Event Type: HA

Takes Place: 21st May 2024

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Online

Description: We are pleased to welcome Harry Freedman to the HA Virtual Branch this May. In his talk Harry will trace the story of the Venice Ghetto, the corner of the city where Jews were exiled; free to walk the streets by day, locked behind gates and walls at night. Yet, gates and walls notwithstanding, from its establishment in 1516 until the fall of Venice in 1798, the ghetto prison was the site of a remarkable cultural renaissance. It became Europe’s most vibrant Jewish centre. For the first time in European history Jews and Christians mingled intellectually, learning from each other, sharing ideas and entering modernity together. When it came to culture, the ghetto walls were porous. Harry Freedman is Britain’s leading author of popular works of Jewish culture and history. His publications include Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius, The Talmud: A Biography, Britain's Jews, Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, The Murderous History of Bible Translations He lives in London with his wife Karen. He writes regularly on harryfreedman.substack.com.

How to book: Book via Zoom link below

Price: Free & open to all. Recordings of talk will be available to HA members.

Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wbP7ch--TX-uQKh8n20elQ#/registration

Organiser: HA

Lecturer: Harry Freedman