Trudy Gold
The Aaronsohns, NILI and the Zion Mule Corps
Summary
In this talk, Trudy Gold asks, how did Zionists in Palestine react to WWI and what side should they take? Gold examines both the fortunes of NILI, the Jewish spy ring that aided the British, as well as the Zion Mule Corps, the brainchild of Jabotinsky and Trumpeldor and the first Jewish fighting force for 2000 years.
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.