Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

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Fashion guru Joan Burstein dies at 100

The fairy godmother of high street fashion who brought a long list of international designers to Britain

5 min read

Browns Founder, Joan Burstein pictured in 2014 (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

Obituary: Semyon Gluzman

5 min read

Obituary: Professor Harold Ellis, CBE

4 min read

STOCKPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 07: Head teacher Norma Massel of North Cheshire Primary poses on December 7, 2006, Stockport, England. The North Cheshire Jewish Primary School came out on top of the BBC News league table this year for Key Stage 2 attainment. The Jewish faith school was one of 209 schools where all the Year 6 children achieved the expected level for their age. Nearly all the pupils also reached the next level, expected of 14-year-olds, and it had the highest average point score this year of 32.8. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Top-scoring Jewish head teacher Norma Massel dies at 77

5 min read

Social activist Diane Munday dies aged 94

Munday campaigned for abortion law reform and was an influential voice speaking in favour of assisted dying

3 min read

March 17, 2026 15:48

Social activist Diane Munday dies aged 94

Obituary: Bernard Lewis

Billionaire fashion retailer whose Chelsea Girl and River Island shops caught the zeitgeist of their eras

6 min read

March 9, 2026 12:52

Margalit Oved

Radiant dancer and choreographer whose influential ‘bold modernist’ work was inspired by her Yemenite childhood

4 min read

March 5, 2026 10:41

Obituary: Matti Caspi

Renaissance man whose distinctive and eclectic music had a deep impact on Israeli culture over many decades

5 min read

February 18, 2026 12:33

Susie Gellman

A quiet centenarian who had played a key role in Canada’s “Bletchley Park”

6 min read

February 6, 2026 15:16

Lord Triesman, Labour minister who exposed scandal in the football world, dies at 82

Student revolutionary from the ‘Class of 68’ turned Labour peer

6 min read

February 4, 2026 13:19

Lord Triesman, Labour minister who exposed scandal in the football world, dies at 82

Eva Schloss, Holocaust educator, dies at 96

Tireless co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust in honour of her posthumous step-sister

4 min read

January 13, 2026 17:18

Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (R) and Eva Schloss, the step-sister of Anne Frank and Honorary President of the Anne Frank Trust UK, take part in a candle lighting ceremony during a reception to mark holocaust memorial day and the 75th publication of Anne Franks diary for the Anne Frank Trust in London, on January 20, 2022. (Photo by Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Gerry Gable, legendary anti-fascist campaigner dies at 88

The ‘scarlet pimpernel’ who led Britain’s pro-democracy, anti-fascist campaign

4 min read

January 13, 2026 17:11

M8HT67 London, UK. 17th March, 2018. Gerry Gable of Searchlight magazine addresses the March Against Racism. The March Against Racism is organised by Stand Up To Racism to call on the Government to enact the Dubs Amendment, requiring it to act ?as soon as possible? to relocate and support unaccompanied refugee children in Europe, and to assist those fleeing war and persecution. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News

Obituary: Michael Burman former chair of Masorti Judaism

Progressive polymath who taught geography at JFS and brought educational expertise to Masorti Judaism

5 min read

January 7, 2026 10:27

Obituary: Michael Burman former chair of Masorti Judaism

Obituary: Major General Eli Zeira

Israel’s fallen hero who fought to restore his reputation after he assessed that Egypt and Syria would not attack before the Yom Kippur War

5 min read

December 22, 2025 11:00

Minne Fry

South African artist whose vivid abstract expressionism was inspired by the natural world

3 min read

December 11, 2025 09:38

Frank Gehry

Exuberant and transformative modern architect whose poetic designs reflect the influence of American jazz

6 min read

December 11, 2025 09:31

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 31: Honoree Frank Gehry speaks during the MOCA Gala 2025 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on May 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA))

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Gloria Tessler

Latest from Gloria Tessler

Fashion guru Joan Burstein dies at 100

Obituary: Semyon Gluzman

Obituary: Professor Harold Ellis, CBE

Top-scoring Jewish head teacher Norma Massel dies at 77

More from Gloria Tessler

Social activist Diane Munday dies aged 94

Obituary: Bernard Lewis

Margalit Oved

Obituary: Matti Caspi

Susie Gellman

Lord Triesman, Labour minister who exposed scandal in the football world, dies at 82

Eva Schloss, Holocaust educator, dies at 96

Gerry Gable, legendary anti-fascist campaigner dies at 88

Obituary: Michael Burman former chair of Masorti Judaism

Obituary: Major General Eli Zeira

Minne Fry

Frank Gehry