Trudy Gold
Ben Hecht: Journalist, Screenwriter, and Zionist
Summary
A fascinating look at Ben Hecht, a successful Hollywood screenwriter, journalist, and activist who wrote some of the best American talkies and contributed significantly to the history of the Jews and Israel. This lecture will also examine the career of legendary Hollywood actor Paul Muni.
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.