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Lecture

Trudy Gold
The Jews of Poland

Thursday 17.12.2020

Summary

A broad analysis of the complex dynamics of Jews in the Soviet Union, highlighting the revolutionary ideals of assimilation and universalism among Jewish revolutionaries, as well as the conflicting views on Jewish identity and nationalism and the presence of messianic aspirations within some Jewish revolutionaries.

Trudy Gold

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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.