Odessa

Odessa P.O. Box 210
Odessa, 65001
Ukraine 
Phone: + 38 0482 39-90-64
Email: odessa@jewsforjesus.org
    
Igor Barbanel Igor Barbanel
Deputy Director of Jews for Jesus in Russia & Ukraine

Shalom, my name is Igor, and I'm glad you wanted to get to know who I am and what I do. I was born and raised in an atheist family in Odessa,…

Leonid Vasserman Leonid Vasserman
Branch Leader

Leonid and Olga Vasserman Leonid is the leader of the Odessa branch of Jews for Jesus and a member of the CIS Jews for Jesus Committee. He received…

Arne Tafjord Arne Tafjord
Administrative

Shalom. My name is Arne Tafjord. I'm a Norwegian, who is living in Odessa, Ukraine since 1992. I'm married to Alla, who comes from Odessa. We have…

Vitaly Kotlyar Vitaly Kotlyar
Administrative

Shalom! My name is Vitaly Kotlyar. I am an administrator in the Jews for Jesus ministry. In 2000, a brother from my church, Leonid Vasserman,…

Yuri Persianov Yuri Persianov
Administrative

My name is Yury Persianov. I was born in a city on the beautiful Black Sea: the city of Odessa, rich in history and humor. A hundred years ago, the…

Galina Bogomolova Galina Bogomolova
Outreach Worker

I come from a Jewish family that for generations lived in Ukraine's Black Sea port, Odessa. By the age of 30, my life had become joyless and grey,…

Gena Gelman Gena Gelman
Outreach Worker

Shalom! My name is Gena Gelman. I am Jewish. I am 36. In 1996, when I got a new job as a salesman, I met a young couple that worked next to me, Yury…

Larissa Savelieva Larissa Savelieva
Outreach Worker

My name is Larissa Savelieva. My husband's name is Valery. We live in Odessa, Ukraine. We have one daughter, Tatyana, who has a family of her…

Yoseph Ashurov Yoseph Ashurov
Outreach Worker

My name is Yoseph Ashurov. I am a Bukharian Jew, born in the Republic of Uzbekistan. I was one of 12 children in our family and my parents always…