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Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman dies aged 90

The Israeli-American professor, known for his work in the field of behavioural economics, passed away this week

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Nobel Prize laureate Daniel Kahneman, pictured here in 2009, passed away this week at the age of 90. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images for Burda Media)

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Auschwitz survivor and tailor to the stars dies at 95

Martin Greenfield learned to sew in Auschwitz and later became one of America’s best known tailors, making suits for presidents

2 min read

Lord Rothschild pictured at Waddesdon Manor. Pictured behind - Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (1591-1666), King David, 1651. A new loan to Waddesdon for 2023. On display in the Red Ante Room. Byline John Nguyen/JNVisuals 12/04/2023

hereditary peer

Obituary: Jacob, 4th Baron Rothschild

Jewish banker whose philanthropy boosted the environment and the arts in Britain and Israel

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

Google staff petition tech giant to stop backing Israeli conference

Google staff petition tech giant to stop backing Israeli conference

The Israeli tech summit is taking place in New York this week

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Obituary: Rabbi Raymond Apple

Modern Orthodox Rabbi from ‘down under’ who bridged gaps between all faiths

By Gloria Tessler

4 min read

Community mourns much-loved photographer Marc Morris

Marc devoted his career to taking photos of Jewish sporting events, as well as royalty and prime ministers

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

The pioneering gerontologist who fled Nazi Germany and revolutionised dementia care

Naomi Feil, whose family fled Nazi persecution in Germany in 1937, has died at the age of 91

By Eliana Jordan

4 min read

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Holocaust survivor who explored the fate of his class of 1942

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Defiant independent actress who challenged Hollywood’s simple, sexual roles

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Holocaust refugee who became an entrepreneur at the age of eight

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Israeli pacifist who discovered a hundred ways to peace

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Drama 'legend' who taught Islington children truths beyond stardom

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Obituary: Tobias Hill

British poet and novelist inspired by London’s immigrant life

By David Herman

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Obituary: Trevor Leonard

Newcastle’s ‘poetry mugger’, speaker and local philosopher

By Peter Morris

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Israel Hamas war 2023

Obituary: In memory of those we lost after Hamas' horrific terrorist attack

For the dimmed light of a resurgent community whose homes lie in ruins and whose lives will never be the same again

By Gloria Tessler

3 min read

A woman lights a candle placed atop a sign showing an Israeli flag with hand-written notes, at a vigil for the hostages taken by Palestinian militants during the October 7 attack, at Dizengoff Square (Kikar Dizengoff) in the centre of Tel Aviv on November 7, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick

Kleinian psychoanalyst who drew on her patients’ early childhood experiences

By Gloria Tessler

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