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Obituary: Lily Ebert)
Obituary: Lily Ebert
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Rodney Mariner, beloved former rabbi of Belsize Square Synagogue and convener of the Beit Din, dies aged 83
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
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Obituary: Raymond Cannon
Obituary: Raymond Cannon

Trailblazing lawyer dedicated to promoting the success of Jewish day schools
singer-songwriter humourist
Obituary: Kinky Friedman
Obituary: Kinky Friedman

Self-mocking “Jewish cowboy” whose humour belied a deeper sense of identity
Hamas
Who was Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh?
Who was Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh?

The Gaza-born veteran of the fight against Israel was killed while on a trip to Tehran
The King's Speech
Obituary: David Seidler
Obituary: David Seidler

Writer whose personal story shaped his biggest film success
Bukharan Jews
Obituary: Yvonne Green
Obituary: Yvonne Green

Bukharan-Jewish poet inspired by themes of exile, memory and dispossession
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Obituary: Kurt Wick
Obituary: Kurt Wick

Holocaust refugee who found safety in his “little Vienna” in Shanghai
Joe Lieberman
Hundreds mourn ‘supreme mensch’ Joe Lieberman at Jewish senator’s funeral
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

Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman dies aged 90

Auschwitz survivor and tailor to the stars dies at 95

Obituary: Jacob, 4th Baron Rothschild

Google staff petition tech giant to stop backing Israeli conference
In Focus
Obituary: Rabbi Raymond Apple

Obituary: Rabbi Raymond Apple

Modern Orthodox Rabbi from ‘down under’ who bridged gaps between all faiths
Community mourns much-loved photographer Marc Morris

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
The pioneering gerontologist who fled Nazi Germany and revolutionised dementia care
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
Obituary: Frank Bright
Obituary: Frank Bright

Holocaust survivor who explored the fate of his class of 1942
Obituary: Piper Laurie
Obituary: Piper Laurie

Defiant independent actress who challenged Hollywood’s simple, sexual roles
Obituary: Marcel Anisfeld
Obituary: Marcel Anisfeld

Holocaust refugee who became an entrepreneur at the age of eight
Obituary: Vivian Silver
Obituary: Vivian Silver

Israeli pacifist who discovered a hundred ways to peace
Spotlight
Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick

Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick

Kleinian psychoanalyst who drew on her patients’ early childhood experiences
Obituary: Dianne Feinstein

Obituary: Dianne Feinstein

The California senator was a passionate advocate for gun control
Obituary: Jeffrey Keen
Obituary: Jeffrey Keen

Maverick physicist who found links between consciousness and the structure of the universe
Obituary: Clive Roffe
Obituary: Clive Roffe

Businessman who fought for Jewish burial of medieval bones

Obituary: Dr Michael Cohen
Obituary: Dr Michael Cohen

A man of wide intellectual and liturgical interests
Obituary: Michael Shamash
Obituary: Michael Shamash

Inspirational campaigner and lecturer whose work had 
a major impact on the public perception of disability
David Goldstone CBE
David Goldstone CBE

Philanthropist and property magnate who developed the “James Bond” MI6 building on the Thames

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Arrigo Levi
Arrigo Levi

Italian journalist, editor and foreign correspondent who advised two Italian Presidents
Sally Jacobs
Sally Jacobs

Iconoclastic stage and costume designer who collaborated with Peter Brook
Rabbi Lord Sacks
Rabbi Lord Sacks

A man for all faiths and none who spanned the worlds of Judaism and secular scholarship

Franca Valeri
Franca Valeri

Italian actress who made post-war Italy laugh with her comedic creations

Ida Haendel
Ida Haendel

Grande dame of the violin who breathed ice and fire into her music
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