, absence of inputs from pol- could be accumulated by one person or forward and [present] all arguments at the each other.” In sum, “Ukraine needs peace, icy experts and the president’s unfamiliarity entity and stipulates that foreigners will court and for the international community, but a peace on our terms.” The ultimate with the dossiers of issues that he attempt- not be able to buy land until 2024, but Mr. concerning violations which [took place] objective is “to end the war and get all of ed to address. Mr. Zelenskyy indicated that a Zelenskyy has said that matter should be on Ukrainian soil.” Ms. Zerkal underscored: Ukraine’s territories back” (President.gov. strategy will shortly be unveiled for public put to a referendum. Ukraine, one of the “That means that Russia will be [held] ua, accessed October 30). debate. This last point is not only a charac- world’s top grain exporters, has more than accountable.” She also said authorities in For an even broader, methodological teristically Zelenskyy populist touch but 40 million hectares of fertile farmland that Kyiv think the ruling could set a precedent framework, Mr. Zelenskyy’s speech invokes also a defensive gesture toward criticism cover nearly 70 percent of its territory. that will have an impact on other cases the “international experience of armed con- from the active core of civil society. Creating a farmland market by lifting the filed against Russia in connection with its flicts and wars anywhere on the globe, Partly as a result of that backlash, the moratorium could add $15 billion a year to activities on Ukrainian territory. “This court showing the way to end the war and bring Ukrainian delegation in the Minsk Contact Ukraine’s economic output and increase will hear this case and it might be that it peace in three indispensable stages”: stop Group has unexpectedly reverted to posi- yearly gross domestic product by about 1.5 will [have] influence on the Russian posi- the fighting irreversibly, promote reconcili- tions it had defended during Petro percentage points, according to the World tion at the [U.N.] Security Council and that ation and achieve reintegration “not merely Poroshenko’s presidency, in line with Bank. The European Union representative we will achieve justice,” Ms. Zerkal said. on paper.” Ukraine is about to achieve the Ukraine’s national interests. In the Minsk office in Ukraine said the bloc supports first stage and will then embark on the next The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington said Group’s regular fortnightly sessions on plans to open the land market in Ukraine, two stages, Mr. Zelenskyy stated October 15 and October 29, Kyiv’s delega- the decision was a “landmark day for but it insisted that the reform must be (Ukrinform, October 30). tion, led by former President Leonid Ukraine.” In a statement on Facebook, the “based on rule of law and principles of sus- The published text contains just one brief Kuchma, called for the dissolution of the Embassy said: “It means that, despite reference to “Russian aggression” in a subor- Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” tainability, fairness, inclusiveness, and Russia’s efforts to avoid accountability, dinate clause of the speech; one passing (DPR, LPR), disbandment of their militaries transparency of land-related data.” The EU Ukraine’s claims regarding the financing of mention of international economic sanctions and Ukrainian access to the DPR/LPR- office added, “Priority to small farmers, terrorism in Ukraine and racial discrimina- as reinforcement to Ukrainian diplomacy; no controlled stretch of the Ukraine-Russia safeguards must be put in place to avoid tion in Crimea by Russia will now move for- reference to the Minsk agreements, although border, as part of a set of prerequisites to concentration of land ownership.” (RFE/ ward to a full hearing.” Justice Yusuf noted Mr. Zelenskyy does embrace the Normandy any local elections in that territory RL’s Ukrainian Service, with reporting by format and Minsk Contact Group negotia- (Ukrinform, October 15, 29). Reuters and AFP) (Continued on page 14) tions again in this speech; and no mention of The explicit call for the DPR/LPR’s disso- Russia’s moves to suffocate the port of lution goes beyond Kyiv’s Poroshenko-era Mariupol – host city of this forum – by ille- defense. It challenges the structure and gally restricting access to and from the port process of the Minsk Contact Group as he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 via the Kerch Strait (see Eurasia Daily such, where the two “people’s republics” T U W Monitor, September 6, 2017, February 22, are parties to the negotiations, opposite the An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., 2018, April 12, 2018, June 11, 2018). Ukrainian government. On October 1, the a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Plast’s leaders worldwide gather for triennial conference by Roman Tymotsko place there in 1947 – the spring camporee is known as “Sviato Vesny.” At that same location two years ago, Plast MUNICH, Germany – Once every three years, Plast lead- celebrated 105 years of its activity and the 70th anniversa- ers from all over the world meet to elect a new board and ry of that historic event, which was the last big gathering executives, as well as to analyze the present state of the before most Ukrainians in the DP camps moved to their organization. From October 30 to November 3, the trienni- new homes all over the world. In the meantime, Ukraine al Conference of Ukrainian Plast Organizations (CUPO) was under Soviet occupation, and that made any further took place in a castle near Munich, Germany. Some 100 Plast activity impossible in its homeland, where it began representatives from 10 countries approved changes to the activity in 1911. constitution of world Plast and discussed Plast’s future. These events led to the establishment of Plast organiza- After the end of World War II, most members of Plast tions all over the world: from the United States and Canada Ukrainian Scouting Organization ended up in camps for to Australia and Argentina. Even Tunisia and Brazil have a displaced persons. One of the largest was in Mittenwald short history of Ukrainian scouting on their lands. near Munich. A massive gathering of Ukrainian scouts took When most Ukrainians settled down and formed com- munities within their cities, states, or counties, the next question for Plast was: “How can we stay united, while being scattered all over the world”? Furthermore, how do we keep Plast strong and establish links between Ukrainian scouts on different continents? In 1953, the Conference of Ukrainian Plast Organizations was established in response to those ques- tions. As most Ukrainians had the belief that eventually Ukraine would become independent, the mission of CUPO was to maintain the Plast ideology, traditions and method- Roman Tymotsko ology, and return it to Ukraine when it would become pos- sible to renew Ukrainian scouting. No one knew that the During a session of the worldwide conference of Plast leaders. Soviet occupation would last for decades. When the USSR started collapsing in 1989, some Plast School, and director of the Doctoral School at the National activists flew to Ukraine and played a key role in creating University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. and training the first Plast groups. Thanks to these dream- Prof. Wynnyckyj was born in Canada, where he was an ers, most of them members of the Ukrainian diaspora, this active Plast member. Nearly 20 years ago, he moved to year Plast is celebraing the 30th anniversary of its re-estab- Ukraine; today he is a member of Plast Ukraine’s board of lishment in Ukraine. trustees. The congress started a significant discussion Throughout the 1990s, Ukrainian communities all about the interactions among national Plast organizations. around the globe were focused on how to help Ukraine as Currently, two-thirds of the world’s Plast scouts are in it took its first independent steps. Today, discussions on the Ukraine, but sometimes global decisions are made without roles of Plast in Ukraine and in other countries continue. a full understanding of the modern Ukrainian context and The 20th Conference of Ukrainian Plast Organizations the needs of children in Ukraine. It is hoped that the results held in Munich also focused on these questions. During the of the sixth Plast Congress will help worldwide Plast build international conference, there was a major discussion on stronger institutions aimed at achieving Plast’s mission. the fundamental ideals of Plast during what is known as The culmination of each Conference of Ukrainian Plast the Plast Congress. The discussion was moderated by Organizations is an election of the new World Plast Delegates to the 20th Conference of Ukrainian Plast Mychailo Wynnyckyj, associate professor in the Organizations. Department of Sociology at the Kyiv-Mohyla Business (Continued on page 15) British Columbia adopts Veterans Day marked at UAV National Monument Holodomor Memorial Act UCC OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) welcomed the adoption by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia of Bill M225, Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act. The bill, introduced by BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver, passed its third reading unanimously on October 29. Royal assent was expected later that week. “Thank you to Mr. Weaver for introducing this act, which recognizes the Holodomor as a Genocide of the Ukrainian people, and officially establishes the fourth Saturday of November as the Holodomor Memorial Day in British Columbia,” stated Natalie Jatskevich, president of the UCC’s British Columbia Provincial Council. “We commend the government of BC and all members of the BC Legislative Assembly for their sup- port of this important recognition. Through honoring the millions of victims of the Holodomor, let us work together to ensure that such horrendous crimes are never repeated.” The Ukrainian Canadian Congress congratulated the UCC British Columbia Provincial Council and the Ukrainian community of British Columbia for their persistent work in ensuring the adoption of this important legislation. In 2008, the government of Canada recognized the Holodomor as an act of Genocide against the Courtesy of the Very Rev. Yuriy Siwko Ukrainian people and established the fourth Saturday SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Veterans Day, November 11, was commemorated at the Ukrainian American of November as the National Ukrainian Famine and Veterans National Monument located on the grounds of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day. The provinces Cemetery, which is part of the Metropolia Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. The monument, of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and a project of the Ukrainian American Veterans, was dedicated in 2015 in honor of all who served in the U.S. Armed Quebec have adopted similar legislation. Forces. Seen above are clergy, seminarians and members of the Ukrainian American Veterans. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46

OBITUARY Endowment in honor of Dmytro Shtohryn Dmytro Shtohryn, librarian, initiator of Ukrainian studies established at U. of Illinois at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 95 by Samantha Jones Toal

by Serhiy Kvit Dmytro Shtohryn may have retired as a professor at Illinois in 1995, but his commitment to the university and the field of Despite all the national disasters of the 20th cen- Ukrainian studies remained as vibrant and meaningful as the tury, Ukrainian intellectual life has never been inter- Ukrainian paintings hanging on the walls of his home. rupted. On the contrary, it has always yielded more Prof. Shtohryn (who recently passed away) and his wife, and more new examples of excellence in extremely Eustachia, lived in Champaign since 1960, when he turned down a unfavorable circumstances, not only under German professional librarianship position at Harvard to join Laurence Nazi and Russian Communist occupation regimes, Miller, professor of library administration and the first head of the but also throughout modern Ukrainian history. Slavic and East European Library, and the late Ralph Fisher, pro- The life path of Dmytro Shtohryn, a professor of fessor of history and the first director of the Russian and East literature, bibliographer and public figure, was repre- European Center (later renamed the Russian, East European, and sentative of the history of his motherland. He was Eurasian Center (REEEC), in their quest to teach and expand the born on November 9, 1923, in village of Zvyniach in Slavic and East European collections at Illinois. The native of the Chortkiv region of Ternopil Oblast, into the patri- Ukraine is credited with establishing Ukrainian studies as a disci- otic family of Mykhailo and Kateryna (a descendant pline at Illinois. of the Figol family) Shtohryn, who were in charge of a Their daughter, Dr. Liudoslava (Liuda) Shtohryn, has honored her Ukrainian Insurgent Army “kryivka” (a secret hiding father’s career by establishing the Dmytro Shtohryn Endowment in place) during World War II. Ukrainian Studies in the Department of Slavic Languages and He began his education in Chortkiv High School. Literatures at Illinois. The endowment for the department will be His further planned studies in the city of Peremyshl used for conferences, symposia, individual lectures and other learn- were disrupted by the war, as a result of which he ing opportunities on the topic of Ukrainian studies. wound up in displaced persons camps in Germany. In Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn “There will be a number of symposiums and lectures not only 1946, he entered the Ukrainian Free University, first covering the literature and language, but also Ukrainian culture, studying in Augsburg and then in Munich. Mr. co-founded the Center for Liberation Movement history and so forth,” Shtohryn said. “The endowment will also be Shtohryn contributed to the development of Plast Studies headed by Volodymyr Viatrovych. giving money to the Program of Ukrainian Studies in the REEEC Ukrainian Scouting Organization, the Ukrainian Youth In the 2018-2019 academic year, his daughter, and its unique institution, the Summer Research Lab on Russia and Association and the Ukrainian Student Association of Liudoslava (Liuda) Shtohryn, established the Dmytro East European Countries, and so maybe even next year we will have Mykola Mikhnovskyi in the Ukrainian diaspora. Shtohryn Endowment at the Department of Slavic some papers on Ukrainian topics through the endowment.” After immigrating to Canada, Mr. Shtohryn Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois The opening of the Russian, East European and Eurasian obtained degrees in literature and library studies at Urbana-Champaign to support Ukrainian studies. Center at Illinois in 1959 caught Prof. Shtohryn’s eye. He joined from Ottawa University in 1959. His dissertation It is hard to overestimate Prof. Shtohryn’s contri- the faculty at Illinois in 1960 as the Cold War was heating up. research was dedicated to the literary works of Oleh bution to Ukrainian intellectual and community life. During his 35 years at the university, Prof. Shtohryn, who Kandyba-Olzhych and Pavlo Fylypovych. In Winnipeg He was a professor of the University of Ottawa, the served in the Slavic and East European Library (SEEL), was one of in 1955, he married Eustachia Barwinsky. It was a Ukrainian Free University in Munich and the Catholic its key members who built the Ukrainian program from the lifelong love. The couple had two children, Bohdar University in Rome. He was also a member of the ground up, obtaining a collection that includes hard copies, micro- Oleh and Liudoslava Vira. American Slavic Association, the American Library film and other forms of published materials. In 1960, the young couple moved to Urbana- Association (chairman of its Slavic and Eastern When he began his work at the university, there were about Champaign in Illinois and became established there. European section), the International Honorary 7,000 books devoted to East European and Slavic studies at Prof. Shtohryn became a lecturer of Ukrainian studies Society of Social Sciences, Shevchenko Scientific Illinois. Today the university boasts over half a million holdings, and one of the administrators of the University of Society in the U.S., the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and and is one of the largest collections of Slavic and East European Illinois Ukrainian Library. He was in charge of the Sciences in the United States and the Ukrainian resources in the country. Its Ukrainian collection might be recog- Slavic book collections, including Ukrainian books. Historical Association. Professor Shtohryn was a co- nized as the largest one west of the Library of Congress. In fact, it Due to his efforts, the Slavic Book Collection of the founder and president of the Ukrainian Library is rivaled only by Harvard, Columbia, the New York Public Library University of Illinois, along with the Library of Association of America, the Ukrainian Academic and and the Library of Congress. Scholars come to Illinois from across Congress and the Harvard University Library, are the Professional Society, and a member of the National the world each summer to conduct research at the REEEC’s largest in the United States. In 1995, Dmytro and Writers’ Union of Ukraine. Summer Research Laboratory. Eustachia Shtohryn established an endowment in He authored and edited six books and some 100 In 1995, Dmytro and Eustachia Shtohryn established an their name to support the Ukrainian book collection. articles in English, Ukrainian and German. One of his endowment at the University of Illinois Foundation to further On his initiative, the Department of Ukrainian most important books was published in 1975, the enrich the collection he’d been so pivotal in creating. Studies was opened at the University of Illinois. In compendium “Ukrainians in North America: A bio- During his work at the SEEL, Prof. Shtohryn taught a course on 1980, Prof. Shtohryn headed the Ukrainian Research graphical directory of noteworthy men and women Ukrainian language and, with Prof. Fisher, a course on the history Program. Two years later, he initiated the annual of Ukrainian origin in the United States and Canada.” of Ukraine. In the 1970s he established courses on Ukrainian liter- research conferences in Ukrainian studies that took I saw Prof. Shtohryn for the last time in the sum- ature in translation and later a course on Ukrainian culture, and place each year from 1982 to 2009. These conferenc- mer of 2018. With him and his wife, we discussed thus taught a multitude of classes until 2000. es became the largest intellectual forum for the many plans, including publication of a collection of In the 1980s he organized, with REEEC sponsorship, the Ukrainian diaspora around the globe. Since the late selected materials from his annual Ukrainian studies Ukrainian Research Program which organized and conducted 1980s, Ukrainian researchers also started to regular- conferences at Urbana-Champaign. This collection (within the framework of the Summer Research Lab) 27 (includ- ly visit Urbana-Champaign. will be published in two volumes in 2020 by the Kyiv ing 25 annual) international conferences on Ukrainian subjects. The polemical context of Prof. Shtohryn’s annual Mohyla Academy Publishing House. From 1982 to 2009 those scholarly meetings were attended by conferences, ongoing lively discussions and exchang- On September 25 Prof. Shtohryn passed away at approximately 2,500 participants, including 743 speakers and dis- es of thoughts and ideas were vitally important for the age of 95. Father Roman Artymovych of Ss. cussants from 24 countries in five continents. Ukrainian intellectual life. The meetings focused on Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in Besides his library work and teaching Ukrainian courses in the different topics: the participants discussed the future Chicago presided over the liturgy and funeral prayers 1970s, Prof. Shtohryn was elected to the University Senate. For of Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora, presented the at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Champaign. Burial several years, he was visiting professor of Ukrainian literature at results of sociological research, discussed various was at Roselawn Cemetery in Champaign. the University of Ottawa, the Ukrainian Free University in Munich issues of Ukrainian academic and political life, as well We remember Dmytro Shtohryn as a librarian and and the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome. as topics of history, literature, the arts and economy. literary scholar, professor and honored member of He has authored and edited five books in English and At one of these conferences, Viacheslav the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). Ukrainian, and was editor and member of editorial boards for five Briukhovetsky presented his project to revive the Prof. Shtohryn liked to emphasize that his profession English and Ukrainian scholarly periodicals. He is author of nearly Kyiv Mohyla Academy, which was later successfully and mission was to be a librarian. That is why Prof. 60 articles on American and Slavic librarianship and Ukrainian implemented and today is the National University of Shtohryn will forever remain in our memory as a culture, especially Ukrainian literature. Kyiv Mohyla Academy. great supporter of intellectual life and as the librarian In the introduction to prominent Ukrainian scholar Jaroslav This writer first met Prof. Shtohryn in 1995, when of the Ukrainian movement. Rozumnyj’s “Twentieth Century Ukrainian Literature: Essays in he lectured at the Ukrainian Free University in Honor of Dmytro Shtohryn,” the author declares, “For over 40 years, Serhiy Kvit, former president of Kyiv-Mohyla Munich. Prof. Shtohryn quickly became closer to peo- the Ukrainian presence at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Academy (2007-2014) and former minister of educa- ple owing to his sincere personal involvement. We Champaign has been synonymous with Dmytro Shtohryn.” tion and science of Ukraine (2014-2016), was a stu- immediately began to communicate not only as a stu- And with the newest endowment from his daughter, Prof. dent of Prof. Dmytro Shtohryn. dent and professor, but also as people who want to Shtohryn’s impact will be even deeper for years to come. To help create a vibrant culture of learning for students change something in this life. * * * In particular, we collaborated on the journal Memorial donations may be made to the Dmytro through the Dmytro Shtohryn Endowment in Ukrainian Studies Ukrainian Problems (1991-2003), founded by the Shtohryn Endowment for Ukrainian Studies in the readers may e-mail [email protected]. late Zinoviy Krasivsky. To support the journal, Prof. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Samantha Jones Toal is affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts Shtohryn engaged Ukrainian scholars from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For infor- and Sciences at the University of Illinois. United States and Canada. In parallel, Prof. Shtohryn mation, readers may e-mail [email protected]. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 5

UNA CELEBRATES 125 YEARS: A snapshot from history, 1936

Seen above are members of UNA Branch 273, the founders were Toma Pyndus and Mykhailo Uhorchak. The first A photo archive of UNA history Brotherhood of St. Josaphat, in Hudson, N.Y. This photo leaders of the branch were Josafat Raytarovsky, president, has been launched on the UNA web- appeared in the Ukrainian-language “Jubilee Book of the and Mykhailo Hryb, secretary. The jubilee book notes that site. It is a work in progress that Ukrainian National Association” published in 1936 in com- Pavlo Matiyak did the most to grow the branch’s membership will be expanded and refined. To take a look, go to unainc.org/una/ memoration of the UNA’s 40th anniversary. The branch was by enrolling 126 members. In 1936, 200 Ukrainian families the-una-is-125-years-old/. founded on September 15, 1915, with nine members; its resided in the Hudson area.

the UNA’s official publications, the newspa- UNA General... pers Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. Ms. Lisovich reported on the UNA (Continued from page 1) Publications Endowment Fund that exists committee established to plan celebrations within the Ukrainian National Foundation, of the UNA’s 125th, reported the good news adding that donations to the fund now total that tickets to the gala concert scheduled $29,100, which includes $12,500 from the for the next day were sold out, and that UNA. $30,000 had been raised from sponsors. The CFO also spoke of the high cost of She said there is great support from the producing both newspapers and reported community for this jubilee concert and on cost-containment measures that had assured all that “this will be an event to been implemented. At the same time, it was remember and enjoy.” Ms. Puzyk expressed pointed out by Ms. Lisovich that the news- special appreciation to Nadiya Folk, execu- papers are “our main advertising vehicle,” tive assistant at the UNA Home Office, for and by Mr. Szul that they are also “our pri- her design of all materials related to the mary corporate communications vehicle.” 125th anniversary: the anniversary logo, There was a discussion on how to advertisements for jubilee events and the increase the number of subscribers and concert program book. whether to give UNA members a free online Roma Hadzewycz Next came a report and discussion about subscription to their choice of one of the Listening to UNA executive officers’ reports (from left) are: Honorary Member of the General Assembly Eugene Oscislawski, and Advisors Michael Luciw, Nicholas Fil and Oksana Koziak. UNA’s newspapers. Soyuzivka Heritage Center in Kerhonkson, Three standing committees of the N.Y. General Assembly – Financial, Membership The five-member Standing Committee Outreach and Publications – met during the on UNA By-Laws – whose members are annual meeting. Messrs. Tysiak (chair), Serba (who partici- Financial Committee members are: Ms. pated via teleconference), Osidacz and Lisovich (chair), and Messrs. Tysiak, Serba, Skyba, and Ms. Walchuk – and the Working Fedorijczuk, Luciw and Skyba. Group on UNA By-Laws – composed of Mr. The Membership Outreach Committee Szul (chair, who was not present that day), comprises: Mr. Symczyk (chair), and Mss. Mr. Symczyk and Mss. Lisovich, Koziak and Stanko, Streletsky, Horbaty, Walchuk and Hadzewycz – held a joint meeting on Koziak. Saturday afternoon, November 2, immedi- The Publications Committee is com- ately after the General Assembly meeting posed of: Mss. Jarosewich (chair), was adjourned. Hadzewycz, Puzyk and Czerkas, and The two groups, which now form the Messrs. Pishko and Serba. Joint Committee on UNA By-Laws, are to Advisor Bohdana Puzyk, chair of the UNA’s 125th Anniversary Committee, reports to General Assembly members discussed meet again on Monday, November 18, to the General Assembly. Looking on are President/CEO Stefan Kaczaraj and CFO/ the date of the next annual meeting, agree- iron out further details regarding the pro- Treasurer Roma Lisovich. ing that it should be in October 2020 at posed new by-laws of the association. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46

REVIEW The Ukrainian Weekly At the International Court of Justice The Netflix series “The Devil Next Door” Buried among the news headlines of recent days was the significant November 8 and the tragic story of John Demjanjuk ruling by the International Court of Justice that it does indeed have jurisdiction to hear Ukraine’s case against Russia regarding its actions in eastern Ukraine and by Bohdan Shandor Demjanjuk to the notorious concentration Crimea. In a nutshell, the court rejected Russia’s claims that it lacks jurisdiction in camp consisted of two types of evidence: the proceedings instituted by Ukraine on the basis of both the 1999 International PART I the ID card and direct eyewitness testimo- ny. Netflix is clear about the KGB’s motiva- Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (ICSFT) and the 1965 The new Netflix documentary series International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination tion: Ukrainian Americans and the titled ‘The Devil Next Door” should more American Jewish community were the two (known as CERD) and found that it has jurisdiction to hear Ukraine’s claims made aptly have been called “The Trial,” for the on the basis of both conventions. Moreover, the court’s judgement is “final, without most outspoken and effective anti-Soviet story of John Demjanjuk has more to do groups in the United States, and driving a appeal and binding on the parties,” as is stated in the ICJ’s news release. with Franz Kafka and his world of bizarre The principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of wedge between them was the goal of the predicaments, incomprehensible bureau- KGB. The Russian Soviets also took glee at Justice is composed of judges elected for nine-year terms by the General Assembly cracies and surrealistic outcomes than any and the Security Council. Its seat is at The Hague in the Netherlands. The court’s “exposing” America’s democracy as a haven semblance of law and justice. It is the story for Nazi collaborators. role is described as twofold: “to settle, in accordance with international law, legal of government abuse in the United States disputes submitted to it by states” and “to give advisory opinions on legal questions Demjanjuk’s U.S. citizenship was voided driven by obsessed prosecutors and an in 1981, on the grounds that he had failed referred to it by duly authorized United Nations organs and agencies of the system.” Israeli legal system hell bent on using It was back on January 16, 2017, that Ukraine had filed its case with the ICJ’s reg- to disclose upon entering the United States Demjanjuk to educate its young about the that he was Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka. istry, alleging violations of the ICSFT in eastern Ukraine and of the CERD in Crimea horrors of the Holocaust. The viewer is left beginning in the spring of 2014. RFE/RL reported: “Kyiv alleges Moscow has After a long court battle in the U.S., he was with the feeling that no one is safe when extradited to Israel in February 1986. breached a treaty on terrorism financing by arming and supporting pro-Russia sep- governments prosecute an individual for aratists in eastern Ukraine since 2014. Kyiv has also charged that Russia-installed The actual criminal trial began in reasons other than seeking the truth and Jerusalem in early 1987 and was held not authorities have been suppressing the rights of ethnic Tatars and other minorities justice. since Russia occupied and illegally annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014.” in a courtroom but in the large auditorium The co-producers/directors of the five- of the International Convention Center. To be sure, the ICJ’s ruling was limited to the issue of jurisdiction and did not part program that debuted on November 4, deal with the merits of Ukraine’s case. That is yet to come. However, Ukraine’s Speaking today, Yoram Sheftel, Demjanjuk’s Yossi Bloch and Daniel Sivan, do not try to Israeli attorney, tells us this marked the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Olena Zerkal, who leads Ukraine’s delegation to establish guilt or innocence. Instead, they the ICJ, was quoted as saying that the ruling was both “a great victory for Ukraine” first and only trial in Israel’s history to be take us on a journey that leaves few heroes broadcast beginning to end, with some 16 and “a victory of the rule of law.” She added: “We can move forward and [present] and only grotesque villains and a sadness all arguments at the court and for the international community concerning viola- cameras in place to record the drama. It amid the tragedy of millions of innocent was, quite literally, a “show trial.” tions which [took place] on Ukrainian soil. …That means that Russia will be lives lost in the Holocaust and a disquieting accountable.” A key witness for the prosecution was reckoning that justice for the living and the Treblinka survivor Gustav Borax, whose The Associated Press reported that Deputy Minister Zerkal also said the ICJ rul- dead is fleeting at best. Can there ever be testimony was heart-wrenching and horrid. ing means details of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) case will be aired dur- justice without revenge? And, if so, what is Sheftel raised the point during the trial that ing Ukraine’s arguments. Although Russia, as a permanent member of the U.N. the distinction? the gruesome details of what occurred at Security Council, had vetoed an international tribunal to prosecute those responsi- We are introduced to John Demjanjuk of Treblinka had no bearing upon the identity ble for MH17’s downing, “this court will hear this case and it might be that it will Seven Hills, Ohio, a small suburb of of the perpetrator. He offered to stipulate or have an influence on the Russian position in the Security Council and that we will Cleveland, close to the Ukrainian Village agree that such horrendous acts had achieve justice,” she explained. section of Parma with its majestic gold occurred, only to be verbally slammed by Of course, Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry reacted to the news by expressing its cupolas glistening in the sun. Demjanjuk is Chief Judge Dov Levin and directed to with- confidence that the ICJ will “eventually reject all of Ukraine’s claims.” It was an a quiet, dedicated family man who attends draw his words or be held in contempt. expected reaction from the aggressor state that continues to maintain its forces are church regularly and works at the local One of the other Judges, Dalia Dorner, made not on Ukrainian territory and that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is a civil war. Ford plant. One day in August 1985, his the twisted justification that it is only by Both the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine and Ukraine’s Embassy in the U.S. hailed the serene life is uprooted when he is charged hearing the grotesque details of Treblinka court’s ruling. U.S. Embassy Kyiv wrote on Twitter: “This is a major step toward with being Ivan the Terrible of Treblinka, a that you can value the identification of protecting Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and democracy, and holding sadistic monster who took pleasure in tor- Demjanjuk as Ivan the Terrible. Even the Russia accountable for its actions.” turing and defiling men, women and chil- courtroom sketch artist, Joanne Lowe, Unfortunately, the verdict in Ukraine’s case against Russia is expected no earlier dren as they walked to their deaths in the jumps in with a commentary about how than 2022. In the meantime, Russia’s war on Ukraine and its persecution of gas chambers. Because these grotesque Demjanjuk sat motionless and showed no Crimean Tatars and other minorities continues. Still, there is hope that Ukraine’s crimes were not committed in the United emotion, “He was just blank,” she said, successful use of international law in its fight against Russia will strengthen Kyiv’s States, the sole recourse for the federal gov- insinuating that he was cold -blooded. Of position on the international arena at this critical time of negotiations regarding ernment is to void Demjanjuk’s citizenship course, if he had cried, she may have said it Crimea and the Donbas. and then deport him. was a sign of remorse and guilt on his part. But, why to the State of Israel, where he At a critical point in his cross examina- would face criminal charges and execution tion, Mark O’Connor, Demjanjuk’s by hanging for crimes against humanity? American lawyer, asks Borax, the prosecu- Certainly, a fitting end for Ivan the Terrible tion’s lead witness, how he happened to Nov. Turning the pages back... – but is it a just end for John Demjanjuk? travel from Poland to Miami, Florida, where The Office of Special Investigations (OSI) his deposition was taken by the OSI. Borax was established within the U.S. Department hesitates and replies, “We went by train.” Five years ago, on November 21, 2014, Ukrainians observed a of Justice in 1979 to search out and prose- The audience sat stunned. With his mental 21 new holiday – the anniversary of the start of the Euro-Maidan cute for denaturalization and deportation competency now in question, Borax was 2014 protests that led to the ouster of the country’s former Kremlin- Nazi collaborators and war criminals hid- asked how old he was and replied, “I was backed regime. ing in the United States. Prior to born in 1901.” Later, he was unable to recall The decree (No. 872/2014) marking November 13, 2013, as Demjanjuk, the OSI had prosecuted a hand- the name of his youngest son who was the “Day of Dignity and Freedom,” declared the holiday an annual commemoration. On ful of such war criminals and, as Chief OSI killed at Treblinka. Even Demjanjuk’s own that day, several hundred people – who were disappointed by then-President Viktor Prosecutor Eli Rosenbaum put it, “we have lawyer enters into the Kafkaesque world of Yanukovych’s rejection of a landmark deal with the European Union in favor of closer ties to act quickly because the victims are dying the bizarre when the program shows him with Russia – met spontaneously on Independence Square in Kyiv. every day.” With the alleged perpetrators at the time of the trial taking a lie detector Brutal police methods (including metal batons and teargas) were employed by the also dying, there was tremendous public test before a TV audience; and his answer authorities after the first night in an effort to disperse the crowds, which quickly had and political pressure for the OSI to find that he does not believe Demjanjuk to be swelled to tens of thousands of demonstrators. defendants to prosecute; after all, without Ivan the Terrible is ruled by the lie detector But the tactic backfired for the authorities, as the crowd grew even larger, their voice defendants the OSI’s mandate would expire operator to be “untrue.” calling for the ouster of Mr. Yanukovych and his administration became louder. Ukrainian and the office would be shuttered. Seeking to recover from the possibly society also woke to the reality that the country was rapidly moving toward authoritarian- Conveniently for the OSI, a list of war senile testimony of Borax, the prosecution ism, demonstrated by the Yanukovych administration’s disregard for fundamental human criminals hiding in the United States was next called another Treblinka survivor, rights, total corruption, arbitrariness of law enforcement agencies, repression and terror. provided by an otherwise unidentified man Eliahu Rosenberg, to testify. Much more Ukraine was scheduled to sign the Association Agreement with the EU at the Eastern named “Dennis Goldman,” who is men- confrontational than Borax, Rosenberg Partnership Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on November 28-29, 2013. Ukraine’s govern- tioned only once in the program, but appar- demanded to look Demjanjuk in the eyes. ment, under Mr. Yanukovych, on November 21, 2013, decided to stop the preparations for ently acquired the list from the KGB while Normally, in most courts throughout the the signing of the Association Agreement, and it was this move and the brutal police meth- in Moscow. Once the OSI’s attention came world, a judge would not entertain, much ods used against demonstrators that prompted the crowds to gather and swell in num- upon Demjanjuk, the KGB further assisted less allow, such close quarters between a bers at Independence Square in Kyiv and in other city centers. the prosecution by providing a copy of an defendant and a prosecution witness. identity card that came to be known as “the (Continued on page 7) Trawniki ID card.” The evidence linking (Continued on page 15) No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 7

REFLECTIONS FROM FAR AND WIDE Hope in the “Hamerytsky Krai” by Marco Levytsky by Mark Howansky States and elsewhere around the world. and Diana Howansky Reilly It is the ideals of hope and connection Ms. Soloviy touched upon that we are try- On Saturday, November 2, we attended ing to uphold through our present posi- Canada election results bode the 125th anniversary celebration of the tions on the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association (UNA) in Organization for the Defense of well for Ukrainian community Morristown, N.J., a wonderfully organized Lemkivshchyna (OOL). How can we con- event that was not only a reminder of how nect with Lemkos of different ages Canada’s October 21 federal election seen. As she has done an outstanding job in this organization’s origins began with throughout the United States and world to exposed some very deep divisions in the that role at a very difficult time, Mr. Trudeau Lemkos, but of the importance of continu- strengthen our community and share country. Although the ruling Liberals won would be well advised to keep her in that ing to preserve our community’s history. information? How can our members, sup- the most seats (157 to the Conservatives’ post. Regardless, Ms. Freeland will undoubt- As noted in the event “playbill,” 10 porters and fellow Lemkos work together 121) despite losing the popular vote, they edly play a major role in the new govern- brotherhoods with assets of $220 assem- in a positive way to promote Lemko issues saw their parliamentary majority reduced ment, especially as she has earned a reputa- bled in Shamokin, Pa., on February 22, and find common understanding, rather to a minority. tion as the most competent minister in the With Canada’s first-past-the-post elec- current Cabinet. As such, Ms. Freeland is 1894, to establish the Ruskyi Narodnyi than tear each other down when we do toral system seats can be won with small also poised to become a future leader. Soyuz and held their first convention that not agree? margins – especially where five parties (six Should that happen in the future, it would May, with choirs singing the Ukrainian Unfortunately, a search on Facebook in Quebec) are competing for votes. The be a great accomplishment for the hymn “Shche Ne Vmerla Ukraina.” Records pages relating to Lemkos/Rusyns/ Liberals thus were able to win a lot of these Ukrainian Canadian community. show that among the association’s found- Ukrainians will quickly yield hostile com- tight races, especially in eastern Canada, While one of our most pro-active mem- ers were its first president, Theodore ments from particular individuals when while the Conservatives racked up huge bers of Parliament, Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Talpash, and its second president, John the term “Ukrainian” is used in connec- margins (85 percent of the vote in five-way decided to retire from politics, his succes- Glowa, who were Lemkos from the villages tion with Lemkos or Rusyns. Alternatively, races in some cases) in the West – particu- sor, Yvan Baker, who is also of Ukrainian these individuals will whitewash history larly in the oil-producing provinces of origin, can be expected to fill his shoes very respectively. Dmytro Kapitula, a Lemko to ignore feelings of Ukrainian identity Alberta and Saskatchewan, where the handily. Mr. Baker previously served as Mr. of Łabowa and Zawadka Rymanowska, that existed. Discussions of the founders Liberals did not elect a single member. Wrzesnewskyj’s executive assistant before served as president when the organiza- of the UNA on Facebook are just one This underscored the deep animosity getting elected to the provincial legislature. tion,from increasingly the village identifying of Świątkowa as Ukrainian, Wielka, example: members of the Ruskyi that exists towards Prime Minister Justin Last year he lost his seat in the Ontario changed its name to the Ukrainian Narodnyi Soyuz will be called the first Trudeau, who is perceived as not caring Provincial Parliament as the Liberals suf- National Association in 1914. Rusyn leaders in the United States, but about the oil industry and the huge effect fered a major defeat in that election. The UNA anniversary celebration hon- the fact that many accepted a Ukrainian declining prices and lack of access to mar- As far as other Toronto Liberals are con- ored the association’s roots by featuring identity that led them to change the kets other than the United States have had cerned, Julie Dzerowicz not only won her singer Khrystyna Soloviy, a Lemko- names of their organizations and church- upon the economies of those provinces. Davenport seat, but increased her margin Ukrainian who sang in the Lemkovyna es from Rusyn/Ruthenian to Ukrainian At the same time, the separatist Bloc of victory. In Manitoba, Terry Duguid was choir in Lviv and rose to fame on Ukraine’s will be dismissed. Quebecois more than tripled its seat count re-elected in Winnipeg South, as was a version of the television show “The Voice” Therefore, we support and encourage from 10 members in the previous good friend of the Ukrainian community, – “Holos Krainy.” When Ms. Soloviy per- support for the UNA’s current campaign to Parliament to 32 in the new. Kevin Lamoureux, in Winnipeg North. The formed the traditional Lemko folk song preserve its archival materials and the Pressed on both sides, Mr. Trudeau will one casualty was MaryAnn Mihychuk in the “Hamerytsky Krai,” she noted the hope future of its longstanding publications, face a major challenge in trying to heal the Winnipeg riding of Kildonan-St. Paul. that many immigrants have had when Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, divisiveness that this election exposed. Among the Conservatives, James Bezan, coming to the United States. When she through the UNA Publications Endowment From the Ukrainian community’s per- who has become the leading spokesman performed the Lemko folk song “Pod Fund. Additionally, given the UNA’s histor- spective, however, nothing much has on Ukrainian issues for that party, was re- Oblachkom,” she noted the need to con- ic ties to Lemkos, we welcome the oppor- changed – which is good news. All four par- elected with a landslide in Manitoba’s nect different generations of Lemkos to tunity to cooperate with the UNA or others ties that were included in the Ukrainian Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman, as were several one another. in documenting Lemko history and infor- Canadian Congress questionnaire on issues other Ukrainian-origin Conservatives – Connecting different generations is mation. We hope in this way to work with related to our community responded posi- Tom Lukiwski in Saskatchewan’s Moose exactly what the UNA 125th anniversary the community to promote fair and infor- tively, with Conservatives taking the stron- Jaw-Lake Center-Lanigan, David Yurdiga in celebration did: by reminding us of the tie mative communication about Lemko- gest positions. Even the Greens – whose Alberta’s Fort McMurray-Cold Lake, and between those Lemkos who came to work Ukrainians in the United States and else- leader has yet to clarify the comments Kelly McCauley in Edmonton West. in the Pennsylvania coal mines in the late where. made during the Operation Unifier debate Another possible Ukrainian-origin MP is 1800’s, and those Lemkos who helped in 2017 in which she suggested Crimea was Gerald Soroka, in the west Alberta constit- build Ukrainian organizations, churches, Mark Howansky is national president of Russian and the Petro Poroshenko govern- uency of Yellowhead. Several friends of our choirs, etc. in the 20th century, and those the Organization for the Defense of ment had been brought in with a coup – community were returned, including Lemkos who are currently spread Lemkivshchyna; Diana Howansky Reilly is supported most of the points raised by the Kerry Diotte in Edmonton Griesbach, Ziad throughout Ukraine, Poland, the United the organization’s press secretary. UCC. At any rate, the Greens, with only Aboultaif in Edmonton Manning, Michael three seats out of 338, will remain as a Cooper in St. Albert-Edmonton and fringe group in the new Parliament. Garnett Genuis in Sherwood Park-Fort falsified election in which Mr. Yanukovych As far as individual representatives are Saskatchewan. Turning... was declared the winner. concerned, our number one representative As regards the New Democrats, Heather Following the failed attempt by the both in Parliament and in the Government, McPherson, who replaces retiring MP (Continued from page 6) authorities, with the assistance of Russia, to Chrystia Freeland, coasted to an easy victo- Linda Duncan in Edmonton Strathcona, can Mr. Yanukovych vacated his post in crush the Euro-Maidan protests on 2013- ry in her central Toronto University- be expected to continue nurturing the close February 2014 when he secretly fled to 2014 with live ammunition and sniper fire, Rosedale riding. As minister of foreign ties her predecessor established with our Russia during the night. More than 100 Russia annexed Crimea and later invaded affairs, she has steadfastly stood up for community during her 11-year tenure. people – known as the Heavenly Brigade or and seized government buildings in the Ukraine in its struggle to become a func- Led by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Heavenly Hundred – were killed in the Donetsk and Luhansk city centers. Five tional democracy and survive the Russian on all three levels – federal, provincial and clashes with police (more than 2,000 were years later, Russia continues to occupy military onslaught. local – the Ukrainian Canadian community reported injured). Crimea and the easternmost parts of the Whether she will retain that portfolio or has managed to establish itself as an influ- The Day of Dignity and Freedom pro- Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. not in the new Cabinet, which will be ential player on the Canadian political claimed in 2014 replaced “Freedom Day,” sworn in on November 20, remains to be scene. But to be truly effective, the commu- which had celebrated the 2004 Orange Source: Kyiv remembers start of Euro- nity also needs to have exemplary individu- Revolution, which brought President Viktor Maidan,” (RFE/RL), The Ukrainian Weekly, Marco Levytsky may be contacted at als representing us. And this current crop Yushchenko to power after a re-run of the November 30, 2014. [email protected]. certainly fits that bill.

Read the Ukrainian National Association’s newspapers online: www.ukrweekly.com • www.svoboda-news.com Our online archives are made possible by our generous sponsors: Self Reliance New York Anonymous donor Heritage Foundation of 1st Security Savings Bank Federal Credit Union Selfreliance Federal Credit Union Bahriany Foundation Shevchenko Scientific Society, U.S.A. SUMA Federal Credit Union and others 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46 No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 9 Danny Schur hopes to strike it big with “Stand!” by Christopher Guly streets and falls in love with his pro-strike, Ukrainian-born Jewish suffragette neigh- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly bor, Rebecca. Fearing they will all be OTTAWA – Danny Schur has, over more deported because of the budding romance, than 15 years, put his creative and emo- Mike turns against the strikers. tional heart into telling the story of a (The interfaith Romeo-and-Juliet angle Ukrainian immigrant who became a pivotal was inspired by a Catholic-Jewish marriage figure in his account of Canada’s most in Mr. Schur’s family.) famous labor strike 100 years ago. But it Unlike “Strike!” that focused on the was Mr. Schur’s physical heart that nearly Ukrainians caught up in the general strike, felled the Ukrainian Canadian award-win- “Stand!” broadens the plotline to introduce ning music composer and producer before new characters who come together from dif- the culmination of much of his life’s labour ferent backgrounds to fight for their rights. hit the big screen. The wider story was not Mr. Schur’s While playing in goal in a pickup-hockey idea, but that of Robert Adetuyi, a Sudbury, game on the evening of September 30 in Ontario-born filmmaker and screenwriter his hometown, Winnipeg, Mr. Schur, 53, in Hollywood whom Mr. Schur tapped to suffered a heart attack. It was as surprising direct the movie musical. as it was scary. “In our first conversation, he said to me A regular runner who plays hockey that it was a very white story,” explained three times a week, six-foot-tall, 185-pound Ethelbert, Manitoba-born Mr. Schur. “He Mr. Schur is in good shape. But when he himself is a man of color and has a very Eric Zachanowich was rushed to the hospital, the medical interesting immigrant story. His dad was Danny Schur (left) with director of photography legend Roy Wagner (center) and team discovered that one of his cardiac from Nigeria and was the first black man to director Rob Adetuyi (and Roy’s ever-present dog, Scarlett). arteries was 90 percent blocked and settle in Sudbury in the mid-1940s and fell required the insertion of a stent to keep in love with a German-born woman.” “unparalleled” and “unprecedented” tion in the vital role they can play in stand- blood flowing – and Mr. Schur alive. Changes were made. Emma the Irish achievement for a Canadian independent ing up for justice and fairness,” said Martin The medical emergency was also heart- maid in “Strike!” became Emma the black movie without either a studio’s backing or O’Hanlon, president of CWA Canada, the breaking on the professional level. maid in “Stand!” a distributor’s involvement, according to country’s oldest and only all-media union Since he’s grounded from flying for two The character switch was based as much Mr. Schur, who convinced Toronto-based in a news release last year. months, Mr. Schur had to miss an advance on history as it was in expanding the racial Cineplex Inc. executives of the timeliness “The message is especially timely and screening of his new multimillion-dollar content, according to Mr. Schur. and relevance of the musical feature. important in the age of [Donald] Trump, movie, “Stand!” (http://stand-movie.com/) Between 1907 and 1919, black He argued that although the movie is set when we need to fight right-wing efforts to at the Canadian Embassy in Washington on Oklahoman farmers came up to Canada 100 years ago, it today is “a metaphor for crush unions and suppress wages and October 3, and had to take a pass from and made their homes in Winnipeg and as current nativism and demonization of workers’ rights.” attending the movie musical’s U.S. premiere far west as Edmonton and Vegreville, immigrants.” CWA Canada, an autonomous branch of on November 9 at the American Film Market Alberta – known as the home of the world’s To put the wide Canadian release of the Communications Workers of America in Santa Monica, where he had personally largest pysanka – near where an all-black “Stand!” in perspective, Mr. Schur said that union, also contributed $10,000 ($7,600 hoped to pitch the feature to distributors. community called Amber Valley was estab- it joins other mega-budget films, such as U.S.) to the student-distribution project. “Stand!” builds on “Strike! The Musical” lished in 1909. “Frozen 2,” which comes out a week before, Mr. Schur hopes that high box-office (http://www.strikemusical.com/), which is “Blacks and Ukrainians would hang out and the Christmastime arrivals of the latest numbers for “Stand!” will whet the appetite set against the 1919 Winnipeg General together because they were the two dispos- “Star Wars” movie and “Cats,” based on for more presentations of the live version Strike that began on May 15 that year and sessed people at the time,” said Mr. Schur, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical. of the story in “Strike!” claimed the life of a Ukrainian immigrant, who similarly “swapped out” an Irish charac- “This is an international story about the This summer, the production played at Mike Sokolowski, and injured some 30 oth- ter from the stage production and replaced success of the Canadian film industry,” said Winnipeg’s Rainbow Stage, Canada’s largest ers when the strike reached a boiling point him with a Métis veteran of World War I. Mr. Schur. “A Canadian film has cornered and longest-running outdoor theater, 15 on June 21 in what became known as “The Ukrainian-Canadian experience market advantage through underdog pluck years after “Strike!” made its debut in an “Bloody Saturday.” becomes a metaphor for all these dispos- that rivals the most entrepreneurial U.S. or elaborate staging on the streets of Winnipeg, In both the theatrical and cinematic ver- sessed people – be it immigrants, immi- European efforts.” where the events of the strike unfolded. sions, a character based on Sokolowski grants of color and Indigenous people who In addition to writing the movie’s lyrics, “It’s not like a painting that you finish leaves behind his wife and three children in were treated so poorly,” he explained. music and score, and co-writing the screen- and it’s done,” said Mr. Schur. “The beauty Ukraine, and comes to Canada during the Adapting the musical into a film was not play, Mr. Schur was also the co-producer – of stage and movies is that the two rein- first world war with his eldest son, Stefan, Mr. Schur’s idea initially. and it’s difficult to imagine “Stand!” hitting force each other, and in our case, the more hoping to find work and earn enough “During the first run of the musical in as many theaters as it will, let alone getting success the movie has, the more desire money to bring the rest of the family to join Winnipeg in 2005, [actor] Jeff Goldblum off the ground in the first place without him. there is for the stage show.” them. However, the father and son, as with was sitting beside me on the second last As creative as he is, Mr. Schur is also a He’s hoping to bring “Strike!” to Canada’s thousands of other Ukrainians who arrived night – he was going out with the female doggedly determined businessman who largest city, Toronto, as well as the Canadian in Canada with Austro-Hungarian citizen- lead [Winnipeg-born Catherine Wreford],” began hyping “Stand!” to The Ukrainian capital, Ottawa, and – thanks to an anony- ship, were declared enemy aliens and sent recalled Mr. Schur. “He said to me, ‘Big Weekly this past spring. mous investor who also happens to be a to an internment camp. story. Big ideas. It would make a great It took him five years to secure $7 mil- Broadway producer – present the musical At war’s end, Sokolowski senior and movie.’ And I thought, wow if Jeff Goldblum lion (about $5.4 million U.S.) in financing in the North American theater world’s capi- junior end up Winnipeg and find them- believes that, I should pursue it.” for the production. “I had no idea how tal in New York as soon as next autumn. selves in a city ignited by the strike. Stefan And pursue it Mr. Schur did. tough it is to raise that kind of cash,” Mr. Meanwhile, “Stand!” had a red-carpet supports the massive labor disruption, “Stand!” opens on Cineplex screens in 30 Schur said. screening at Winnipeg’s 2,305 seat which saw some 30,000 people take to the Canadian cities on November 29 – an “It’s still less than one episode of ‘Game Centennial Concert Hall on September 24. of Thrones,’ but for a Canadian movie, 7 The black-tie gala featured the director and million dollars is an awful lot.” stars, artifacts from the stage production A substantial amount of the equity (one- were displayed throughout the theater, and third of the budget) came from Winnipeg’s Mr. Schur ensured that “perogies” were on Ukrainian Canadian community, including the reception menu for guests. the Taras Shevchenko Foundation and His recent health scare has done nothing some 20 individual investors. to diminish his passion for promoting what The feature, which was shot in Winnipeg has become the greatest production of his between August and September of last career to date. year, also received significant support from “If I get hit by a bus tomorrow, this could the city’s crown jewel – the renowned be my epitaph. But I’m by no means close Canadian Museum of Human Rights – the to being done with this,” said Mr. Schur, only national Canadian museum outside of who following his recent cardiac-rehab the capital region – that includes an exhibit exercise stress test was told by the doctor on the 1919 strike. that he has “a Lance Armstrong-like ability The museum will distribute digital cop- to process oxygen.” ies of “Stand!” to over 750,000 students in Mr. Schur also hopes that his 20-year- Canada and the U.S. old daughter Anna – an aspiring storyteller Canada’s labor movement contributed like her father – will become involved in $1.25 million ($957,000 U.S.) for the sharing the Sokolowski saga on stage with Canadian distribution, while American more of the world. labor gave $400,000 U.S. for the digital “I told her that she’s probably going to Mike Sokolowski (played by American star, Gregg Henry, left in pics – the father) and downloads. be working for her old man and doing Stefan Sokolowski (played by Canada’s Marshall Williams). “This movie will engage a new genera- ‘Strike!’ somewhere.” 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46

The Women’s Bandura Ensemble of North America. Singer/songwriter Khrystyna Soloviy of Lviv. PHOTO REPORT: UNA celebrates 125 years

As reported in last week’s issue, the Ukrainian National Association cele- brated its 125th anniversary with a gala concert on November 2 at Dolan Performance Hall of the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J. The con- cert’s proceeds are earmarked for the UNA Publications Endowment Fund that exists under the aegis of the Ukrainian National Foundation. Featured here is a photo report from the celebratory event, which also featured an exhibit highlighting the history of the UNA and a VIP reception. All photos are by Bogdan Grytsiv.

The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers of Edmonton, Alberta, pose for a group photo at the concert venue. A scene from Shumka’s “Classic Hopak.

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UNA President/CEO Stefan Kaczaraj greets the audience, as master of ceremonies Roman UNA Chief Operations Officer/National Secretary Yuriy Symczyk (right) raises a toast to performers, Hirniak looks on. sponsors and organizers at the reception after the concert.

UNA Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer Ukrainian National Foundation Roma Lisovich (right) with Nadiya Folk, President Wasyl Szeremeta (left) of executive assistant at the UNA Home Texas with UNA Auditor Andrij Office, who designed all materials relat- Archbishop-Metropolitan Bishop emeritus Basil Losten with Skyba of Illlinois. ed to the UNA’s 125th anniversary. Borys Gudziak. Kvitka Semanyshyn.

UNA Advisor Bohdana Puzyk (right), chair of the UNA’s 125th Anniversary Committee, with (from left) fellow Floridian and UNA Advisor Olya Czerkas, and the artistic directors of the Women’s Bandura Ensemble of North Concert-goers peruse the display of UNA history. America, Oksana Rodak and Oksana Zelinska.

UNA Advisor Julian Pishko (left) of Minnesota, with UNA Auditors George Fedorijczuk of Pennsylvania and Luba Walchuk of New Jersey. Some of the young volunteers who served as ushers for the gala concert. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ukrainian Festival held on the grounds of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral

by Inia Tunstall SILVER SPRING, Md. – The tradition of a Washington, D.C., area Ukrainian Festival on the grounds of St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral started 17 years ago. Over the years, the festival has provided an opportunity for Ukrainians in the area to come together as part of a big family to enjoy good company, renew ties with our rich musical heritage and our church. As years have gone by, we are sharing our fes- tival with a widening circle of American friends. Inia Tunstall About six months prior to the festival, A view of the Ukrainian Festival on the grounds of St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. under the excellent and energetic leader- ship of our parish priest, Father Volodymyr den are ordered. singing of the American and Ukrainian introduced the performers with help from Steliac, and his wife, Panimatka Marta A concert that encompasses our national anthems. Father Steliac followed Zorislav Baydyuk. Steliac, we begin preparing for this exciting Ukrainian music and culture is central to with a prayer and gave thanks that we The Yunist Ukrainian Dance Ensemble event. Committees are formed and work the success of the festival, and our cultural could honor our Ukrainian heritage in from New York, under director and chore- begins with many devoted, dedicated mem- committee does a superb job getting a pro- America, a land of freedom and democracy, ographer Hryhoriy Momot, thrilled the bers of the parish getting involved. gram together. and also prayed for peace in Ukraine. audience with lively dances from different First is the preparation of traditional Finally, a huge open-air tent and several Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy regions of Ukraine. But the absolute favor- Ukrainian dishes: 15,000 varenyky, 3,000 side tents are put up to accommodate the Chaly spoke at the official opening. ite was the “Hopak,” which was rewarded holubtsi, kovbasa, bigos, chicken and pork guests. Our expert program emcee, Anya Dydyk with a standing ovation. kebabs, and, of course, delicious cakes and The official opening ceremony on Petrenko, then welcomed the guests, and other baked goods. Drinks for the beer gar- Saturday, September 14, began with the throughout the two days enthusiastically (Continued on page 17)

Plast Merit Badge Weekend held at Vovcha Tropa campground as many had already participated in previ- ous Merit Badge Weekends. Adia and Max Magun, the directors of the entire weekend of events, began pre- paring and planning this event well before the summer. During the weekend, the lead- ership team included Max Magun, Lesyk Martynetz and Andrew Shmatolocha. The Khmelnychenky fraternity of Plast taught various skills, while the Chortopolokhy sorority prepared delicious meals. Senior scouts also taught a few skills. Dr. Ihor Magun and nurse Lesia Magun provided medical care. The weekend flew by. All arrived on

Talia Danysh Friday evening, Saturday was chock full of activities, and Sunday ended with the clos- Participants of the 2019 Merit Badge Weekend held by Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. ing ceremony and distribution of merit badge certificates and emblems. The by Talia Danysh scouts are eager to learn and earn new Basic Automotive Skills, Photography, merit badges, reunite with long-distance Track and Field, Translation and Rifle weather cooperated, with warm sunny EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – The New York friends and enjoy nature’s beauty. Shooting. A separate afternoon program days and a brilliant sky filled with spar- branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting This year, the Merit Badge Weekend was provided for the oldest group of scouts kling stars at night. Organization held its traditional field trip took place September 27-29 with record known as Merit Badge Weekend at Vovcha attendance: 100 scouts from seven Plast Tropa, the 300-acre Plast campsite in branches cities, plus 25 older scouts, who upstate New York. served in the capacity of counselors. In Masquerade held This event, run by the older scouts addition, 10 senior scouts and parents group in New York, started 10 years ago arrived to oversee the weekend’s events at New Haven “Ridna Shkola” with only 10 scouts (age 11-17) and five and ensure safety. counselors. Over the years, this event has Each participant had an opportunity to gained in popularity as more and more select three out of five skills being offered:

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – At the local School of Ukrainian Studies (Ridna Shkola) in New Haven, a masquerade event was held on Saturday, October 26. Teacher Halia Lodynsky organized this fun activity during which the children played musi- cal chairs and other games, and did the Limbo. – Halia Jurczak-Lodynsky A group at work on translations. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46

board. Ukraine also asked the U.N. court to er Emir-Useyn Kuku to 12 years, Refat tions for the next Normandy talks was a NEWSBRIEFS order Russia to stop discriminating against Alimov to eight years, and Arsen mutual pullback of troops by Ukrainian ethnic Tatars in Crimea. (RFE/RL, with Dzhepparov to seven years in prison. armed forces and pro-Russian separatists, (Continued from page 2) reporting by Reuters, AP and AFP) Amnesty International blasted the Russian which both sides announced as completed that the ICJ’s ruling was limited to the issue authorities for showing “remarkable cruelty,” on November 11. (RFE/RL, with reporting of whether the U.N. court has jurisdiction Six Crimeans sentenced for extremism saying the six men were sentenced to by Kommersant, TASS, Kazinform, and does not address the merits of Ukraine’s A Russian court has handed lengthy pris- lengthy prison terms on “trumped-up” Tengrinews and Reuters) complaints, which were filed in January charges after a “sham” trial. The Ukrainian on terms to six men from Ukraine’s Crimea Ukraine launches probe into Portnov 2017. Ukraine has asked the ICJ to order region, five of whom are Crimean Tatars, for Foreign Affairs Ministry protested against Moscow to stop financing militants in east- being members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir the court’s “illegal” ruling, and urged the Ukrainian police have launched a probe ern Ukraine and to pay compensation for Islamic group. The Southern District Military international community to “step up politi- against Andriy Portnov, the ex-deputy chair- attacks – including the July 2014 downing of Court in the city of Rostov-on-Don on cal, diplomatic, and sanctions pressure on man of the presidential administration who Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over separatist- November 12 sentenced Muslim Aliyev to 19 the aggressor state to help put an end to is accused of obstructing the professional human rights abuses” in Crimea. Since controlled territory in eastern Ukraine, years, Enver Bekirov to 18 years, Vadym activities of RFE/RL journalists. Maksym Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula, its which killed all 298 passengers and crew on Syruk and prominent human rights defend- Tsutskiridze, the deputy chief of the authorities have prosecuted dozens of National Police, told RFE/RL on November Crimean Tatars for allegedly belonging to 7 that the probe was initiated the day before Hizb ut-Tahrir. Rights groups and Western under two articles of the Criminal Code – governments have denounced what they “obstruction of the legitimate professional describe as a campaign of repression by the activity of journalists” and “threats or vio- Russian-imposed authorities in Crimea, who lence against a journalist.” Mr. Portnov TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 are targeting members of the Turkic- or e-mail [email protected] responded on his Telegram messenger speaking Crimean Tatar community and oth- channel, saying that he would file a “sym- ers who have spoken out against Moscow’s metrical” police report on RFE/RL for the SERVICES PROFESSIONALS takeover of the peninsula. The six men, who same offenses – since October 30, he has were arrested in February 2016, were found claimed to be in the employ of 112 Ukraine guilty of “organizing and taking part in the television and maintains that he enjoys the activities of a terrorist group and plotting an same level of journalistic protection. Mr. armed power seizure.” All six said they were Portnov has released the personal data of not guilty and Ayder Azamatov, a lawyer for several members of the investigative jour- one of the defendants, told RFE/RL that the nalism group Skhemy (Schemes), a joint sentences will be appealed. In a statement, project run by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and and UA:Pershy television, which was look- Central Asia director, Marie Struthers, urged ing into his relations and dealings with cur- the Russian authorities to “immediately rent officials in the Ukrainian government. quash the unjust convictions and release the The release by the former lawmaker and six men.” She added, “Emir-Usein Kuku is deputy head of ex-President Viktor behind bars simply for speaking out for the Yanukovych’s administration included reg- rights of the Crimean Tatar community. It is istration data on 16 vehicles used by edito- devastating that he has fallen victim to the rial and staff members of Schemes. Coming overt repression of the occupying power.” in batches, the first release on October 31 Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned in Russia as a ter- included the passport data, home address, rorist organization but operates legally in name and date of birth of a driver contract- Ukraine. However, Moscow imposed its own ed to Skhemy. Mr. Portnov’s Telegram posts laws on the Crimean Peninsula after it have also threatened the journalists with annexed the territory in 2014. (Current physical harm by inviting anyone who Time, Crimea Desk, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian comes across these vehicles to “give a stiff Service) rebuff” to the drivers. RFE/RL President OPPORTUNITIES Kremlin lukewarm on meeting proposal Jamie Fly has condemned Mr. Portnov’s actions, calling them “unacceptable,” and Former Kazakh President Nursultan has urged Ukrainian authorities to “hold Earn extra income! 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Prosecutor Michael Shaked, who sounds defense’s handwriting analyst and document a very serendipitous event took place. A jan- The Netflix... like a psychoanalyst when today he expert, testified that the card showed that itor employed by the U.S. Justice attempts to explain the 1945 affidavit and one of the two ink stamps was on the photo Department was using a neighboring (Continued from page 6) the killing of Ivan as a lie by saying, “Maybe but not the card, meaning that the photo was McDonald’s restaurant dumpster to dispose But, this was not a normal court. After Rosenberg needed something heroic to bal- not originally attached to that card and that of refuse containing OSI documents. An Rosenberg walked across the stage and ance the guilt [he felt at surviving two stamps were used, suggesting a forgery; unnamed Estonian woman was collecting stood only a few feet from Demjanjuk, the Treblinka].” Somehow, the lead prosecutor the signature on the card was not the signa- these bags of garbage and made them avail- defendant extended his arm to shake hands does not consider that maybe it was the ture of Demjanjuk but a forged signature; able to Ed Nishnic, Demjanjuk’s son-in-law. with the witness. Rosenberg and the audi- identification of Demjanjuk as Ivan the and two large staples on the photo con- These OSI documents showed conclusively ence went into an uproar. Once back in the Terrible that was the lie. firmed that the photo had not been attached that, as far back as 1979, the OSI prosecu- witness box, Rosenberg yelled, “I saw his The prosecution’s attempt to be quasi- to the card because the card showed no sta- tors themselves had doubts about whether eyes, his murderous eyes.” This statement scientific fared no better when Patricia ple holes. Attorney O’Connor summarized Demjanjuk was in fact Ivan the Terrible. would prove important to the defense and Smith, a facial recognition expert, was the Trawniki card by saying, “The chain of OSI memos cited Ivan’s height as 6 feet damning to the prosecution later in the called to testify. Smith said at trial that custody is direct from the KGB.” one inch, whereas Demjanjuk was 5 feet 6 trial. there was little room for doubt based on At this point, the Netflix program itself inches. An OSI investigator signed a sworn During Rosenberg’s testimony, a Nazi facial features that Demjanjuk was the per- veers into the world of the bizarre by inter- affidavit that Horn, the very helpful SS man, hunter named Tuviah Friedman brought son shown on the Trawniki ID card. Yet, viewing Lawrence Douglas, a law professor, had identified Demjanjuk “unequivocally.” exculpatory documents to the attention of when interviewed for this series, Smith about O’Connor’s father’s motives in help- Yet, OSI internal documents indicated that Demjanjuk’s defense counsel. In August tries to explain her testimony by saying, ing pass the Refugee Relief Act admitting Horn had to be coached and prepped to 1943, there was a prison uprising at “It’s a contentious topic. I was very tense World War II refugees into the U.S. and identify Demjanjuk. In the words of law pro- Treblinka during which inmates attacked the whole time,” before finally admitting describing the elder O’Connor as “a guy fessor Douglas, this was a “smoking gun.” the sleeping guards in an attempt to gain that her facial recognition methodology who seemed quite anti-Semitic and flirting In the Netflix program, former OSI their weapons. The documents presented “wasn’t precise.” Defense lawyer Sheftel’s with Holocaust denial.” Director Rosenbaum dismisses his office’s by Friedman consisted of a 64-page affida- facial experts, using video facial overlays, The only thing Israeli Prosecutor Shaked failure to inform the defense of these irreg- vit handwritten in 1945 by the same wit- were more direct and called her methodol- could say in the program is that the claim of ularities as an “unfortunate breach of secu- ness, Rosenberg, in his native Yiddish lan- ogy “total garbage.” “forging of the card is farfetched,” because rity,” apparently referring to the fact that guage. Rosenberg describes in great detail With the eyewitness and facial recogni- “We checked everything... checked by the they were caught and not to the wrongful how on August 2, 1943, he saw fellow tion testimony in tatters, the prosecution top experts of the world.” One can only suppression of exculpatory evidence by the inmate Borax kill Ivan the Terrible while he chose to focus on the only other evidence it wonder why Mr. Shaked did not have these OSI, a part of the Department of Justice and was sleeping with a spade. Only 300 pris- had – the Trawniki ID card. In preparing for top experts testify at the Jerusalem trial, for the U.S. Government. Sheftel said it best: oners escaped during the uprising and, of trial, the defense counsel met with SS their testimony is nowhere to be found in ”Every person from the OSI in this case is a these, only 70 saw the end of the war. Commandant Karl Streibel, who was in the Netflix series. kind of legal murderer. They knew all along Confronted with his 1945 writing, charge of Trawniki and still alive. He con- As the trial proceeded, in August 1987 the Demjanjuk was not Ivan the Terrible, and Rosenberg’s only explanation for his perju- firmed that there was no such identity card defense interviewed a former Nazi SS man they kept their dirty mouths shut, and they ry was to say that he believed it was true used at Trawniki like the one the prosecu- stationed at Treblinka, Otto Horn, who is continued to conceal the evidence which “with all my heart” when he wrote it; but, tion was offering into evidence. Yes, asked in a video whether Demjanjuk, based proves that he’s not.” he continued, it could not be true because Demjanjuk is on trial for his life, and the SS on a photo layout before him, was Ivan the “if he died over there, he would not be sit- commandant of the camp is alive and well Terrible. His response, translated on the Bohdan Shandor is an attorney-at-law ting here.” That logic is, thankfully, irrefut- in Germany. Franz Kafka himself could not screen from German was, “That is Ivan, prob- and president of the Ukrainian American able. As much sympathy as one must have have imagined this charade. ably.” A week before Demjanjuk was to take Bar Association. The views expressed herein for the witnesses who were brutalized at The Trawniki card that came to the OSI the witness stand, O’Connor, the New York are strictly his own. Treblinka and whose loved ones were via the KGB had more questions surrounding lawyer, was fired from the defense team. Mr. Shandor’s review continues in next killed, there is no room for excusing it than answers. Edna Robertson, the Sheftel proceeded with the defense when week’s issue of The Ukrainian Weekly.

cally and under no circumstances forget to meet the deadline and stay within the Boulevard was chosen for the installation Art installation... about the huge price that Ukraine is paying budget. Funds for the “Price of Freedom” as it used to be the site of a pedestal bear- daily for its freedom and dignity and that project were provided as part of the ing a symbol of the totalitarian past. After (Continued from page 1) they ask themselves every day: what is my UCMC’s institutional activities. the Lenin monument was toppled, it turned The author of the sculpture is Oleksiy responsibility as a professional, human and “Oleksiy’s work inspired us because into a site for reflections by contemporary Zolotaryov, who won the “Price of citizen? How do I contribute so that the everyone may find many senses here. One artists. Freedom” competition held by Ukraine price of freedom does not grow even more? may see a solid form that is being torn “This is already the sixth artistic inter- Crisis Media Center (UCMC) announced to What can I do to expand the space of free- apart from within, as well as containment, vention happening on this site. It should conceive and commemorate the fifth anni- dom and dignity at home and everywhere?” confrontation,” Ms. Drashkaba said. always belong to the people. I hope that versary of the Revolution of Dignity and of The competition was held in January. Mr. Zolotaryov commented: “Confront­ such interventions will continue – not just the UCMC. Selected artists were invited to participate. ation is what is going on inside each one of here but also in other places in Kyiv that are Nataliya Popovych, co-founder of Jury members were Pavlo Hudymov, cura- us, in the city, in the country, in the world in socially important,” said Diana Popova, Ukraine Crisis Media Center, explained: “We tor of Ukrainian and international arts proj- general. It is about the challenges that we director of the culture department at the mainly work in the media, but we wanted ects; Kateryna Filyuk, art critic, curator at are facing. This work is, first of all, about my Kyiv City State Administration. our work this time to have not only a virtu- IZOLYATSIA foundation; Tetyana Filevska, own emotions that I lived through five “This extremely powerful symbol of free- al but also a physical footprint, that’s why cultural manager, creative director at the years ago while everyone around me, the dom is in the right place. We will be search- we turned to an artistic interpretation of Ukrainian Institute; Ms. Popovych and entire society, was feeling the same. ing for other locations that are equally sig- the price of freedom. The project by Oleksiy Hennadiy Kurochka, UCMC co-founders; Everyone can talk about it in their own way, nificant both in Ukraine and abroad for a Zolotaryov is the concept that our jury liked and Olesya Drashkaba, UCMC’s creative but we have all lived through it. It is impor- future exposition,” Ms. Popovych said. most. Over the last five years, we were strategist and editor-in-chief of Uchoose. tant to remember why it happened. An The installation will remain on Taras often at the forefront of the hybrid informa- info – a media project on critical thinking. object that pops up in the public space Shevchenko Boulevard for several months. tion confrontation, the struggle for the The works were evaluated on how their starts communicating with people. It will be then travel to other locations. The hearts and minds of the people in Ukraine ideas reflected the theme reaches and how Regardless of the author’s original idea, it next possible location is on European and abroad. We understand that it is of professional their sketches were, as well as leaves space for other interpretations.” Square in Kyiv, in front of the Ukrainian utmost importance that people think criti- by their ability to produce the installation The beginning of Taras Shevchenko House.

tary – Marko Chukvinsky (Ukraine); mem- Plast Ukraine’s board of trustees and for the Plast worldwide and have officially become Plast’s leaders... bers – Oksana Mykytchak (Germany) and last three years was a member of the World the youngest members of the Ukrainian Ihor Michalchyshyn (Canada); alternate Plast Executive. scouting organization. (Continued from page 3) members – Roman Waschuk (Canada) and Other major decisions approved at CUPO Plast of Austria has become the newest Executive (Holovna Plastova Bulava). The Olia Dudynsky (Australia). included the recognition of a new age member of the Conference of Ukrainian newly elected leaders are: CEO of the World Worldwide Plast’s new leader, Mr. group in Plast and the inclusion of a new Plast Organizations following its rapid Plast Executive – Myron Spolsky (Ukraine); Spolsky, was born in Toronto and has been a national Plast organization into its ranks. development during the last few years. deputy CEO in the Americas – Sofia member of Plast for 60 years. In 1977-1978 For most of its history, Plast had four age Thus, CUPO now has 10 member countries. Zacharczuk (U.S.A.); deputy CEO in Europe – he was a vice-president of the Ukrainian groups: “novatstvo” (cub scouts, age 6-10 It should be noted that Europe has many Rostyslav Dobosh (Ukraine); secretary-gen- Canadian Congress; in 1980-1986 he head- years old), “yunatstvo” (scouts age 11-17), small Plast groups – communities that have eral – Nataliya Bosak (Ukraine); financial ed the Commission of Development of the “starshe plastuntstvo” (young adult scouts, less than 50 scout members. Indeed, director – Bohdan Sawycky (U.S.A.); commu- Ukrainian Community in Winnipeg; and in age 18-34) and “seniorat” (adults age 35 Austria was one of those Plast groups nications and publishing director – Mykola 1986-1987 he was a director of the and over). At this year’s CUPO, a historic before it became a full member of CUPO. Muzala (Ukraine); special projects director – Department of the Multiculturalism of the decision was made to officially recognize a This decision to accept Plast Austria as a Andrey Genyk-Berezowsky (Canada). provincial government of Manitoba. In 1988 new age group: “ptashata” comprises chil- member of CUPO is certain to motivate Elected to the World Plast Supervisory he moved to Ukraine, where he established dren age 2 to 6 who participate in Plast Plast groups in France, the Netherlands, Board were: chairman – Ihor Mykyta (U.S.A.); one of the first pizzerias in Ukraine, Vesuvio activities with the supervision of their par- Spain, Italy and other countries to grow vice-chair – Ksenia Baluk (Argentina); secre- Pizza. Mr. Spolsky has been a member of ents. Now “ptashata” are recognized in their ranks. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46

Inaugural... (Continued from page 1) the United States, bringing together repre- sentatives from throughout the country, to discuss strategic objectives of furthering Holodomor curriculum in the U.S. public school system, and continuing the aware- ness campaign in various realms.” As the U.S. Holodomor Committee con- ducts monthly conference calls to discuss projects related to expanding Holodomor awareness, the chairman introduced the U.S. Holodomor Committee’s Executive Board: Roman Czajkowsky, vice-chairman; Daria Komichak-Pishko, executive secre- tary; and Hanja Cherniak, treasurer. Greetings were then presented from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Vadym Prystaiko, as well as from the award-winning author of “Red Famine,” Anne Applebaum. The Holodomor Forum also received a greeting from Andrea Chalupa, executive director of “Mr. Jones,” a historical movie that depicts the life of Gareth Jones, the Welsh journalist who wrote about the Holodomor. Ms. Chalupa thanked the U.S. Holodomor Committee for their support Guests and delegates to the inaugural Holodomor Forum in the United States. In front row (seated) are Metropolitan Antony of and provided a brief trailer of the film for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and Michael Sawkiw Jr., chairman of the U.S. Holodomor Committee. the participants to watch. The plenary session was followed by a er; and (by Skype) Massachusetts State College of Canada and chair of Ukrainian Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) who, alongside all workshop on the nuts and bolts of intro- Rep. Jeffrey Roy, who chairs his state’s Joint Studies at the University of Toronto. In his the forum participants, viewed the docu- ducing a Holodomor curriculum, moderat- Committee on Higher Education. The pan- presentation, Dr. Luciuk gave examples of mentary and spoke about its powerful mes- ed by Doris Duzyj, a retired social studies elists shared their knowledge about adding inexpensive ways to promote the sage and the need for greater awareness of teacher who serves as education chair for the Holodomor to the “C3 Framework” Holodomor and raised the provocative sug- the Holodomor. He also cited the continued the Ukrainian American Holodomor social studies standards in high school cur- gestion of leading a procession to Walter fight in Ukraine for its independence and Committee of Michigan. Panelists included ricula. Duranty’s grave in Florida for a public dis- territorial integrity. This short 15-min doc- Valentina Kuryliw, director of education at The next workshop, “Duranty and play of forgiveness. umentary was sponsored by the U.S. the Holodomor Research and Education Advocacy,” was co-moderated by Oksana The third and final workshop of the day Holodomor Committee and produced and Consortium­ and chair of the National Piaseckyj, a long-time Ukrainian communi- focused on “Media Awareness.” Moderator directed by Borys Buniak, M.D., immediate Holodomor Education Committee of the ty leader in Florida, and Mr. Czajkowsky. Zina Poletz Gutmanis represents past president of the Ukrainian Medical Ukrainian Canadian Congress; Dr. Jonathan The panel consisted of former U.S. Rep. Minneapolis-St. Paul on the U.S. Holodomor Association of North America (UMANA). Peri, president of Manor College; Oksana Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and Lubomyr Committee, and her professional experi- At a special tribute dinner on Saturday Kulynych, a retired special education teach- Luciuk, professor at the Royal Military ence includes nearly 15 years in agency evening, October 5, U.S. Holodomor public relations. Panelists were Molly Committee Chairman Sawkiw brought Rep. McKew, CEO of Fianna Strategies, which Levin and his wife, Pamela, to the podium conducts strategic messaging for interna- for the presentation of the inaugural tional clients with a focus on countering Holodomor Awareness Award to Mr. Levin Russian information campaigns; Roma for his leadership and dedication, including Dzerowicz, executive director of the congressional sponsorship of the Holodomor National Awareness Tour in Holodomor Memorial bill in Washington. In Canada; and Andrew Nynka, Ph.D., a jour- presenting the award, Mr. Sawkiw nalist and researcher. The experts on the described Mr. Levin as “an individual who panel discussed the difficulties in breaking has highlighted, spotlighted and given through in today’s metrics-driven media prominence to the Holodomor in the United States.” Mr. Levin, a staunch sup- environment and the importance of story- porter of the Ukrainian cause who was co- telling as a way to personalize and add an founder of the Congressional Ukrainian emotional component to Holodomor edu- Caucus in 1997, sponsored the bill to desig- cation and advocacy. nate federal land for the Holodomor The day was made even more special Memorial and championed democracy in with visits from honored guests Ukraine. Metropolitan Borys Gudziak of the In an emotional tribute, Mr. Sawkiw Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of spoke about his many years of working with Philadelphia and Metropolitan Antony of Rep. Levin on Ukrainian and Holodomor the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. issues, sharing various memories and mile- The final session for Saturday was the stones. He finished by saying to the screening of the new documentary “When Congressman, “you are more than a friend We Starve” (2018) followed by a robust Q&A. Joining the proceedings was U.S. Rep. (Continued on page 17)

Metropolitan Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. (second from left), Metropolitan Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia (in back), and former Rep. Sander Levin (center), with delegates from the Michigan Holodomor Committee. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 17

the awareness of the Holodomor, Olya tion of Ukrainian dancers appeared. As Inaugural... Soroka, representative from the Women’s Ukrainian Festival... recorded music played, children age 3-10 Association for Defense of Four Freedoms ran onto the stage and danced happily with (Continued from page 16) (Continued from page 12) for Ukraine and a descendant of a abandon. It gave the audience pleasure to to us – you are family.” The room rose as one Holodomor survivor, presented the U.S. Singers in the program were: Iryna see that Ukrainian dancing is instilled in and sang a round of “Mnohaya Lita.” Holodomor Committee’s initiative for a Lonchyna and Ihor Bohdan, Merited Artists these very young children. Mr. Levin shared some of his own fami- Descendant’s Network, a loosely formed of Ukraine; the Mosaic duo, Iryna Teneta An integral part of the Ukrainian Festival ly’s immigration stories to help explain why group of Holodomor survivors’ descen- and Oleh Melnitchouk, Toronto; vocalist was the 15 or more vendor tables that the Ukrainian cause had resonated so dants who would carry the mantle of Solomia Dutkewych, D.C.; violinist Innesa were laden with ceramics, jewelry, embroi- strongly with him. He said: “I just want to Holodomor awareness to future genera- Tymochko-Dekajlo, New York. dery, and clothing. There were also several indicate the feeling that I had and others tions. The initiative was met with wide There were also talented musicians from displays of Ukrainian organizations that did, that when you stand up for freedom in applause. Details of the Descendant’s our parish: Gerdan, which includes Solomia wanted to inform the public about their one place, you really are standing up for Network will be forthcoming. Gorokhivska, violin, and Andrei Pidkivka, activities such as the Ukrainian American freedom everywhere.” Concluding the Forum’s presentation on wooden flutes; and Larisa Pastuchiv- Veterans, Ukrainian Medical Association of During the Saturday evening tribute din- Sunday with the title “Holodomor – Martin, bandura. Kateryna Slusarenko, age North America and volunteer organizations ner, Irka Mycak, chair of the Ukrainian Lessons to the World,” Brian Whitmore, 3 ½, stole everyone’s heart when she recit- helping Ukraine. Canadian Congress’s National Holodomor senior fellow and director of the Russia ed Volodymyr Sosiura’s poem “Liubit In the three days of the Ukrainian Awareness Committee, was introduced. She Program at the Center for European Policy Ukrayinu” (Love Ukraine). Festival, September 13-15, about 10,000 provided her perspective on the proceed- Analysis (CEPA), spoke emphatically of the For two full days, the excellent concert people came together to enjoy our cultural ings: “The Holodomor Forum was a great need to portray the Holodomor as part and presentations showcased our rich heritage at the concerts, eat a variety of opportunity to exchange ideas on taking parcel of human and world history. The Ukrainian musical heritage. Ukrainian food and spend time with family Holodomor awareness and education to Holodomor Forum concluded with a work- Between performances, a future genera- and friends in a friendly atmosphere. the next level, and specifically to discuss ing luncheon to discuss the commemora- initiatives that we can further together as a tion (in 2020) of the fifth anniversary of the North American community. The U.S. and Holodomor Memorial in Washington. A Canada must take advantage of every number of ideas were put forth for a week- opportunity available to share the story of end-long commemoration on Friday, this genocide and take the lead in ensuring November 6, to Sunday, November 8, 2020. the story resonates internationally.” The U.S. Holodomor Committee chair- The dinner was also attended by man thanked the delegates, presenters, Ukraine’s Consul General Oleksii Holubov, guests and moderators for their attendance who spoke on behalf of the government of and participation in the Holodomor Forum, Ukraine and congratulated Rep. Levin for and urged them to continue their work on receiving the Holodomor Awareness Holodomor awareness. Award. George Jaskiw, representing the In concluding the dinner, a list of spon- Cleveland Holodomor Committee, com- sors of the Holodomor Forum was present- mented on the forum proceedings: “It was ed and the U.S. Holodomor Committee most encouraging to hear from activists chairman expressed his gratitude to the who outlined practical, strategic steps that sponsors and expressed hope for further culminated in the inclusion of Holodomor cooperation in the years to come. education in their state high school curricu- The Forum wrapped up on Sunday, lum.” October 6, with an ecumenical prayer ser- To watch excerpts of the sessions from vice with prayer booklets provided by the the Holodomor Forum readers may visit Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. the U.S. Holodomor Committee’s website at As the Forum’s purpose was to expand https://UkraineGenocide.com. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46 No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 19

Through Exhibit, “The Impact of Modernity. Late 19th and Early November 23 Presentation by Iryna Sotnyk, “Renewable Energy in May 3, 2020 20th Centuries Ukrainian Art,” a major gift from Dr. Jurij New York Ukraine and Worldwide,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, New York Rybak and Anna Ortynskyj, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-254-5130 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org November 23 Holiday Bake Sale, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian November 18 Book talk, “The Post-Chornobyl Library: Ukrainian Johnson City, NY Orthodox Church, 315-729-1729 or www.stjohnuoc.org Cambridge, MA Postmodernism of the 1990s” by Tamara Hundorova, Harvard University, 617-495-4053 or November 23 Holodomor commemoration marking the 86th www.huri.harvard.edu Montreal anniversary, Ukrainian Canadian Congress (Montreal Branch), Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary November 18 Book signing, “Courage and Fear. Non-heroic narratives Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, 438-764-9392 New York of occupied Lwow,” by Ola Hnatiuk, Brooklyn Central Library Dweck Center, www.bklynlibrary.org November 23 Performance, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, November 19 Book talk, “Courage and Fear” by Ola Hnatiuk, Columbia Brookville, NY Long Island University, Tilles Center for the Performing New York University, https://harriman.columbia.edu or Arts, www.tillescenter.org 212-854-4697 November 23-24 Holiday Bazaar, St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, November 20 Presentation by Ola Hnatiuk, Harvard University, Clifton, NJ 973-546-2473 Cambridge, MA www.huri.harvard.edu or 617-495-4053 November 24 Book presentation by Marianna Dushar, “Kukhnia” by November 20 Book presentation, “The Post-Chornobyl Library: Ukrainian New York Olha Franko, Ukrainian National Women’s League of New York Postmoderism of the 1990s” by Tamara Hundorova, America, 917-370-7742 Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or [email protected] November 24 Thanksgiving celebration, Ukrainian Homestead, Lehighton, PA www.ukrhomestead.com or 610-377-4621 November 21 Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv performs with the UConn Storrs, CT Symphony Orchestra, Mehden Recital Hall, 860-486-2260 November 24 Performance, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, November 21 Presentation by Nikita Petrov, “The KGB in the Era of Newark, NJ New Jersey Performing Arts Center, www.njpac.org or Stanford, CA Perestroika, 1985-1991,” Stanford University, 888-466-5722 www.creees.stanford.edu November 28 Thanksgiving celebration, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, November 22 National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine performs with Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com or 845-626-5641 Storrs, CT violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv and cellist Sophie Shao, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 860-486-4226 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events November 22-25 Exhibit by Nastasiya Marusyk, “Beading Therapy” advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Chicago gerdany exhibition, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2019 No. 46

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Tuesday, November 19 Friday-Saturday, December 6-7 NEW YORK: Please join the Ukrainian NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum and Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Yara Arts Group present “Koliada and Music Columbia University, for a presentation by from the Carpathians” featuring the Ola Hnatiuk (University of Warsaw, National Koliadnyky from Kryvorivnia, Ivan and University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy) of her Mykola Zelenchuk, with the “troista” musi- book “Courage and Fear” (Academic Studies cians Mykola Ilyuk, Vasyl Tymchuk and Press, 2019). “Courage and Fear” is a study Ostap Kostyuk. They will be joined by special of a multicultural city in times when all guest bandurist Julian Kytasty. The event is at norms collapse. Ms. Hnatiuk presents a 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at The meticulously documented portrait of Lviv’s Ukrainian Museum, 222 E. Sixth St., New ethnically diverse intelligentsia during York, NY 10003. Tickets are $25 for adults; World War II. As the Soviet, Nazi and once $20 for seniors, students, members; $10 for again Soviet occupations tear the city’s children. For information call 212-228-0110 social fabric apart, groups of Polish, or visit www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Ukrainian and Jewish doctors, academics Sunday, December 8 and artists try to survive, struggling to man- age complex relationships and to uphold HILLSIDE, N.J.: You, your family and friends their ethos. As their pre-war lives are vio- are invited to visit with St. Nicholas at 12:15 lently upended, courage and fear shape p.m. in the church hall of Immaculate their actions. The author employs diverse Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church locat- sources in several languages to tell the story ed at the intersection of Liberty Avenue and of Lviv from a multi-ethnic perspective and Bloy Street in Hillside, Union County, N.J. to challenge the national narratives domi- The parish children will present an informal nant in Central and Eastern Europe. This bilingual entertainment program. event will take place at noon in the Marshall Complimentary refreshments will be D. Shulman Seminar Room (Room 1219, served. For those attending the Sunday International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th divine liturgy at 10:45 a.m., a light lunch will St.). The event is free and open to the public. be provided immediately after the service. If For additional information call 212-854- you would like to attend the luncheon, con- 4697. tact Teresa Szpyhulsky at 908-289-0127, Patricia Shatynski at 908-322-7350 or Saturday, November 23 e-mail the parish at ICUkrainianCatholic@ yahoo.com by December 1. Additional infor- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific mation and directions to the parish may be Society invites all to a lecture “Renewable found on the parish website, www.byzcath. Energy in Ukraine and Worldwide: A org/ImmaculateConception, or visit Comparative Analysis,” by Dr. Iryna Sotnyk, Facebook by searching @Immaculate Institute of the History of Ukraine, National ConceptionUkrainian CatholicHillsideNJ. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Dr. Sotnyk is Professor in the Department of JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Ukrainian Economics, Entrepreneurship and Business Educational and Cultural Center Library and Administration at Sumy State University, Yara Arts Group present “Koliada and Music Ukraine; Research scholar at the from the Carpathians” featuring Koliadnyky Department of Agriculture and Resource from Kryvorivnia, Ivan and Mykola Economics in the University of Maryland; Zelenchuk, with the “troista” musicians and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2019-2020. Mykola Ilyuk, Vasyl Tymchuk, and Ostap The lecture provides an economic analysis Kostyuk. They will be joined by bandurist of the evolution and prerequisites for Julian Kytasty and the Accolada Chamber renewable energy development worldwide Choir. The event is at 3 p.m. at the Ukrainian with a focus on reducing the cost of energy Educational and Cultural Center, 700 N Cedar from renewable energy sources, the Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046. dynamics of investment in the industry and the economic stimulation of green energy Thursday, Friday and Sunday, facilities deployment. The author summa- December 19, 20 and 22 rizes the results of renewable energy devel- NEW YORK: La MaMa Experimental opment in the world by solar, wind, hydro, Theatre and Yara Arts Group present the geothermal and bioenergy sectors, as well new theater piece “Opera GAZ” created by as the impact of the industry on employ- Yara and Nova Opera from Kyiv. This is the ment growth. In addition, the outcomes of American premier. “Opera GAZ” played at the green energy deployment in Ukraine the National Theatre in Kyiv and at a festival are compared with the world achieve- in Vienna to great reviews. The event is at 7 ments. On this basis, objective and subjec- p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and at 3 p.m. tive reasons that impede the extension of on Sunday. Tickets are $30 adults, $25 for renewable energy technologies worldwide students/seniors. For information call 212- are identified, as well as additional barriers 352-3101 or visit www.lamama.org/gaz. specific to Ukrainian reality. Regarding the reasons outlined above, the author pro- Saturday, December 21 vides recommendations for governments to NEW YORK: Yara’s new theatre piece improve national policies in this area. “Winter Songs on Mars” with Koliada and Considering the economic and political sit- vertep featuring Koliadnyky, Yara artists and uation in Ukraine, additional economic special guests will be presented at 7 p.m. mechanisms have been developed, the use There will also be a special school show at of which will stimulate green energy noon. Venue: La MaMa Experimental growth in the country. The lecture will take Theatre, 66 E. Fourth St., New York, NY place at the Society’s building, 63 Fourth 10003. Tickets are $26 for adults; $21 for Avenue (between 9th and 10th Sts.), at 5 seniors and students, $10 for children. For p.m. For additional information call 212- information call 212-352-3101 or visit 254-5130. www.lamama.org/gaz.

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