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Rodney Mariner, beloved former rabbi of Belsize Square Synagogue and convener of the Beit Din, dies aged 83

Mariner was rabbi of Belsize Square Synagogue for some three decades and convener of the Reform Beit Din for 22 years

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Sue and Rodney Mariner, Susan Leon and Ron and Linda Cohen : null : Maitlis makes news for WJR

Obituary: Raymond Cannon

Obituary: Raymond Cannon

Trailblazing lawyer dedicated to promoting the success of Jewish day schools

By Gloria Tessler

3 min read

AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 16: Kinky Friedman attends "The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon" premiere during 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Stateside Theater on March 16, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for SXSW)

singer-songwriter humourist

Obituary: Kinky Friedman

Self-mocking “Jewish cowboy” whose humour belied a deeper sense of identity

3 min read

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a strike that Iranian authorities have claimed was launched by Israel (Photo: Getty Images)

Who was Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh?

The Gaza-born veteran of the fight against Israel was killed while on a trip to Tehran

4 min read

The King's Speech

Obituary: David Seidler

Writer whose personal story shaped his biggest film success

5 min read

Obituary: Yvonne Green

Bukharan-Jewish poet inspired by themes of exile, memory and dispossession

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

Obituary: Kurt Wick

Holocaust refugee who found safety in his “little Vienna” in Shanghai

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

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Hundreds mourn ‘supreme mensch’ Joe Lieberman at Jewish senator’s funeral

‘We laughed together, we fought like hell together for what we wanted our country to be’ said Al Gore

By Eliana Jordan

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US Senator from Connecticut Joe Lieberman passed away last week at the age of 82. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

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)

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

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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

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

Google staff petition tech giant to stop backing Israeli conference

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

1 min read

Google staff petition tech giant to stop backing Israeli conference

Obituary: Rabbi Raymond Apple

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

By Gloria Tessler

4 min read

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 6: Rabbi Raymond Apple of the Great Synagogue in Sydney prepares his memorial service 06 November for assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabbi Apple said that while he condemned the assassination, PM Rabin's actions had alienated a section of the Jewish people. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

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

Marc Morris with his wife Nicola

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

Naomi Feil transformed the field of dementia care with her validation method. (Photo courtesy of Vicki de Klerk-Rubin)

Survived Auschwitz

Obituary: Frank Bright

Holocaust survivor who explored the fate of his class of 1942

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

Frank Bright MBE (Photo: AJR)

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