Jewish History Through The Movies with Trudy Gold

Hollywood Addresses Antisemitism

Three-part series examining Hollywood’s role in dealing with Jewish history and the Holocaust.

We’ll look at films such as Gentleman’s Agreement and Crossfire.

Crossfire trailer

Gentlemen’s Agreement trailer

Series includes:

Hollywood Addresses Antisemitism – Wed. Jan. 12
War Crimes Trials – Wed. Jan. 19
Ship of Fools and The Pawnbroker – TBA

Jewish History Through The Movies with Trudy Gold

War Crimes Trials

Everyone loves Classic Movies

a Great Series examining Hollywood’s role in dealing with Jewish history and the Holocaust.

This week the terrific Judgment at Nuremberg.

Series includes:

Hollywood Addresses Antisemitism – Wed. Jan. 12
Hollywood Addresses Antisemitism cont’d – Wed. Jan. 19
Judgement at Nuremberg – Wed. Feb. 2
Ship of Fools and The Pawnbroker – Wed. Feb. 23

More Jewish History Through The Movies with Trudy Gold

Trudy looks at Hollywood’s treatment of Jewish issues

Ship of Fools & The Pawnbroker – Wed. Feb. 23

Jewish History Through The Movies with Trudy Gold

Jewish History through the Movies

Series examining Hollywood’s role in dealing with Jewish history Antisemitism and the Holocaust.

Series includes:

Hollywood and the Great Moguls – Wed. Jan. 12

The Great Dictator to Gentleman’s Agreement– Wed. Jan. 19
Judgement at Nuremberg  – Wed. Feb. 2
Ship of Fools and The Pawnbroker – Wed. Feb. 23

 

Hannah Senesh: Heroism, Her Life and Times

Hannah Senesh is among Israel’s most important heroes, who died by firing squad in 1944 at age 23.

Trudy looks at the story of the Jews of Hungary under General Horthy and Adolf Eichmann – where murders began only in April 1944, and the extraordinary story of a courageous young Jewish woman who went back from Palestine to help.

This lecture is rescheduled from March 30.

 

Facing History: Proud to be Jewish

Antisemitism on the left

Why did antisemitism not end after the Shoah?

Series includes:

Antisemitism /Anti-Judaism: Wed. Oct. 20
Antisemitism /Anti-Judaism pt 2: Wed. Oct. 27

Antisemitism/Anti-Judaism: Wed. Nov. 10 From Rosenberg to Hitler

Antisemtism on the right: Wed. Nov. 17

Antisemitism on the left: Wed. Dec. 8 (was changed from Dec. 1)
Why didn’t antisemitism end with the Shoah? and the rise of antisemitism on the  left

from Joseph Stalin to Jeremy Corbyn

Roots of Arab antisemitism: Wed. Dec. 15
Can they ever forgive us the Shoah?

From Auschwitz to Statehood: will now be in the new year dates tbd