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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Jews and the Fight for Emancipation in Britain

Tuesday 13.06.2023

Summary

Unlike continental Europe, Jewish emancipation in Britain was a long, slow process. This lecture focuses on the fascinating characters, both Jewish and gentile, who sought to liberalize the country. This also led to a redefinition of what it meant to be a Jew.

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.