Trudy Gold
Churchill and The Jews, Part I
Summary
In this series of lectures, Trudy Gold discusses the towering historical figure, Winston Churchill, and his relationship with Jewish history. Churchill’s Victorian aristocratic background and his complicated, multifaceted character are examined within the context of his own time. Focus is given to his close relationships with Jewish entrepreneurs like Nathaniel Rothschild, Baron Maurice de Hirsch, Sir Ernest Cassel, and the Sassoon family, shedding light on the theme of Jewish identity and the desire of these entrepreneurs to gain acceptance in the English upper class. Part 1 of 3.
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.
It still goes on. There’s something very seductive about the English upper classes in their manners. That’s what they fell in love with.
They liked his father, they liked him. He had a lot of spirit, he had a big brain and he liked them too.
As far as I know, no, he hated school. Churchill’s the grandson of a Duke, so it didn’t matter. He knew his place in the world. He hated Harrow.