Trudy Gold
Halloween, All Saints’ Day and the Jews of England
Summary
On the ninth of Av (Tisha B’Av), King Edward I issued the Edict of Expulsion. No Jew was to be found in the Christian land of England after November 1, 1290, All Saints Day. This was the culmination of a period of Jew hatred inspired by the church. This session will also discuss how modern antisemitism has been fed by the historic demonisation of the Jew in the world of monotheism.
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.