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Bernie Katz

With such a colourful background, it is not surprising that the world of Soho would have come calling

By Gloria Tessler

3 min read

Major David Sharp

Major David Sharp

Heroic intelligence officer who resisted torture during the Korean War

By Gloria Tessler

2 min read

Igor Golomstock

Igor Golomstock

Russian cultural historian who explored the artistic links between totalitarian regimes

By Gloria Tessler

3 min read

Ruth Matiovska

Sole survivor of her Czech Jewish community who became a local celebrity

2 min read

Julian Sofaer

His ambition was to become a violinist and he continued to study music alongside his architecture course

3 min read

Jerry Lewis

The entertainer, movie star and director Jerry Lewis, who has died in his 92nd year, was the master of the so-called “visual gag”

By Geoffrey Alderman

2 min read

Michael John Tuchner

BAFTA winning TV and film director whose forte was creative story-telling

By Dr Geoffrey H Buchler

3 min read

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Obituary: Dr Herbert Needleman

Doctor who exposed how lead affects child development and behaviour

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Record setting Jewish athlete banned by Nazis and later rehabilitated

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Dramatic soprano and impresario who brought opera to local audiences

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Philanthropic doyenne of Fitzrovia and the West End

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Community-spirited journalist and lawyer with a passion for history

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Barbara Waterman

Jewish Care volunteer who gave a lifetime of service to the East End community

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Barbara Waterman

Simone Veil

Leading fighter for abortion and women’s rights in France

By Gloria Tessler

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Obituary: Esther Marcus

Rebbetzen whose true beauty lay in the simplicity and integrity of her life

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Lawyer and journalist who championed the underdog against the establishment and bureaucracy

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