Starting from August 5, Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” will host the exhibition “JERUSALEM – DNIPRO. FROM A TO Z”, which is part of an international cultural project initiated by the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine, the “Nativ” Representative Office in Ukraine, the Honorary Consulate of the State of Israel in the Western Region of Ukraine, and the Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”.
The exhibition was solemnly opened by the director of the Museum, Dr. Iryna Radchenko, who emphasized the importance of such projects for the cultural space of the city. Mark Dovev, head of the “Nativ” representative office in Ukraine, counselor of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine, shared his thoughts. His sincere emotional speech included words of gratitude to his native Dnipro and a story about what inspired the team to create the project, which in total covered 4 Ukrainian cities. The director of the Jewish community of Dnipro, Zelig Brez, also addressed the guests of the Museum, who noted the symbolism of the idea and the name of the exhibition, because Dnipro that is called the “Jerusalem of the Diaspora”.
The exhibition was solemnly opened by the director of the Museum, Dr. Iryna Radchenko, who emphasized the importance of such projects for the cultural space of the city. Mark Dovev, head of the “Nativ” representative office in Ukraine, counselor of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine, shared his thoughts. His sincere emotional speech included words of gratitude to his native Dnipro and a story about what inspired the team to create the project, which in total covered 4 Ukrainian cities. The director of the Jewish community of Dnipro, Zelig Brez, also addressed the guests of the Museum, who noted the symbolism of the idea and the name of the exhibition, because it is the Dnipro that is called the “Jerusalem of the Diaspora”.
The Israeli part of the exhibition was created by the Ginzburg Art Foundation “City cat”, digital artists showed unique manifestations of the most prominent locations of Jerusalem. The Ukrainian part was created by Vanda Orlova (VANDA), the author of her own artistic style and technique – solarism, founder of the First Ukrainian Art Agency Art Fine Nation. Commenting on her works for this exhibition, the artist noted: “Each work is a separate story about the Dnipro. About the people who created the city. About the places without which it would not be what it is. About cultural codes that do not always lie on the surface, but they are the ones that shape its character. And I really want them, looking at these works, to feel the same as I felt when creating each of them: Dnipro is not just a city on the map. It is a city that tells its stories.” This time, an integral part of the exhibition were the unique works of another Ukrainian artist - Olga Shypelyk, whose spiritual golden art seems to remind us that the sacred meaning of rethinking the biblical story of rebooting humanity at the level of everyone's life is happening here and now with each of us.
We invite you to look at the familiar from a new angle: take a closer look at the curves of domes and arches, the lines of streets, the contours of temples and feel not only their aesthetics, but also their true soul.
The exhibition will be open until August 27, 2026 and is available for visitation according to the Museum's working hours: Wednesday, Sunday – from 10:00 to 18:00, Tuesday, Thursday – by prior appointment.