Bearing the light of knowledge, people of the publishing house "Mathesis" / Lebedovych Kagan

The so-called cycle of 5 lectures that Inna Rikun read in the Museum of history of Odessa Jews "Migdal-Shorashim" (street/ 66). The first lecture "Lebedovych Kagan" will be held on the eve of the festival of lights – Hanukkah December 15 at 16.00. Lectures are accompanied by slide shows, most of the photographs and documents exhibited for the first time. Conditions of participation is a donation of at least 100₴ Odessa publishing house "Mathesis" (1905-1925) was considered the best in Russian Empire and scientific publisher. Its "founding fathers" was the Privat-docents of the University of Novorossiysk Veniamin Fedorovich Kagan, Samuil Osipovich Shatunovsky and Artem R. Orbinski, Director of the Jewish school, Mikhail Moiseevich Aglitskiy and the owner of the print shop, Moses Philipovich Spencer. It was amazing people: scientists and educators, teachers and mentors, idealists and workers. The stories of their lives, full of dramatic and sometimes tragic events, will not leave you indifferent. You will learn about the multi-year search of the amazing discoveries about how other people, long-dead people, become family and friends. Record by phone 0503923088