ObituaryObituary: David ShalitCity banker, fencing star and philanthropist who oversaw the completion of the Barbican arts centreBy Gloria Tessler3 min read
ObituarySmoked fish savant Saul Zabar of Zabar’s deli dies at 97The so-called ‘lox smith’ of New York City helped turn his parent’s smoked fish store into an iconic and globally-renowned food enterpriseBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
ObituaryActress and Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner dies at 96Polish actress and Holocaust survivor, whose most authentic role as a Catholic girl saved her lifeBy Gloria Tessler5 min read
ObituaryAron Bell, the last surviving member of the Bielski brothers, dies aged 98Their story was turned into the Hollywood film, DefianceBy Siam Goorwich3 min read
ObituaryArgentinian campaigner who led the families of the missing, dies aged 106Campaigner who gave voice to the grandmothers of Argentine’s ”disappeared”By Gloria Tessler3 min read
ObituaryRonnie Appleton KC dies at 97Northern Ireland’s Senior Crown Prosecutor during The TroublesBy Martin Blake4 min read
ObituaryIrene Brauner Holocaust survivor dies aged 87A Polish Holocaust survivor who escaped the Krakow ghetto by assuming a fake identity as a childBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
Alberto Bolaffi: international collector dies at 89International collector who put his stamp on high end catalogue publishingBy Julie Carbonara5 min read||September 1, 2025 08:18
Rabbi Berel Wein: historian and educator dies aged 91Historian and educator who resurrected “the dying narrative of Jewish history”By Gloria Tessler4 min read||September 1, 2025 08:14
Mark Lazarus, one of English football’s first Jewish stars, dies aged 86The footballing great played for clubs including Queens Park Rangers and Crystal PalaceBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read||August 12, 2025 13:05
Legendary theatre school founder, Sylvia Young, dies aged 85She helped launch the career of Amy Winehouse, and was famed for her kindness and dedicationBy Siam Goorwich3 min read||July 31, 2025 16:01
Lord Alliance, business leader and philanthropist dies aged 93David Alliance modernised the British cotton industry, helped save thousands of Ethiopian Jews from persecution and was a generous philanthropistBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||July 30, 2025 14:09
Actor and former refugee Renee Goddard dies at 102From the Hitler Youth to Holloway prison – and finally British broadcasting success for centenarian survivorBy Gloria Tessler5 min read||July 30, 2025 09:04
Tom Lehrer, mathematician, songwriter and satirist, dies at 97Lehrer’s sharp, pithy songs satirised contemporary culture and gripped audiences around the world, but he never wavered from his love for mathematicsBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||July 29, 2025 11:25
Laura Ben-David, photographer who highlighted plight of agunot, dies at 56Laura was one of the founders of a stock photo bank, aimed at bringing pictures of Orthodox Jewish women into the mainstreamBy Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll4 min read||July 27, 2025 10:09
Valery Panov, ballet dancer and refusenik, dies at 87The acclaimed ballet dancer whose lengthy struggle to emigrate from the Soviet Union to Israel focused worldwide attention on the plight of ‘refuseniks’By Eliana Jordan3 min read||July 21, 2025 14:01
