Prodigious man of the arts whose work in performance, video, sculpture, music and puppetry defied genres
By Nathan Abrams
A former JC Assistant Foreign Editor reflects on the life of a popular colleague and good friend
By Sidney Lightman
Like many who survived, Knoller was insistent that the Holocaust should not be forgotten and addressed schools on his experiences
By Gloria Tessler
Refugee from occupied France who headed the Impressionism and modern Art department at Sotheby's
By David Herman
Professor of German literature who owed his survival to Kasztner-Eichmann Holocaust deal
Viennese Zionist who embraced kibbutz life and witnessed its evolving relationship with Israel
By Maurice Samuelson
Actor whose roles ranged from sitcom cynic to Shakespeare’s beleaguered king
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Italian Holocaust survivor who never “wasted a crumb”of her memories
By Julie Carbonara
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Jewish Continuity leader whose charisma and soft power helped transform Jewish education
By Harry Freedman
Former pro-Maoist academic and journalist who would eventually become one of China’s most outspoken critics
By Emma Klein
First Lady at the Board of Deputies – the woman who who did not flinch from speaking truth to power
By Andy Kaufman
Inspirational campaigner and lecturer whose work had a major impact on the public perception of disability
By Jack Shamash
Feisty, free and funny late -comer to the world of stand-up comedy
By Yael Breuer
Composer-lyricist who “broke new ground, new sky, new water, new flesh and new spirit”
American actor whose portrayal of a hard-nosed newspaper editor epitomised the best of journalism
Dignified and caring doctor who helped improve healthcare for children in Israel’s Upper Galilee
By Professor Mervyn Jeswon
