Ah, Odessa, the home of my grandparents, where my mother
lived as a young girl. Anyone who has ever visited Odessa never forgets the
Odessa Steps, the statue of Duc de Richelieu, the arteries that feed the heart
of this port city; frantic Deribasovskaya street; majestic and sleepy Pushkin
st. Walk along Nikolaevsky and Primorsky Blvd, and you will inhale the spicy
aroma of the acacias. Odessa is truly special and the home of Jewish
enlightenment and a Zionist city. Here lived Chaim Nachman Bialik, Isaac Babel,
Zeev Vladimir Jabotinsky. Russian Jewry stood in awe of Odessa. For more info
on this city on the Black Sea, check out “The Scattered Tribe,” (Globe Pequot
Press) and my blog: www.bengfrank.blogspot.com
“I travel the world.”
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