Czech-born playwright who became the most acclaimed British dramatist of his generation and an Oscar-winning screenwriter
By Gloria Tessler
A wise and witty literary editor who was a superb bridge player and a widely respected and popular columnist
By Simon Sebag Montefiore
“I remember sitting on Liverpool Street station in London, hearing announcements in a strange language seeing children all round me being collected and fearing that I would be left there alone.”
The French Jewish actor known for playing “baddies” and being a heartthrob to middle-aged women died of cancer at 72
By Eliana Jordan
Educational pioneer who promoted the concept of pluralistic Jewish cultural education
City banker, fencing star and philanthropist who oversaw the completion of the Barbican arts centre
The so-called ‘lox smith’ of New York City helped turn his parent’s smoked fish store into an iconic and globally-renowned food enterprise
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Polish actress and Holocaust survivor, whose most authentic role as a Catholic girl saved her life
Their story was turned into the Hollywood film, Defiance
By Siam Goorwich
A friend of the couple said they ‘wanted to die together’ despite not being terminally ill
By Jamie Shapiro
Campaigner who gave voice to the grandmothers of Argentine’s ”disappeared”
Northern Ireland’s Senior Crown Prosecutor during The Troubles
By Martin Blake
By JC Reporter
A Polish Holocaust survivor who escaped the Krakow ghetto by assuming a fake identity as a child
Socia l historian who recorded Holocaust child survivors’ memoirs
International collector who put his stamp on high end catalogue publishing
By Julie Carbonara
Historian and educator who resurrected “the dying narrative of Jewish history”
“He was very much a part of my Jewish life,” Elon’s father, Alan Dershowitz said
The footballing great played for clubs including Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace
She helped launch the career of Amy Winehouse, and was famed for her kindness and dedication
David Alliance modernised the British cotton industry, helped save thousands of Ethiopian Jews from persecution and was a generous philanthropist
From the Hitler Youth to Holloway prison – and finally British broadcasting success for centenarian survivor
Lehrer’s sharp, pithy songs satirised contemporary culture and gripped audiences around the world, but he never wavered from his love for mathematics
