Trudy Gold
The Jews of Shavli and the Surrounding Regions: A Lost Culture
Summary
Shavli was once the home of many South African Jews, including the forebears of the Kirsh Family. We will explore the world that they came from and what that looked like, using Shavli as a microcosm of the bigger picture.
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.