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Obituary: Beatrice Baxter dies at 102

Chemistry teacher who taught children with physical disabilities to conduct chemistry experiments

By Michael Baxter

3 min read

Obituary: Beatrice Baxter dies at 102

Clive Davis at the 66th Grammy Awards in 2024 (Photo: Getty Images)

Legendary music executive, Clive Davis, dies aged 94

During his 60-year career, he launched the careers of Whitney Houston, Billy Joel and Janis Joplin

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

Then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on April 9, 2003 (Getty Images)

Economist and former Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies aged 100

Greenspan’s wife, Andrea Mitchell, remembered him as ‘a giant of a man who helped shape the US economy for decades’

1 min read

Tomi Reichental. (Photo courtesy of Holocaust Education Ireland)

Holocaust survivor Tom Reichental, who taught thousands of Irish students about the Shoah, dies at 90

Slovakia-born Bergen-Belsen child survivor who moved to Israel after the war before starting a new life in Ireland, where he made Holocaust education his final mission

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Obituary: Norman Balon

“Rudest landlord” whose gruff manner betrayed a soft, kind heart

4 min read

Obituary: Edgar Morin

The French intellectual and member of the French Resistance has died at the age of 104

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Obituary: David Winnick

Labour politician whose distinguished parliamentary career was fuelled by an impassioned drive to confront injustice

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

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Obituary: Michael Tilson Thomas

Dynamic American conductor-composer who wrote the orchestral work “From the Diary of Anne Frank”

5 min read

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 20: Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares backstage prior to performing with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Sydney Opera House on March 20, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. Musicians from over thirty countries were selected to perform as part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra after submitting a video audition to YouTube that was voted on by the public. The amatuer and professional participants, ranging from age 14 to age 49, were flown to Sydney for one week to particpate in free public concerts and a sold-out finale performance at the Sydney Opera House. The entire performance was projected on the iconic Opera House sails and streamed live online via Youtube. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Obituary: Abraham H Foxman

National director of the Anti-Defamation League hailed as a moral voice and passionate advocate for the Jewish people

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

Obituary: Abraham H Foxman

Obituary: Mark Gerson

Photographer who captured the light of the literary giants of the 20th century

4 min read

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 08: Photographer Mark Gerson, 92, poses for a picture with a selection of his images of writers in Bonhams auction house on April 8, 2013 in London, England. Over Mr Gerson's long career he has photographed many of the leading British poets of the 20th century. The pictures are being sold as part of the 'Roy Davids Collection Part III: Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets' auction on April 10, 2013 and May 8, 2013. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Obituary: George Rothschild

Distinguished chazan whose prayerful rendering of the service at New London Synagogue was widely acclaimed

By David Prager

3 min read

George Rothschild (left)

Belsen liberator Stanley Fisher dies aged 101

D-Day veteran Stanley marched across Europe during the Second World War as the only Jewish soldier in his unit

1 min read

Stanley Fisher (Courtesy)

Obituary: Dame Shirley Porter dies in Israel aged 95

Iron Lady of the Town Halls who became the public face of gerrymandering “homes for votes” scandal

By Robert Philpot

5 min read

Laurence and Hilary Brass, Dame Shirley Porter and Board of Deputies president Vivian Wineman : null : Prince Charles celebrates Board's 250th anniversary

Fashion guru Joan Burstein dies at 100

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

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

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

Obituary: Semyon Gluzman

Dissident Soviet psychiatrist who exposed bogus diagnoses of mental illness

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

Obituary: Semyon Gluzman

Obituary: Professor Harold Ellis, CBE

Distinguished surgeon, writer and educator whose skills inspired legions of colleagues and students

By Gloria Tessler

4 min read

Obituary: Professor Harold Ellis, CBE

Albert Zuckerman, renegade literary agent behind bestsellers including Ken Follett and Stephen Hawking, dies at 94

Zuckerman’s hands-on approach to getting writers published was novel for its time, but helped shoot countless authors to literary stardom

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Albert Zuckerman, renegade literary agent behind bestsellers including Ken Follett and Stephen Hawking, dies at 94

Top-scoring Jewish head teacher Norma Massel dies at 77

She propelled North Cheshire Jewish Primary School to the top of the English league tables, attributing her success to a clarity of values

By Gloria Tessler

5 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)

Remembering Phil Woolas, a true warrior against campus antisemitism

The Labour politician, who has died aged 66, started fighting campus Jew-hate while himself a student

By Matthew Kalman

3 min read

Remembering Phil Woolas, a true warrior against campus antisemitism

Pioneering geneticist David Botstein dies at 83

Botstein discovered a method for locating disease-causing genes in human DNA before the arrival of genome sequencing

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

David Botstein. (Photo: PLoS via Wikimedia Commons)

Social activist Diane Munday dies aged 94

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

By Gloria Tessler

3 min read

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

By Gloria Tessler

6 min read

Obituary: Bernard Lewis

Billy Steinberg, visionary lyricist behind pop hits Like A Virgin and So Emotional, dies at 75

The Jewish songwriter’s collaboration with musician Tom Kelly led to more than 150 songs between 1981 and 1991

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16: Billy Steinberg performs onstage at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 42nd Annual Induction and Awards at The New York Marriott Marquis Hotel - Shubert Alley on June 16, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of Fame)

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