Virtual Event
The Jews of Poland with Trudy Gold
November 1 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Virtual Event
$12.00
Classi Lectures together with the Toronto Jewish Genealogical Society bring you
The Empires Swallow Poland
Out of the horror of the massacres emerged a new religious movement, Chassidism.
This session will tell the story of the Baal Shem Tov, the Master of the good Name, and those who opposed his ideas, beginning with Elijah the Vilna Gaon. This presentation will also examine the pressures facing the Polish state leading to it being carved up by the neighbouring powers Austria, Prussia, and Russia. Inevitability it gave the Jews new masters.
In the series:
Oct. 11: Polin – “Here you will dwell”
Oct. 18: The Miracles of Peace – scholarship abounds
Oct. 25: Disintegration, Ukrainians and Pogroms
Nov. 1: The Empires Swallow Poland
