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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

Latest from Gloria Tessler

Obituary: Yvonne Green

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

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Obituary: Yvonne Green

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Obituary: Kurt Wick

5 min read

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

JC journalist marks his centenary

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

JC man Sidney celebrates his centenary

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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)

Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick

Kleinian psychoanalyst who drew on her patients’ early childhood experiences

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November 2, 2023 13:58

Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick

Obituary: Dianne Feinstein

The California senator was a passionate advocate for gun control

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October 26, 2023 14:21

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 6: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations on Capitol Hill September 6, 2023 in Washington, DC. During the hearing the committee considered five judges for federal vacancies. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Obituary: Dr Marjorie Ziff

Philanthropist acclaimed for her long-term support for the Leeds community

3 min read

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October 5, 2023 09:32

Obituary: Dr Marjorie Ziff

Obituary: Neville Sassienie

Environmental campaigner who shaped community response to climate change

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September 28, 2023 13:33

Obituary: Neville Sassienie

Obituary: Tom Kempinski

Playwright who wrote his personal trauma into his two most successful plays

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September 21, 2023 11:51

Obituary: Tom Kempinski

Obituary: Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood

Liberal instincts of judge hailed as an uncompromising supporter of legal justice

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September 14, 2023 14:21

Obituary: Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood

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