ObituaryPeter Sichel, the man who made Blue Nun a runaway success dies at 102Remembering an extraordinary life spanning more than a centuryBy Jane Prinsley4 min read
ObituaryGyörgy Kun: Survivor of Mengele’s experiments at AuschwitzHis life was saved when his mother told Mengele that he and his brother were twinsBy Keren David3 min read
ObituaryPolish-born journalist and historian Marian Turski dies aged 98Gatekeeper of Holocaust memories who warned against the dangers of silence and indifferenceBy Gloria Tessler4 min read
ObituaryBoris Spassky, chess grandmaster who played the ‘game of the century’, dies aged 88One of the sport’s first mainstream stars, his reported Jewishness remains an enigmaBy Menachem Wecker2 min read
ObituaryBuffy and Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg dies at 39The Jewish actress, known for roles in ‘Harriet the Spy’ and ‘Gossip Girl’, passed away on WednesdayBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
ObituaryRose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113‘She was a strong lady, resilient.’By Ellie Grant3 min read
ObituaryBaroness Sally Oppenheimer-Barnes, Thatcher minister dies at 96Conservative minister and campaigner for consumer rightsBy Gloria Tessler4 min read
Best friend of Anne Frank dies aged 96Jacqueline van Maarsen devoted herself to Holocaust education and sharing stories of her friendship with Frank in final yearsBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||February 17, 2025 13:32
Obituary: Ann KirkShe waved goodbye to her parents aged 10 as she took the Kindertransport to freedomBy Imogen Garfinkel5 min read||January 28, 2025 13:03
Jewish Hollyoaks actor Paul Danan dies aged 46Actor and reality TV star who fought his own demons while helping others fight addictionBy Elisa Bray4 min read||January 22, 2025 19:01
Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and Olympic champion dies at 103The Hungarian-Israeli was the most successful Jewish female athelete in Olympic historyBy Imogen Garfinkel3 min read||January 2, 2025 16:22
Opera singer who became noted entrepreneur, Julian SaipeA exquisite soprano who was a musician from childhoodBy Norma Fisher5 min read||December 27, 2024 00:00
A tribute to Chabad visionary Rabbi Shraga Faivish VogelInspirational Chasidic outreach rabbi whose teachings linked Jewish thought with the modern worldBy Dr Tali Loewenthal5 min read||December 23, 2024 11:27
Shoah survivor and lover of the Scottish Highlands passes away at 82Mensa member Kathy Hagler was smuggled out of a Nazi ghetto in place of her brother at 18 months oldBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read||December 22, 2024 12:54
Reluctant Eichmann executioner and kosher butcher Shalom Nagar dies in IsraelThe hangman of Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann passed away in Israel last monthBy Eliana Jordan3 min read||December 10, 2024 13:05
Lore Segal: ‘her subject was her life’The Pulitzer-nominated novelist and short story writer who has died aged 96 had a ‘uniquely sharp mind’By Jennifer Lipman1 min read||October 16, 2024 11:07
