Odessa’s Jews Lay Low As Violence Engulfs Their Oasis Of Calm

Kozlenko said he wouldn’t leave Odessa, even though he was shocked by the recent violence.

“I can’t reconcile what I saw with my belief in this city of tolerance, which is home to more than a hundred nationalities, which produced such outstanding personalities of science, culture and art,” he said. “I thought such events could not happen here.”

(JTA)