Gloria Tessler

May their memory be a blessing

Remembering those we lost in 2020

Rodney Greenberg

Talented TV music producer and director who “set gold standard for filming BBC Proms”

Herbert Kretzmer

Acclaimed theatre critic, and lyricist who could “hear the people sing”

When it came to agunot, Rabbi Lord Sacks could have pushed harder

Despite his deep intellectual deliberations and anguished desire to put matters right, he failed to achieve substantial change regarding the role of women in the United Synagogue

Ida Haendel

Grande dame of the violin who breathed ice and fire into her music

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Humanitarian US Supreme Court Justice who advocated gender equality and promoted women’s rights under the law

Rabbi William Wolff

Reconciliation and ‘Lebensfreude’ at the heart of German-born rabbi’s return to his roots

Manfred Durst

The business acumen of a 14-year-old Kindertransport entrepreneur in the making

Michael Goldmeier

Lawyer and community maven who changed the face of the British weekend

Martin Lovett

Last survivor of the Viennese chamber ensemble which brought the classics to post-war Britain

Romek Marber

Life lessons learned from lockdown

Gloria Tessler reflects on the easing of lockdown restrictions