Gloria Tessler
Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.
The Polish sculptor creating masterpieces inspired by places where terrified Jews hid during Holocaust
Polish Jew Natalia Romik says her artworks are helping eastern Europe understand its Jewish past
Obituary: Menahem Pressler
Gifted pianist who contributed to the international revival of chamber music
Obituary: Meir Shalev
Spirited Israeli writer whose words pulsated with the history of his homeland
Obituary: Carl Davis
Composer-conductor whose prolific film, TV and theatre career encompassed a revival of the world of silent films
The tragic suicide of a young IDF soldier failed by everyone
Bar Kalaf set fire to himself after failing to secure an army disability allowance for suffering from PTSD
The trauma of the Shoah can be passed through the generations
My mother’s cousin, Petr Kien, who was murdered by the Nazis, has been a presence in my life ever since I was a child
Obituary: Beatty Orwell, Labour's oldest member
East End matriarch, Labour councillor and oldest witness to the Battle of Cable Street
Obituary: Maria Charles
A formidable presence who played Yente opposite Topol in Fiddler on the Roof
Obituary: Sir Ben Helfgott
Forever one of 'The Boys', the Olympic weightlifter who survived Buchenwald and favoured reconciliation between nations
Obituary: Lord Clinton-Davis
Labour Peer and civil rights campaigner who fought antisemitism in Parliament
Obituary: Gaby Elyahou
Deli guru who brought Middle Eastern food to the heart of London’s theatreland
Obituary: David Gold and Jacqueline Gold
Frustrated footballer turned porn tycoon who co-chaired West Ham and his daughter, the Ann Summers boss who introduced the allure of sex, fantasy and fun to her all-female clientele
Obituary: Jerry Springer
Charismatic American chat show host who played ringmaster to the ‘worst show in TV history’
Obituary: Dr Olga Kennard, OBE
Crystallographer who set up the Cambridge data centre as a resource to aid international research
Obituary: Allan Louis Neville Jay, MBE
British fencing champion and Olympic team captain
How the Yellow Candle Project keeps the flame burning for Shoah victims
Two German Jews, six decades apart in age, are among those remembered in Maccabi GB’s campaign
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