ObituaryDavid Sassoon, Jewish designer who dressed Princess Diana, dies aged 92Designer whose Iraqi-Jewish roots shaped a five-decade career at the pinnacle of British fashionBy Ellie Grant3 min read
ObituaryStef Wertheimer, Israeli business mogul and advocate for Arab-Jewish peace, dies at 98Wertheimer was one of Israel’s wealthiest citizensBy Ellie Grant2 min read
I just wanted to get out of BambergEva Schapira, former child refugee dies at 94Child refugee who saw the synagogue in her home town in Bavaria burn on KristallnachtBy Gloria Tessler4 min read
AJRGeorge Summerfield, Holocaust survivor, dies at 91A Jewish refugee from Germany who escaped from Berlin in 1939By Eliana Jordan3 min read
bedrock of continuity and comfortChazan Stephen Cotsen dies aged 70Nurturing character who took on communal and pastoral responsibilities at the New North London SynagogueBy Gloria Tessler4 min read
ObituaryBritain’s most successful shipwreck explorer Rex Cowan dies age 97A former lawyer who hailed from a Jewish family of Eastern European origin and grew up in north LondonBy Ellie Grant3 min read
BarnetOutspoken advocate for Barnet’s Jewish community Eva Greenspan dies at 77During her time as mayor from 2006 to 2007, she raised £250,000 for Barnet charitiesBy Gloria Tessler4 min read
Holocaust educationCelebrated philosopher and champion of the Wiener Library, Alan Montefiore dies at 97An Oxford academic who ensured the survival of the Wiener Library’s priceless collectionBy Gloria Tessler4 min read
ObituaryPeter Sichel, the man who made Blue Nun a runaway success dies at 102Remembering an extraordinary life spanning more than a centuryBy Jane Prinsley4 min read
ObituaryGyörgy Kun: Survivor of Mengele’s experiments at AuschwitzHis life was saved when his mother told Mengele that he and his brother were twinsBy Keren David3 min read
ObituaryPolish-born journalist and historian Marian Turski dies aged 98Gatekeeper of Holocaust memories who warned against the dangers of silence and indifferenceBy Gloria Tessler4 min read
ObituaryBoris Spassky, chess grandmaster who played the ‘game of the century’, dies aged 88One of the sport’s first mainstream stars, his reported Jewishness remains an enigmaBy Menachem Wecker2 min read
ObituaryBuffy and Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg dies at 39The Jewish actress, known for roles in ‘Harriet the Spy’ and ‘Gossip Girl’, passed away on WednesdayBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
CartoonJules Feiffer, Pulitzer prize winning cartoonist and playwright dies at 95Cartoonist who exposed the angst and hypocrisy of the post-war American eliteBy Gloria Tessler6 min read
HostagesOded Lifschitz, 84, peace activist and journalist, murdered by Hamas‘His life ended in a tragic, undeserved, despicable way’By Ellie Grant4 min read
ObituaryRose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113‘She was a strong lady, resilient.’By Ellie Grant3 min read
