City of Rogues and Schnorrers: Russia's Jews and the Myth of Old Odessa

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City of Rogues and Schnorrers City OF Rogues ANDSchnorrers RUSSIA’S JEWS AND THE MYTH OF OLD ODESSA JARROD TANNY Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404–3797 USA www.iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800–842–6796 Fax orders 812–855–7931© 2011 by Jarrod Tanny All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. • The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tanny, Jarrod. City of rogues and schnorrers : Russia’s Jews and the myth of old Odessa / Jarrod Tanny. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35646-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-253-22328-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-253-00138-2 (e-book) 1. Jews—Ukraine—Odesa—History. 2. Jewish criminals—Ukraine—Odesa— Biography. 3. Odesa (Ukraine)—Social conditions. 4. Odesa (Ukraine)—Ethnic relations. 5. Odesa (Ukraine)—In literature. 6. Cultural pluralism—Ukraine— Odesa—History. I. Title. DS135.U420358 2011 947.7'2—dc23 2011019922 1 2 3 4 5 16 15 14 13 12 11 For Allie, Sarah, and Max “Your father,” he once said to me, “was one of your real wild Jews. A bonditt. A mazik. A devil. I could have sworn he was out of Odessa.” —MORDECAI RICHLER, Barney’s Version ...