Trudy Gold
Revolution and Jewish History
Summary
French Revolution was a turning point in Jewish history. For the first time in European history Jews were granted emancipation, but at a price. This presentation will address the crisis of modernity.
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.
Yeah. Do you think Jewish emancipation was achieved because there were so few Jews and they were not a threat. No, I don’t think it’s that. I think it was an anomaly actually. It’s fascinating, there were a hundred thousand Jews in France at the time of the Dreyfus affair. And we were right at the middle of it. The stock exchange was called the Jewish bulls. Antisemitism in France went through the roof as society was divided.