ObituaryObituary: Kay MellorFrom Coronation Street to Fat Friends and The Syndicate: the scriptwriter who preferred Leeds to LABy Francine White4 min read
ObituaryObituary: comedian and actor Gilbert GottfriedAmerican comedy star whose exaggerated style and bad-taste jokes delighted audiencesBy Emma Klein3 min read
ObituaryObituary: Michael Mather, academic and football heroMichael was awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Care Work and a London Football Association Award for services to refereeingBy Sarah Mather1 min read
LiteratureA.B. Yehoshua, renowned Israeli writer and peace activist, dies age 85President Isaac Herzog described him as 'one of Israel’s greatest authors in all generations, who gifted us his unforgettable works, which will continue to accompany us for generations'By Ben Bloch2 min read
Holocaust remembranceObituary: Jack Aizenberg - a Holocaust survivor, a family man, a 'real-life superhero'Jack said: 'God was good to me. I have no argument with God. I’m not asking him why was I in the camps. He made it up to me, he did, I can tell you.'By Ben Bloch6 min read
ObituaryObituary: leading commentator, thinker and writer Midge DecterDecter was a controversial and confrontational polemicist who published notorious rants against feminism and homosexualityBy Nathan Abrams3 min read
ObituaryObituary: Dr Michael CohenA man of wide intellectual and liturgical interestsBy malcolm1 min read
Obituary: Thelma CowanStalwart of Bournemouth Synagogue’s Ladies’ chevra kadisha who was also deeply committed to raising funds for charitiesBy Max Lopes Dias2 min read||June 7, 2022 12:44
Obituary: Madeleine AlbrightDiminutive presence who despite her small physical stature rose to become the first-ever female US Secretary of StateBy Julie Carbonara4 min read||May 26, 2022 13:49
Obituary: Ivan Solomons“Lucky” D-Day veteran – a “shoe-in“ for highest French military accoladeBy Gloria Tessler3 min read||May 19, 2022 15:53
Obituary: Dan GrahamProdigious man of the arts whose work in performance, video, sculpture, music and puppetry defied genresBy Nathan Abrams4 min read||May 12, 2022 16:06
Obituary: Hyam CorneyA former JC Assistant Foreign Editor reflects on the life of a popular colleague and good friendBy Sidney Lightman3 min read||April 29, 2022 00:00
Freddie Knoller: tireless campaigner for Shoah survivors who had helped the French Resistance blow up a Nazi train before he was arrested and sent to AuschwitzLike many who survived, Knoller was insistent that the Holocaust should not be forgotten and addressed schools on his experiencesBy Gloria Tessler4 min read||April 24, 2022 10:21
Obituary: Michel Jules StraussRefugee from occupied France who headed the Impressionism and modern Art department at Sotheby'sBy David Herman4 min read||March 18, 2022 00:00
Obituary: Ladislaus LöbProfessor of German literature who owed his survival to Kasztner-Eichmann Holocaust dealBy Gloria Tessler4 min read||March 11, 2022 00:00
Obituary: Benno ZellViennese Zionist who embraced kibbutz life and witnessed its evolving relationship with IsraelBy Maurice Samuelson4 min read||March 4, 2022 00:00
