In this course, Peter Kenez and Murray Baumgarten, both emeritus professors at UC Santa Cruz, tell the story of the Jews of the Black Sea port of Odesa. Kenez and Baumgarten include music, literature, and history in their analysis of a city like no other. The course is for anyone with an interest in the history and culture of the Jewish people.
LH
I love Prof Kenesz as he rambles his way through history. At the end, you know everything he wanted to show you.
SN
It was something new about Jewish culture and history. I have never heard anything like that even having lived in the USSR for 30 years.
LH
A great and often moving tribute to a beautiful city that played a key role in Jewish history. Professors Kenex and Baumgartner complimented each other quite nicely.
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This course was very stimulating and I learned many new things. Professors Kenez & Baumgarten are a great double act, with great insight and deep knowledge of their subjects. I took their Holocaust course a few years ago which was amazing and this was a great and pertinent follow up in present times.
An essential part of modern history is the history of the Jews. This course allows you to enter it, in a dynamic and interesting way. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
A great and often moving tribute to a beautiful city that played a key role in Jewish history. Professors Kenex and Baumgartner complimented each other quite nicely.
An essential course to understand the Jewish people, the 19th century in Eastern Europe and the Russian Revolution process.
Good informative course. Took me back to where my ancestors came from. Need more courses like it.
It was something new about Jewish culture and history. I have never heard anything like that even having lived in the USSR for 30 years.
I love Prof Kenesz as he rambles his way through history. At the end, you know everything he wanted to show you.