Trudy Gold
Great Jewish Cities: Odessa
Summary
By 1900 Jews made up nearly a third of the population of Odessa, despite direction from rabbis to not go within 10 versts of this storied port because the fires of Hell burned there. This exciting seaport on the edge of the Pale of Settlement was a centre of Haskalah Zionism, Jewish literature, theatre, and of course music, yet this cosmopolitan centre had its dark underbelly of pogroms, poverty, prostitution, and gangsters. Sure to be a memorable lecture by Trudy.
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.