She helped launch the career of Amy Winehouse, and was famed for her kindness and dedication
By Siam Goorwich
David Alliance modernised the British cotton industry, helped save thousands of Ethiopian Jews from persecution and was a generous philanthropist
By Eliana Jordan
From the Hitler Youth to Holloway prison – and finally British broadcasting success for centenarian survivor
By Gloria Tessler
Lehrer’s sharp, pithy songs satirised contemporary culture and gripped audiences around the world, but he never wavered from his love for mathematics
Laura was one of the founders of a stock photo bank, aimed at bringing pictures of Orthodox Jewish women into the mainstream
By Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
The acclaimed ballet dancer whose lengthy struggle to emigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel focused worldwide attention on the plight of ‘refuseniks’
Refugee who became a ‘brilliant and inspiring’ history teacher at Malvern College
By David Herman
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Holocaust refugee who channelled her trauma into peace campaigning
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The former cabbie was a tireless advocate for education and remembrance
By Ellie Grant
Last head of Polack’s House at Clifton College who inspired generations of Jewish pupils at the Bristol boarding school
By George Lomas
Revolutionary therapist who wrote ‘the best parenting book you’ve never heard of’
Orthodox rabbi who linked Yiddishkeit with worldliness
The cartoonist was also a musician, poet, playwright and actor
By Elisa Bray
Towering figure in the world of BBC arts programming
The veteran security agent served for almost 40 years and played a role in major intelligence missions
By Imogen Garfinkel
The first South American pope was seen as a reformer from the liberal wing of the church
By Daniel Ben-David
