Jewish life in Odessa, “Pearl of the Black Sea”

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The Kremlin claims that Ukraine is full of Nazis. But in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odessa, rabbis say the claim is just cheap propaganda. Lawrence Sheets reports that the city has a long history of religious acceptance, with a diverse crowd of Jewish people.

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