Odessa, Ukraine, is a major center for Jewish power.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The sources document Odessa's historically large Jewish community and its current decline (about 35,000 members in 2022, per El Pais; about 45,000 Jews in Ukraine overall in 2023, per the Leadstories fact-check), but none addresses 'Jewish power' or whether Odessa is a centre of it.
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… The current depopulation agenda is right up their alley, and Shabat and groups like this make no bones about it. This is a perfect arrangement for them, because to this day, you have Odessa, Ukraine, is still a major center for Jewish power. Maybe later on we can talk about the project of New Kazaria, which I've dealt with in great detail, which this war has derailed. …
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Context. Sources show Odessa had a very large Jewish population historically, around 40 percent at its 1920s peak, but that population fell sharply, to about 45,000 remaining in the 1990s and about 35,000 members in 2022.[1][2][3]
Context. A 2023 fact-check reports the World Jewish Congress estimated Ukraine's Jewish population at about 45,000 that year, describing it as shrinking since the Russian invasion.[4]
Context. No source addresses Jewish 'power' or influence in Odessa today; the historical sources describe Jewish cultural, economic and communal influence, which is a different and non-comparable concept.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1“7” in “Jewish Odesa” | Open Indianapublish.iupress.indiana.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Jews in Odessa Rediscover Their Heritage Through Yiddishnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 3How Odessa's Jewish community is taking up arms again ...english.elpais.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Fact Check: Hundred Thousand Jews Did Not Recently Arrive In ...xn--h1acbxfam.leadstories.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Jewish Odessa: Chapters from My Memoirs by Rabbi Glicksbergkehilalinks.jewishgen.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6History of the Jews in Odesa - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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