Trudy Gold
The World’s Response to the Jewish Refugee Crisis: 1933-1941, Part 2
Summary
One of the main elements of Zionism was the belief that Antisemitism would eventually make life impossible for Jews.This presentation will examine the responses of the Zionist leaders as the horror gradually unfolded.
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.
Ah! It’s a nice question. You know that great quote of Elias Canetti, “There are no people more difficult to understand than the Jews.” I think if I asked you to define Christian, you would say it was someone who believed in Jesus. But, I’ll give you various definitions that some believe. Some believe it’s a religious definition. That’s the halachic definition, the child of the Jewish mother, That land at the end of the Eastern Mediterranean certainly believes it’s a national definition. And many of their leadership still believe that the Diaspora, the Jews of the Diaspora are erroneous because they should go home, as Netanyahu said to French Jewry after that terrible attack. Some believe it’s culture, a culture affiliation. Other beliefs in that nebulous term, peoplehood. And I’ve told you what my mother said. My mother said it’s cardiac. You feel it.