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Obituary: Kurt Wick
Holocaust refugee who found safety in his “little Vienna” in Shanghai
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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
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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
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Anglo-Jewry pays tribute to champion of small communities, Malcolm Weisman
Malcolm Weisman spent decades visiting rural Jewish communities across the United Kingdom, even into his 90s
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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
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Obituary: Piper Laurie
Defiant independent actress who challenged Hollywood’s simple, sexual roles
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Obituary: Anna Scher
Drama 'legend' who taught Islington children truths beyond stardom
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Obituary: Trevor Leonard
Newcastle’s ‘poetry mugger’, speaker and local philosopher
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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
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Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick
Kleinian psychoanalyst who drew on her patients’ early childhood experiences
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Obituary: Dianne Feinstein
The California senator was a passionate advocate for gun control
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Obituary: Jeffrey Keen
Maverick physicist who found links between consciousness and the structure of the universe
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Obituary: Alice Fraser
She lived to be 103 and saw seven of her 11 great grand-children become bar and bat mitzvah. However, the life of German-born Alice Fraser was anything but predictable. Her grandson tells her story
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Obituary: Aron Vecht
The first Professor of Optoelectronics in the country, he remained inventive as an octogenarian
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Obituary: Dr Marjorie Ziff
Philanthropist acclaimed for her long-term support for the Leeds community
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Obituary: Neville Sassienie
Environmental campaigner who shaped community response to climate change
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