"The Man Who Was" with Rachel Montagu
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Rachel's grandfather, Ewen Montagu, peacetime lawyer and communal leader, spent WWII in Naval Intelligence. He was behind "Operation Mincemeat" which successfully deceived the Germans into reducing their forces in Sicily prior to the Allied invasion, described in "The Man Who Never Was", other books, a musical and two films. Rachel will describe his top secret wartime service and his life before and after WWII.Rachel Montagu teaches Biblical Hebrew and Jewish Studies at City Lit and to private students. She volunteers in the archives of the S&P Sephardi Community. She studied at Cambridge, Leo Baeck College London, Machon Pardes Jerusalem and Heythrop College London.
This is a partnership event between Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre and Azara.
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