Trudy Gold
Jewish Responses to Revolution
Summary
The lecture provides an in-depth exploration of the historical context and role of Jews in Russia, particularly focusing on their involvement in revolutionary movements leading up to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The speaker discusses the perceptions of Jews during the time, emphasizing that while the majority of Jews were not revolutionaries, many of the movement’s leaders were Jewish. The lecture examines anti-Semitic sentiments within the Russian regime, including Nicholas II’s views and actions, as well as the pogroms of 1905.
Trudy Gold
Trudy Gold was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre and a founding member of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Throughout her career she taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities, and to adult groups and ran seminars on Holocaust education in the UK, Eastern Europe, and China. She also led Jewish educational tours all over the world. Trudy was the educational director of the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and “Holocaust Explained” and the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilization.
Well, certainly the forces of conservatism didn’t believe Jews could ever be loyal to Russia. Remember the pale of settlement is to the west in a huge area. They’re pushing them back into the Russian interior and they talk about them as Jews.
Well, yes, some of them were I’m afraid.
A wonderful dream because then we’re outside the realm of politics and we are into the realm of human behaviour. Also Lenin had to go for the one-party state.