Speakers: Nicholas de Lange, Ruth Padel, Aviva Dautch
Crete saw a higher proportion of Jews deported by the Nazis than any other country, virtually eliminating one of Europe’s oldest Jewish communities. Rabbi Nicholas de Lange, Professor of Hebrew & Jewish Studies at Cambridge and author of The Penguin Dictionary of Judaism, conducts high holiday services on the Greek island. Award-winning poet Ruth Padel turns to the forgotten Jews of Crete in her latest novel Daughters of the Labyrinth, described as ‘magical and historical, surprising, elegant and beautifully written’ by Andrew O’Hagan, having first visited as a student on an archaeological dig. They will be in conversation with writer and executive director of Jewish Renaissance Aviva Dautch.
