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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

Latest from Gloria Tessler

Obituary: A.B. Yehoshua

Leading Israeli novelist who embraced Arab culture and promoted the Palestinian cause

4 min read

Obituary: A.B. Yehoshua

Obituary: Marina Smith MBE

Obituary: Marina Smith MBE

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Obituary: Singer, comedienne and actress Tracy Kashi

Obituary: Singer, comedienne and actress Tracy Kashi

4 min read

Church

Sorry, but the Church’s apology is not enough

2 min read

Obituary: Ivan Solomons

“Lucky” D-Day veteran – a “shoe-in“ for highest French military accolade

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May 19, 2022 15:53

Obituary: Ivan Solomons

Don’t fall for myths about welcoming refugees

Support for Ukrainian refugees contrasts with the treatment of those fleeing Germany

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May 16, 2022 13:23

2nd December 1938: Some of the 5,000 Jewish and non-Aryan German child refugees, the 'Kindertransport', arriving in England at Harwich from Germany. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Freddie Knoller: tireless campaigner for Shoah survivors who had helped the French Resistance blow up a Nazi train before he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz

Like many who survived, Knoller was insistent that the Holocaust should not be forgotten and addressed schools on his experiences

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April 24, 2022 10:21

Freddie Knoller: tireless campaigner for Shoah survivors who had helped the French Resistance blow up a Nazi train before he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz

Ukraine’s anguish reminds us of Israel’s story

From the tragedy of this war will eventually emerge a new beginning and a powerful nation

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April 1, 2022 10:06

Migration crisis on the border with Belarus

Obituary: Ladislaus Löb

Professor of German literature who owed his survival to Kasztner-Eichmann Holocaust deal

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March 11, 2022 00:00

Obituary: Ladislaus Löb

These past few days I have been thinking of my grandmother

We are seeing today the same bonds of family, of country, of self-determination and national independence being threatened by a dictator

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March 4, 2022 15:59

Migration crisis on the border with Belarus

Obituary: Gary Waldhorn

Actor whose roles ranged from sitcom cynic to Shakespeare’s beleaguered king

4 min read

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February 25, 2022 00:00

Obituary: Gary Waldhorn

Will Licoricia of Winchester prove another hostage to fortune?

With public statues, one generation's reverence often becomes the dishonour of the next

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February 15, 2022 11:48

WINCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is seen at the bronze sculpture of the influential Jewish financier Licoricia of Winchester and her son, Asher, after it is unveiled outside The Arc, on February 10, 2022 in Winchester, England. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Meet the descendants who help Shoah survivors to release their demons

A pioneering programme offers the younger generation the skills to tell survivors’ stories with empathy and compassion.

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January 20, 2022 17:21

Meet the descendants who help Shoah survivors to release their demons

The betrayal of Anne Frank is a double tragedy

A new book claims that the Franks were betrayed by a fellow Jew

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January 18, 2022 14:31

BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 09: A detail of the diary of the wax figure of Anne Frank and their hideout reconstruction is unveiled at Madame Tussauds on March 9, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Is Bambi really a foretelling of the Holocaust?

According to Professor Jack Zipes, the Disney film is "stupid" and destroys the real message

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December 29, 2021 10:04

Wild, native, Red Deer hind or female, stood in rainy Autumn weather in the colourful and beautiful Glen Strathfarrar, Highlands of Scotland. Facing camera. Space for copy. Horizontal.

Obituary: Lionel Blair

Inner rhythm of a razzle-dazzle dance man who gave his all for a twirl

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December 17, 2021 00:00

Obituary: Lionel Blair

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