Lecture
Trudy Gold
Tuesday 4.11.2025
Trudy Gold
Julius Reuter and the Creation of a Empire
Tuesday 4.11.2025
How to watch
This lecture starts on 4 November at 5:00pm (UK).
Summary
In 1845 Israel Beer Josephat, the son of a rabbi, went into the German Lutheran Church in London and emerged as Paul Julius Reuter (1816-1899). He went on to create one of the largest telecommunication businesses in the world (Reuters). This is the story of a brilliant entrepreneur, the lure of modernity, and the complexity of Jewish identity.
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.