Odessa in c.1910. the Oster Visual Documentation Center at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People. Courtesy Yevgeni Yarushevitz
“How it Was Done in Odessa”
(Isaak Babel)
Jewish Culture in Odessa
A series of lectures by ANU – Museum of the Jewish People & Beit Shalom Aleichem
Fridays, once a month at 9am, as of November 11, 2022
Lectures are held in Hebrew
Series editor: Rivka Aderet | Academic counselor: Dr. Aviva Tal
Series Program:
Friday, March 24, 2023
- King of Modavanka – Benya Krik and the organized crime of Odessa. Prof. Motti Zalkin.
- Isaac Babel and Odessa. Prof. Hamutal Bar-Yosef.
Friday, April 21, 2023
- What do Jews in Odessa read? On Jewish newspapers, publishers and libraries. Prof. Nathan Cohen.
- Bialik and Tchernichovsky in Odessa: Literal walks and talks on the shore promenade by the Black Sea. Dr. Ruhama Albag.
Friday, May 12, 2023
- אייזערנע ליליען פון באלקאנען (Iron Lilies on the Balconies). The poetry of Anna Margolin. Dr. Aviva Tal.
- Footage from the collections of ANU: Odessa in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Rivka Aderet.
Friday, June 9, 2023
- Jewish artists in Odessa: Avant-garde and memory – a talk with Rachel Arbel, curator of the 2001 ANU exhibition “Homage to Odessa”.
- A three languages exploration of the songs of Odessa. Lecture and flute: Dr. Michael Lukin, singer: Vira Luzinski. With Gershon Leizerson and musicians from the Israeli Kleizmer Orchestra, pianist: Igor Ostrowski.