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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

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enabling Jewish life to be taught holistically

Felix D. Posen

Educational pioneer who promoted the concept of pluralistic Jewish cultural education

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Obituary: David Shalit

Obituary: David Shalit

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Actress and Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner dies at 96

Actress and Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner dies at 96

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The vice president of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) human rights organization, Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit, photographed at her home during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on July 20, 2016. / AFP / JUAN MABROMATA (Photo credit should read JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images)

Argentinian campaigner who led the families of the missing, dies aged 106

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Barbara Barnett

Socia l historian who recorded Holocaust child survivors’ memoirs

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September 4, 2025 11:23

Barbara Barnett

Rabbi Berel Wein: historian and educator dies aged 91

Historian and educator who resurrected “the dying narrative of Jewish history”

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September 1, 2025 08:14

Rabbi Berel Wein: historian and educator dies aged 91

Actor and former refugee Renee Goddard dies at 102

From the Hitler Youth to Holloway prison – and finally British broadcasting success for centenarian survivor

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July 30, 2025 09:04

Actor and former refugee Renee Goddard dies at 102

Irene Gill, peace campaigner, dies at 92

Holocaust refugee who channelled her trauma into peace campaigning

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July 8, 2025 16:11

Irene Gill as a young woman

Pioneering educational psychologist Joy Schaverein dies at 82

Analyst who debunked the boarding school myth and described the pervasive legacy of the Holocaust

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June 26, 2025 10:47

Pioneering educational psychologist Joy Schaverein dies at 82

Therapist and writer Naomi Stadlen dies aged 82

Revolutionary therapist who wrote ‘the best parenting book you’ve never heard of’

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June 26, 2025 08:53

Therapist and writer Naomi Stadlen dies aged 82

Rabbi Alan Plancey

Orthodox rabbi who linked Yiddishkeit with worldliness

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June 13, 2025 15:33

Rabbi Alan Plancey

Obituary: Alan Yentob

Towering figure in the world of BBC arts programming

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May 27, 2025 11:58

Alan Yentob who has died aged 78 (Photo: Getty Images)

Eva Schapira, former child refugee dies at 94

Child refugee who saw the synagogue in her home town in Bavaria burn on Kristallnacht

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April 9, 2025 13:24

Eva Schapira, former child refugee dies at 94

Chazan Stephen Cotsen dies aged 70

Nurturing character who took on communal and pastoral responsibilities at the New North London Synagogue

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April 2, 2025 13:53

Chazan Stephen Cotsen dies aged 70

Outspoken advocate for Barnet’s Jewish community Eva Greenspan dies at 77

During her time as mayor from 2006 to 2007, she raised £250,000 for Barnet charities

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March 26, 2025 12:20

Outspoken advocate for Barnet’s Jewish community Eva Greenspan dies at 77

Celebrated philosopher and champion of the Wiener Library, Alan Montefiore dies at 97

An Oxford academic who ensured the survival of the Wiener Library’s priceless collection

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March 20, 2025 12:07

Celebrated philosopher and champion of the Wiener Library, Alan Montefiore dies at 97

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