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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

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I just wanted to get out of Bamberg

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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Eva Schapira, former child refugee dies at 94
Chazan Stephen Cotsen dies aged 70

Chazan Stephen Cotsen dies aged 70

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

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

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

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

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Polish-born journalist and historian Marian Turski dies aged 98

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March 5, 2025 11:22
Polish historian and Holocaust survivor Marian Turski speaking at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, January 2025 (Getty)

Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist and playwright dies at 95

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February 26, 2025 13:27
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Artist Jules Feiffer (C) discusses his piece on display during a press preview of the Metropolitan Opera's and The New Yorker's exhibition of "Hansel and Gretel" at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met on November 15, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

My dream of peace for Jews and Arabs in the Middle East

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February 19, 2025 09:12
Israeli and Palestinian youths from the Gush Shalom (coalition for peace) demonstrate at the northern entrance of Jerusalem on June 11, 1994, for a peace solution without the Jewish settlements and for "Jerusalem a capital for two states". (Photo by Yoav LEMMER / AFP) (Photo by YOAV LEMMER/AFP via Getty Images)

Baroness Sally Oppenheimer-Barnes, Thatcher minister dies at 96

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February 18, 2025 15:43
BR5BE7 Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes PC Pictured in 1979. Image shot 1979. Exact date unknown.

Bob Kirk, a Kindertransport refugee who dedicated his life to Holocaust education, dies at 99

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February 5, 2025 11:50
Bob Kirk, a Kindertransport refugee who dedicated his life to Holocaust education, dies at 99

Respected Kosher butcher Norman Wolfson

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January 31, 2025 11:55
Respected Kosher butcher Norman Wolfson

Holocaust refugee and educator Renee Bornstein, BEM

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January 31, 2025 11:55
Holocaust refugee and educator Renee Bornstein, BEM

Paul Mendes-Flohr

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January 16, 2025 10:14
Paul Mendes-Flohr

Transformative Orthodox composer Yigal Calek

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January 3, 2025 00:00
Transformative Orthodox composer Yigal Calek

Giant of television programming, Brian Tesler

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December 6, 2024 00:00
British television producer and executive Brian Tesler, Director of Programmes at Thames Television, UK, 18th December 1969; behind him Sid James, Frankie Howerd, and Hattie Jacques. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gifted violinist and survivor of the Budapest Ghettto, György Pauk

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November 29, 2024 00:00
Gifted violinist and survivor of the Budapest Ghettto, György Pauk

Obituary: Frank Auerbach

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November 13, 2024 14:11
Obituary: Frank Auerbach
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