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Akiva's Café
1media/Jacob-Adler-1902.jpg2018-04-10T01:00:26-07:00Kai Mishuris585155756b25fb12f0e1fa38d0833d89a009cce51974911plain2018-05-17T05:50:13-07:00Isabella Buzynski4c5090420af98824ad786b6dac1f314b9e9f95a8“Sages of Odessa”The famous actor Jacob Adler used to spend his evenings with other actors in Café Fanconi and in the Jewish-owned Akiva's café on Rivnoya Street, where theatrical rehearsals and performances took place.