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Ralph Blumenau, history teacher dies aged 100

Refugee who became a ‘brilliant and inspiring’ history teacher at Malvern College

By David Herman

4 min read

Ralph Blumenau, history teacher dies aged 100

Irene Gill as a young woman

Irene Gill, peace campaigner, dies at 92

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

Alan Weinberg receives his MBE from King Charles

Former mayor of Redbridge Alan Weinberg dies aged 78

3 min read

Jo Greenbury

Jo Greenbury

By George Lomas

3 min read

Therapist and writer Naomi Stadlen dies aged 82

Therapist and writer Naomi Stadlen dies aged 82

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

Rabbi Alan Plancey

Rabbi Alan Plancey

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

British author, cartoonist and jazz musician Barry Fantoni, UK, 16th March 1968. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jewish artist and Private Eye stalwart Barry Fantoni dies aged 85

4 min read

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Obituary: Alan Yentob

Towering figure in the world of BBC arts programming

By Gloria Tessler

5 min read

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May 27, 2025 11:58

Alan Yentob who has died aged 78 (Photo: Getty Images)

Aliza Magen, Mossad’s only female deputy director, dies aged 87

The veteran security agent served for almost 40 years and played a role in major intelligence missions

By Imogen Garfinkel

4 min read

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April 28, 2025 09:37

Aliza Magen was a veteran Mossad agent who served for almost 40 years under three security chiefs. (Kan 11)

Pope Francis, a friend to Jews with conflicted views on Israel dead aged 88

The first South American pope was seen as a reformer from the liberal wing of the church

By Daniel Ben-David

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April 21, 2025 08:11

Pope Francis visits the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2014 (Credit: Avi Ohayon - GPO /Getty Images)

David Sassoon, Jewish designer who dressed Princess Diana, dies aged 92

Designer whose Iraqi-Jewish roots shaped a five-decade career at the pinnacle of British fashion

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April 14, 2025 11:25

David Sassoon, who passed away this week, pictured at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London (Alamy)

Stef Wertheimer, Israeli business mogul and advocate for Arab-Jewish peace, dies at 98

Wertheimer was one of Israel’s wealthiest citizens

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April 10, 2025 08:06

Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer in his office at Iscar Metalworking in this recent but undated file photo in the Teffen industrial zone in Israel's Western Galilee (Image: Getty)

George Summerfield, Holocaust survivor, dies at 91

A Jewish refugee from Germany who escaped from Berlin in 1939

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

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April 9, 2025 13:19

George Summerfield, a Jewish refugee from Germany who came to the UK as a child in 1939, passed away on Monday at the age of 91. (Photo: AJR/Dr Bea Lewkowicz)

Douglas Murray

By Douglas Murray

Stanley Kalms: A true visionary who valued his protégés’ success above his own

My great friend led an inspirational life built on drive, passion, flair and highly exacting standards

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April 9, 2025 09:28

Stanley Kalms, hands out strawberries to customers at Dixons' Oxford Street Store in London to celebrate the company's 60th birthday

Baron Stanley Kalms dies at 93

The head of Currys PLC and former member of the Conservative Party passed away on Sunday

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

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March 31, 2025 17:03

Stanley Kalms, pictured in March 1966, passed away on Sunday at the age of 93. (Photo by J. R. Watkins/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Britain’s most successful shipwreck explorer Rex Cowan dies age 97

A former lawyer who hailed from a Jewish family of Eastern European origin and grew up in north London

3 min read

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March 26, 2025 13:12

Rex Braham Cowan passed away on earlier this month, at the age of 97 (Image: IMASS)

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