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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

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Holocaust education

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

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

Polish-born journalist and historian Marian Turski dies aged 98

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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)

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

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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)

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

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Baroness Sally Oppenheimer-Barnes, Thatcher minister dies at 96

Conservative minister and campaigner for consumer rights

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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

Bob Kirk and his wife Ann were tireless in their dedication to Holocaust memory

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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

Humility and compassion of Liverpool’s leading kosher butcher

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January 31, 2025 11:55

Respected Kosher butcher Norman Wolfson

Holocaust refugee and educator Renee Bornstein, BEM

Courageous child refugee unfazed by Nazi intimidation

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January 31, 2025 11:55

Holocaust refugee and educator Renee Bornstein, BEM

Paul Mendes-Flohr

Martin Buber scholar whose fascination with history was balanced by dreams of a peaceful future

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January 16, 2025 10:14

Paul Mendes-Flohr

Transformative Orthodox composer Yigal Calek

London musician infused fervour and aspiration into Jewish life

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January 3, 2025 00:00

Transformative Orthodox composer Yigal Calek

Giant of television programming, Brian Tesler

A visionary of light entertainment in independent television

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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

A Holocaust survivor who developed a unique flair for music

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November 29, 2024 00:00

Gifted violinist and survivor of the Budapest Ghettto, György Pauk

Obituary: Frank Auerbach

Holocaust refugee who became one of the greatest artists of the 20th century

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November 13, 2024 14:11

Obituary: Frank Auerbach

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

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