"The beginning of this tale of bygone days in Odessa dates to the dawn of the twentieth century. At that time we used to refer to the first years of this period as the 'springtime, ' meaning a social and political awakening. For my generation, these years also coincided with our own personal springtime, in the sense that we were all in our youthful twenties. And both of these springtimes, as well as the image of our carefree Black Sea capital with acacias growing along its steep banks, are interwoven in my memory with the story of one family in which there were five children: Marusya,...
"The beginning of this tale of bygone days in Odessa dates to the dawn of the twentieth century. At that time we used to refer to the first years o...
Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky (1880-1940) made his name as a journalist, novelist, poet, translator, soldier, and linguist. He was also one of the foremost orators of his day, mesmerizing his audiences in any of the seven languages he had mastered. Above all, Jabotinsky was a charismatic political leader with rare prophetic vision whose name became a household word among the masses of eastern European Jewry between the two World Wars. Jabotinsky was a product of 19th-century Liberalism who championed a brand of Zionism which set aside social and class differences and concentrated on obtaining a...
Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky (1880-1940) made his name as a journalist, novelist, poet, translator, soldier, and linguist. He was also one of the forem...
"Was für ein Fund!" Die Welt Beginn des 20 Jahrhunderts. Es sind die letzten Tage des alten Odessa: Im Vielvölkergemisch der kosmopolitisch-toleranten Stadt, in der das Ukrainische und das Russische, das Jüdische und das Deutsche, das Armenische und das Griechische nebeneinander existieren, wachsen die fünf Geschwister der Familie Milgrom zwischen revolutionärer Gewalt und Assimilation auf. Doch bald trennen sich ihre Lebenswege auf dramatische Weise. Vladimir Jabotinsky, brillanter Feuilletonist und streitbarer Mitbegründer der zionistischen Bewegung, unternimmt eine...
"Was für ein Fund!" Die Welt Beginn des 20 Jahrhunderts. Es sind die letzten Tage des alten Odessa: Im Vielvölkergemisch der kosmopolitisch-tole...
