Odessa Ukraine Experiences Jewish Renaissance
Did you know that Odessa, Ukraine was once home to one of the most powerful Jewish communities on the planet? Join us as we explore Odessa firsthand, and discover the roots of modern day Israel on the way. And stay tuned, because this is just the first part of our series Odessa 101.
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Jewish Odessa | Odessa Walks
Jewish Odessa tour: a story of Odessa's Jews since the city's founding till modern times. The Odessa Haskalah and Zionist movements; prominent names - Jabotinsky, PInsker, Bialik, Dizengof. Most of the main Jewish sights and a lot of little known ones. Fore more, visit odessawalks.com Email at odessawalks@gmail.com to book. Tours for the Curious Mind.
Jewish University Odessa
The Jewish University in Odessa, is affiliated with the University of Odessa. Students graduate with a diploma from the University of Odessa, while learning in a Jewish environment.
Key of Historic Brodsky Synagogue handed to Jewish Community Odessa
Ceremonious key of the historic Brodsky Synagogue being handed to the Jewish Community of Odessa.
Built in 1863, the Brodsky Synagogue was taken from the Jewish Community in 1920 along with all other houses of worship, and was later turned into the State Archive during WWII.
After drastic renovations, the building will house the Chabad Lubavitch Congregation of Odessa, and The Odessa Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center.
Insight to Israel - Jewish Ophanage in Odessa, Ukraine
Get your tissues ready because ILTV.tv's Natasha Kirtchuk gives an inside look at a Jewish orphanage in Odessa, Ukraine.
Anti-Semitism in Odessa, Ukraine
December 25, 2017 three Jewish institutions were sprayed with Anti-Semitic graffiti on the same night.
Brodsky Synagogue
Holocaust Museum
JCC
Be A Light - Never Again
Review of a Private Jewish Odessa tour. Odessa Walks
Odessa Walks' private 4.5-hour Odessa Jewish Heritage private tour reviewed by customers
Jewish Odessa Tour | Bazarnaya street | Odessa Walks
Odessa's Jewish history is really fascinating. The city boasts a lot of Jewish sights, which make up for a very interesting Jewish tour. Join us!
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JDC Dispatch: Odessa, Ukraine
In bustling Odessa, 35,000 Jews rely on JDC for material assistance, cultural and educational programs, and more. Learn how we support the most vulnerable in this Black Sea port city.
For more than 100 years, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has been saving Jewish lives, building Jewish life, and transforming Jewish values into action that benefits all people in need. As the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian aid group, JDC today works in more than 70 countries and in Israel to alleviate hunger and hardship, rescue Jews in danger, create lasting connections to Jewish life, and provide disaster relief and development support for victims of natural and man-made disasters.
Synagogues of the Ukraine Part 4 Lvov
Fourth episode checking out Jewish houses of worship past and present in the Ukraine. This one focuses on the city of Lvov now called Lviv. duration: 5 min, 20 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.
A Walk Through Odessa's Jewish Heritage
The most influential Jewish citizens in Odessa were the Brodsky, Rafalovic and Efrussi families. These people began as traders, money lenders and tailors before becoming grain traders. Olga walked us by their former palatial mansions and the Brodsky Synagogue, the first Reformed Synagogue and the first with an organ!
The Synagogue was turned into city archives by the Bolsheviks, and still remains such. If the shelves were removed, the building would probably collapse. From there to an area where Issak Babel, the famous Russian writer once lived. Babel was tortured and shot by the Bolsheviks after confessing to being a terrorist and spy in 1940.
Odessa 1905: A Jewish Girl on the Odessa Steps
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Why was Odessa once a Jewish City
It is said that 7 Jews lived in Odessa during the 1780s, and before the beginning of World War II, over 50% of the population were Jewish. What was responsible for the influx? The majority of Jews emigrated from Pale Settlements established by Catherine the Great. Jews were not allowed to live anywhere outside of what is present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Moldova, Ukraine, and parts of western Russia.
Even though Odessa was part of the Pale Settlement, the founders needed people to populate this new area, and opportunities arose for Jews to move here, and obtain free land and equal rights.
Olga then began walking us through Odessa's considerable Jewish Heritage which included pogram sites, holocaust memorials, cemeteries and information about various luminaries.
The Viking Lomonosov also offered a Jewish Heritage tour as did all cruise lines but one-on-one was infinity more interesting...
Odessa's Jewish past and present
This city on the shores of the Black Sea became home to a diverse group of people - Albanians, Armenians, Azeris, Bulgarians, Crimean Tatars, Frenchmen, Germans, Greeks, Italians, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Turks, Ukrainians - and Jews. Odessa.
Today, we revisit Odessa's Jewish history.
Cohen's Way: A Documentary About Jewish New Year Celebrations in Ukraine
The streets of Uman are filling with a black and white sea of people. An ambulance rushes through this sea with howling sirens. It is taking an injured Jew to a helicopter that will transport him to Kyiv. 30,000 Hasidim have officially arrived in Uman this year to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The Jews themselves claim that twice as many came: over the three days of the holiday the central kitchen prepared 250,000 servings of food, and it is not the only kitchen that fed the guests. Because a man without food is not a man, smiles Rabbi Hillel Cohen, telling Kolian Pastyko of Hromadske.doc about the intricacies of organizing the largest Jewish festival in the world.
Hillel runs through the streets of Uman explaining everything around him on the go. There are 30 synagogues in Uman, he heads to the central one. The city is busy with the latest preparations for the holiday, which will begin in the evening and will last three days. At 7 p.m. on the dot, Hillel removes our clip-on microphone and can no longer say a single word on camera: every Jew on Rosh Hashanah has more important things to do than to take care of journalists. That is why we agree to meet back in Kyiv so that he can comment on everything that Pastyko records. Hillel does not mind: for the 30 years that he has come to Rosh Hashanah in Uman, Ukrainian media have told and shown so many unpleasant things about the Jewish New Year in Uman that he does not trust journalists at all, and he is delighted to watch the video before it airs.
Hillel comes from the Cohen family. He is the offspring of Aaron, Moses' brother, and has a special relationship with the Creator. Cohens are not allowed to go to the cemetery, even when it comes to the tomb of Tzadik Nachman, which is precisely the place of power that draws Jews from all over the world to celebrate Rosh Hashanah in the Ukrainian Uman, as he is buried there. Hillel has been coming there since 1989, organizing the medical-volunteer infrastructure of the festival, but has never approached the main Hasidic shrine closer than 30 meters. Only in your video can I see how everything goes on there, he says, looking at the footage, as an endless black and white queue of Hasidim passes by the grave of Tzadik Nachman, and everyone kisses and touches the tombstone.
Rosh Hashanah is an incredible holiday, says Hillel. This is obvious: it makes you feel alien, and around you — there are tens of thousands of weirdly dressed men and boys praying, singing, dancing, or eating solely kosher food or apples with honey. The extent of fun and seriousness is hard to understand: at times, it is reminiscent of a football World Cup, but with a deep meaning in life — a book of life is being written these days and it is being decided what the next year will be like.
When Hillel first came to Rosh Hashanah in Uman, it was a holiday for 250 people. At the time, we all knew each other, it was a very small and close-knit community, says Hillel. “Now we might not even find time to meet with people we know. There are more and more people, and next year there could be 100,000.” Hillel says the local authorities have finally realized that everyone is interested in scaling up the Rosh Hashanah Jewish Festival, and have begun to help and support it. The streets of Uman are finally cleaned not after the holiday, but throughout, and this time the Jewish New Year was celebrated in unprecedented cleanliness. This is confirmed by a local cleaner who has been working in Uman during Rosh Hashanah for nine years. We have cleanliness this year, it’s very good compared to previous years, the woman says, allowing Jewish teens to photograph her broom.
Kolian Pastyko was in Uman during the Jewish New Year, made friends with thousands of merry men and watched the Ukrainians who came to see the Jews. All this in his documentary “Cohen's Way”.
Synagogues of the Ukraine Part 1
First episode checking out Jewish houses of worship past and present in the Ukraine. duration: 4 min, 26 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.
Trip to the Gadyach with Jewish community Chabad Odessa
Trip to the Gadyach with Jewish community Chabad Odessa - (25.01.2018 - 28.01.2018)
Secrets and Splendors of Odessa's Main Sights | The Brodsky Synagogue | Odessa Walks
We continue Odessa city tour with the story of the Odessa Brodsky Synagogue. The city landmark of moorish architecture is not to miss on a city sightseeing and Jewish Odessa tours.
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The Reopening of Kiev's Podil Synagogue
Marina Vaysberg, reference librarian at the College of Saint Rose, speaks about the changes Kiev has undergone since her girlhood. In particular, she recalls the opening of the Podil Synagogue in Kiev in the 1970's.
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