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Three Concurrent Exhibitions at Beth HatefutsothThree exhibitions on Odessa - the city that a century ago was a center of Jewish modernism, with the second largest Jewish community in imperial Russia.
Growing Up in Odessa: Paintings by Yefim LadizhinskyLiterary Texts and Memoirs
by Jewish Writers
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The exhibition displays a selection of tempera paintings by Yefim Ladizhinsky, accompanied by memoirs by prominent Odessa writers, such as Isaac Babel, Mendele Mokher Seforim, Eliezer Steinmann and Zeev Jabotinsky. |
| The Odessa-born Yefim Ladizhinsky (1911 - 1982) painted in the 1960's and 70's scenes from everyday life in the city during the early decades of the 20th century. His works vividly depict a panorama of bustling marketplaces, city squares, parks, cafes, funerals and weddings. These cityscapes tell a kind of naive story whose heroes are the city dwellers, among them the Jews, going about their daily lives in their various neighborhoods. |
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On display in the Lady Sarah Cohen Exhibition Center
The Odessa Circle: Jewish Writers, Hebrew Literature, 1881-1921
| This exhibition deals with the literary circle that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries turned Odessa into the center of the new Hebrew literature. Prominent members of this group included Ch. N. Bialik, Achad Ha-am, Y. Klausner, Rawnitzky and S. Tchernichowsky. Their personalities and intensive activity attracted young Jewish artists and intellectuals throughout the Pale of Settlement, who streamed into Odessa. |
On display in the Clement Gilbraut-Rothschild Exhibition Hall
Odessa Revisited: Photographs by Debbi Cooper, September 2000
Photographer Debbi Cooper visited Odessa on behalf of the AJJDC.
| The 40 photographs displayed in the exhibition expose the contrast between Odessa's glorious past, seen in the city's impressive architecture and expansive avenues, and the much poorer present-day living conditions. Cooper sensitively documents with her camera personalities from Odessa's Jewish community and the revival of Jewish life in the city, in synagogues, educational institutions and community centers. |
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On display in the Izak Grunstein-Shamir Exhibition Hall
