Vladislav Davidzon has for almost a decade been one of the most acute observers of the Ukrainian–Jewish relationship and of the place of Ukrainian Jewry within a developing political nation. His stylish reportage has been invaluable for understanding the dynamics of the Jewish Ukraine in a historical moment. This volume will surely enter the canon as an important document for anyone who wishes to understand this moment.

A masterful chronicler of the real odyssey of the Ukrainian Jew amidst revolutionary times!

Understanding the story that Vladislav Davidzon tells about the role of Ukrainian Jewry over the last decade since the Maidan Revolution, will allow you understand the development of Ukraine as a modern nation-state.
— Claire Berlinski, Author of There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters

The author:

Vladislav Davidzon studied Intellectual History and Comparative Literature at the City University of New York and holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights from the Global Campus EMA program in Venice. He has been reporting on Ukrainian Jewish life for Tablet Magazine since 2012; he is the founding editor of The Odessa Review. Davidzon’s articles have appeared in Foreign Policy, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Observer, and Bookforum Magazine. Davidzon is a fellow at the Atlantic Council and the author of From Odessa With Love (Academica Press, 2021). He lives in Paris.

The author of the foreword:


Bernard-Henri Lévy is, according to The Boston Globe in 2015, “perhaps the most prominent intellectual in France today.”