Trudy Gold
Trudy Gold in Conversation with Sa'ad Khaldi on the Pact of Umar
Summary
Sa’ad Khaldi and Trudy Gold discuss the Pact of Umar, created by the first of the “Rightly Guided Caliphs” in Jerusalem in 638. Sa’ad outlines the motivations behind this treaty and its implications for the relationship between the three Abrahamic faiths in the Levant. He also shares an elegant Hebrew poem written during the period of Moorish Spain and references the ‘protection tax’ demanded by the Muslim rulers of Córdoba.
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.
Sa'ad Khaldi
Sa’ad Khaldi is a UK educator with an Arab and Jewish heritage. In 2007 he became the first Palestinian Holocaust Educational Fellow after studying with the Imperial War Museum and Yad Vashem in Lithuania, Poland, and Israel. The following year Sa’ad was invited to present his education research project for teachers called “Crossroads to Palestine” at Yad Vashem’s Summer Conference. Since then he has deepened his knowledge of pre- and post- WW2 Palestine and Israel-related events. His knowledge base is possibly unique, as his father was a key leader in the West Bank Palestinian community and after 1967 opened the door to direct dialogue with prominent Israeli politicians—by agreeing that Israel was a “State of Necessity.”