Jews in UK 1600s-1880’s- including the rise and influence of the Disraeli Family
Benjamin ‘Dizzy’ Disraeli was the son of Isaac, a Jewish Italian writer, and had an Anglican upbringing after the age of 12. With Jews excluded from Parliament until 1858, this enabled Disraeli to follow a career that would otherwise have been denied him. He was Britain’s first, and so far only, Jewish Prime Minister.
This is an extra lecture ADDED ON! Oct 26: Jews in UK 1600s – 1880’s – including the rise and influence of the Disraeli Family
Incarceration in the East
In 1815 the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth was divided up by its neighbours, Prussia, Austria, and Russia. It had once been home to the largest Jewish community in the world. The majority of them became subjects of the autocratic czarist empire. Trapped by new masters this presentation will tell the story of their lives in the empire.
In the series:
Sept. 7: Incarceration in the East
Sept. 14: 1881 to 1914 the great exodus
Sept. 21: Journey to America
Sept. 28: Journey to the UK
Oct. 12: Fleeing to South America
1881 to 1914 the great exodus
Under the Czars the Jews were confined by edict to the western edge of the Empire, hated by the Russian Orthodox Church and at the mercy of officialdom.
In 1881, Czar Alexander II was assassinated and in this period of instability and repression Jews became a target of hatred, murder, and destruction of property.
The situation so deteriorated that by the eve of World War I, 40% of the Jews of the Empire had found new homes. What options could they face & where could they go?
In the series:
Sept. 7: Incarceration in the East
Sept. 14: 1881 to 1914 the great exodus
Sept. 21: Journey to America
Sept. 28: Journey to the UK
Oct. 12: Fleeing to South America
Journey to America
How did the Jews get to America? From the first Jews who settled there to George Washington and his funding of the Revolution from Jewish financiers….
In the series:
Sept. 7: Incarceration in the East
Sept. 14: 1881 to 1914 the great exodus
Sept. 21: Journey to America
Sept. 28: Journey to the UK
Oct. 12: Fleeing to South America
Journey to the UK
The origins of the Jewish community in Britain. The blood libel / the rise of the merchant class – expulsion and acceptance. What was the Anglo-Jewish community like?
In the series:
Sept. 7: Incarceration in the East
Sept. 14: 1881 to 1914 the great exodus
Sept. 21: Journey to America
Sept. 28: Journey to the UK
Oct. 12: Journey to America from 1650-1881
Journey to America 1600’s – 1881*
In 1654, the first group of Jews came as refugees from Recife, Brazil to New Amsterdam, which became New York City. Over the years, German, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews continued to arrive, playing an important part in the city’s history and cultural life.
Please note time change! 5pm!
In the series:
Sept. 7: Incarceration in the East
Sept. 14: 1881 to 1914 the great exodus
Sept. 21: Journey to America
Sept. 28: Journey to the UK
Oct. 12: Journey to America 1600’s – 1881
*Changed from Fleeing to South America – To be scheduled in 2023
ADD ON! Oct 26: Jews in UK 1600s – 1880’s – including the rise and influence of the Disraeli Family
Trudy looks at Hollywood’s treatment of Jewish issues
Ship of Fools & The Pawnbroker – Wed. Feb. 23
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 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.
A new series with Trudy Gold telling the stories of “the Wandering Jews” as they journeyed from country to country.
The exhilarating story of a people’s survival exiled from their homeland by the Romans and their survival as a group in the Diaspora in spite of constant expulsion.
SPAIN
In 1478, Ferdinand and Isabella had instituted the Inquisition, an effort by Spanish clergy to rid the country of heretics. Pogroms, individual acts of violence against Jews and anti-Semitic laws had been features of Catholic Spain for over a century before the Alhambra Order, causing deaths and conversions that greatly reduced Spain’s Jewish population.
The results of the Alhambra Order issued on March 31, 1492 were catastrophic. Jews were given until the end of July to leave the country, resulting in the hasty selling of much of their land and possessions to Catholics at artificially low prices. Estimation is difficult, but modern historians now believe around 40,000 Jews emigrated, with older estimates putting the number at several hundred thousand.
Series of three lectures:
May 11 – Spain
May 18- Holland
May 25 – England
