Gloria Tessler
Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.
Obituary: Chaim Topol
Israeli actor who took so many of us back to our east European roots with his portrayal of shtetl Jew Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof
Obituary: Tom Tugend
American reporter who fought in three wars and was celebrated as ‘Jewish media’s gentleman correspondent’
The music that tells the story of a three-year-old refugee girl
Former Guardian journalist Jessica Shepherd is adapting the famous castaway radio format for Holocaust survivors - so which songs would they choose?
Obituary: Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu
Leading Talmudic scholar of the post-war era who campaigned against domestic abuse
The PTSD-stricken Israeli soldiers who wake up screaming
Post-traumatic stress disorder is rife in the Israel Defense Forces and suicide is the leading cause of death for soldiers
Obituary: Eddie Young
Intrepid newspaper lawyer whose editorial ruling helped nail Stephen Lawrence killers
Obituary: Professor Brian Winston
TV academic and commentator who challenged the idea of media objectivity
Obituary: Professor Ian Glynn
The dissection of a human brain and a skeleton in the cupboard helped trigger a leading career in science
Obituary: HM The Queen
A woman - a royal - a Queen for our times who became Britain’s longest serving monarch
Obituary: A.B. Yehoshua
Leading Israeli novelist who embraced Arab culture and promoted the Palestinian cause
Obituary: Marina Smith MBE
The preacher’s wife who made a home for Holocaust survivors in a large, derelict Nottingham farmhouse
Obituary: Singer, comedienne and actress Tracy Kashi
Courageous, witty and passionate performer who fought to demystify breast cancer
Sorry, but the Church’s apology is not enough
We live in an age of performative contrition, but it counts for nothing without proper action
Obituary: Ivan Solomons
“Lucky” D-Day veteran – a “shoe-in“ for highest French military accolade
Don’t fall for myths about welcoming refugees
Support for Ukrainian refugees contrasts with the treatment of those fleeing Germany
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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