Raymond Levine
Seafaring Jews
Summary
Seafaring, in the sense of wind-powered travel across seas and oceans, is not normally associated with Jews and Jewish culture. There is no tradition of Jewish mothers wishing their daughters would marry a sailor. Nevertheless, there is a longstanding involvement between Jews and the sea going back to biblical times and continuing into the present century. This presentation explores this lesser known aspect of the Jewish experience, revealing a few surprises along the way.
Raymond Levine
Raymond Levine has been a practicing lawyer in London for over 50 years. He is now retired, at least officially. Having read law at Oxford University, he has spent his precious spare time over many years reading more interesting and exciting things, on topics such as history, philosophy, religion, mythology, and even occasionally science. Apart from a little law, he claims no particular expertise in any of them. Nonetheless he is an advocate of the idea that all things are interconnected and hopes to develop this line of thought in an informative and entertaining way.