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Lecture

Trudy Gold
The Extraordinary Samuel Oppenheimer and Samson Wertheimer

Tuesday 11.01.2022

Summary

Trudy Gold discusses why she thinks Samuel Oppenheimer (1630–1703) and Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724) were two of the most fascinating characters in Jewish history.

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.

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