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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

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Transformative Orthodox composer Yigal Calek

London musician infused fervour and aspiration into Jewish life

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Transformative Orthodox composer Yigal Calek

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)

Giant of television programming, Brian Tesler

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Gifted violinist and survivor of the Budapest Ghettto, György Pauk

Gifted violinist and survivor of the Budapest Ghettto, György Pauk

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Obituary: Frank Auerbach

Obituary: Frank Auerbach

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Obituary: Raymond Cannon

Trailblazing lawyer dedicated to promoting the success of Jewish day schools

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August 15, 2024 08:54

Obituary: Raymond Cannon

Southport – memories of a deeply scarred town

The stabbing of three children and far-right thuggery have traumatised this peaceful seaside community

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August 7, 2024 12:07

Balloons and teddies left in memory of the three children murdered at a dance class in Southport (Photo: Getty)

Obituary: Yvonne Green

Bukharan-Jewish poet inspired by themes of exile, memory and dispossession

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June 4, 2024 16:19

Obituary: Yvonne Green

Obituary: Kurt Wick

Holocaust refugee who found safety in his “little Vienna” in Shanghai

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April 10, 2024 15:03

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JC journalist marks his centenary

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April 4, 2024 08:03

Sidney Lightman with his latest wife Ray, holding the first copy of the JC he worked on from February 8, 1963

JC man Sidney celebrates his centenary

The secret to his longevity? ‘Exercise and using sweetener instead of sugar’

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April 3, 2024 11:39

Sidney Lightman with his late wife Ray and the first issue of the JC that he worked on, dated February 6, 1963

Obituary: Jacob, 4th Baron Rothschild

Jewish banker whose philanthropy boosted the environment and the arts in Britain and Israel

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March 18, 2024 11:17

Lord Rothschild pictured at Waddesdon Manor. Pictured behind - Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (1591-1666), King David, 1651. A new loan to Waddesdon for 2023. On display in the Red Ante Room. Byline John Nguyen/JNVisuals 12/04/2023

Obituary: Rabbi Raymond Apple

Modern Orthodox Rabbi from ‘down under’ who bridged gaps between all faiths

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February 22, 2024 12:02

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 6: Rabbi Raymond Apple of the Great Synagogue in Sydney prepares his memorial service 06 November for assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabbi Apple said that while he condemned the assassination, PM Rabin's actions had alienated a section of the Jewish people. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

Obituary: Frank Bright

Holocaust survivor who explored the fate of his class of 1942

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December 29, 2023 00:00

Frank Bright MBE (Photo: AJR)

Obituary: Vivian Silver

Israeli pacifist who discovered a hundred ways to peace

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November 30, 2023 11:31

Obituary: Vivian Silver

Obituary: Anna Scher

Drama 'legend' who taught Islington children truths beyond stardom

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November 23, 2023 11:58

Obituary: Anna Scher

Obituary: In memory of those we lost after Hamas' horrific terrorist attack

For the dimmed light of a resurgent community whose homes lie in ruins and whose lives will never be the same again

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November 9, 2023 15:29

A woman lights a candle placed atop a sign showing an Israeli flag with hand-written notes, at a vigil for the hostages taken by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attack, at Dizengoff Square (Kikar Dizengoff) in the centre of Tel Aviv on November 7, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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