Ukrainians and Jews are two groups of people for whom historical traumas of destruction are common

02.08.2022, 14:56 hromadske.radio

About Shmuel Yosef Agnon’s residence in Buchach for Ukrainian writers, the features shared by Ukrainian and Jewish peoples, and about the importance of cultural memory. The guest is Borys Khersonskyi, poet, publicist, member of Ukrainian PEN, psychologist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and head of the Kyiv Institute of Modern Psychology and Psychotherapy. Borys Khersonskyi: The Shmuel Yosef Agnon Residence is a residence for Ukrainian writers. The latest was conditional and mostly virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fortunately, there was no war then. Buchach is a typical town in western Ukraine, where three communities once lived: Jewish, Polish, and Ukrainian. I always wanted to visit this region because looking at images or reading about it is not the same as seeing it in real life.