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Lecture

Trudy Gold
Holland and the Sephardim

Tuesday 19.01.2021

Summary

An examination of the various ways Jewish history and identity is understood around the world. Specific topics covered include the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula, the rise of church power, and the introduction of the Inquisition, the Protestant Reformation, and the Dutch Republic.

Trudy Gold

An image of 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.