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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

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Obituary: Allan Louis Neville Jay, MBE

British fencing champion and Olympic team captain

By Gloria Tessler

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Allan Jay of Great Britain (L) competes against Daniel Revenu of France in the Men's Individual Foil Fencing competition on 13th October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games at the Memorial Hall, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How the Yellow Candle Project keeps the flame burning for Shoah victims

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Obituary: Chaim Topol

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Obituary: Tom Tugend

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The music that tells the story of a three-year-old refugee girl

Former Guardian journalist Jessica Shepherd is adapting the famous castaway radio format for Holocaust survivors - so which songs would they choose?

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January 26, 2023 15:28

The music that tells the story of a three-year-old refugee girl

Obituary: Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu

Leading Talmudic scholar of the post-war era who campaigned against domestic abuse

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January 5, 2023 12:18

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 09: Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu, Dean of the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary, arrives for the ordination of three rabbis and three cantors at the Beth Zion Synagogue on October 9, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The three Ukrainian-born rabbis are the first Orthodox rabbis to be ordained in Berlin since World War II. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The PTSD-stricken Israeli soldiers who wake up screaming

Post-traumatic stress disorder is rife in the Israel Defense Forces and suicide is the leading cause of death for soldiers

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December 29, 2022 12:37

The PTSD-stricken Israeli soldiers who wake up screaming

Obituary: Eddie Young

Intrepid newspaper lawyer whose editorial ruling helped nail Stephen Lawrence killers

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December 15, 2022 12:43

Obituary: Professor Brian Winston

TV academic and commentator who challenged the idea of media objectivity

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October 28, 2022 09:05

Obituary: Professor Ian Glynn

The dissection of a human brain and a skeleton in the cupboard helped trigger a leading career in science

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October 13, 2022 17:09

Obituary: HM The Queen

A woman - a royal - a Queen for our times who became Britain’s longest serving monarch

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September 8, 2022 17:42

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 28: Queen Elizabeth II attends an audience with the President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis (Not pictured) at Windsor Castle on April 28, 2022 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Obituary: A.B. Yehoshua

Leading Israeli novelist who embraced Arab culture and promoted the Palestinian cause

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August 26, 2022 13:59

Obituary: Marina Smith MBE

The preacher’s wife who made a home for Holocaust survivors in a large, derelict Nottingham farmhouse

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July 28, 2022 15:13

Obituary: Singer, comedienne and actress Tracy Kashi

Courageous, witty and passionate performer who fought to demystify breast cancer

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July 7, 2022 13:32

Obituary: Singer, comedienne and actress Tracy Kashi

Sorry, but the Church’s apology is not enough

We live in an age of performative contrition, but it counts for nothing without proper action

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June 22, 2022 11:24

Obituary: Ivan Solomons

“Lucky” D-Day veteran – a “shoe-in“ for highest French military accolade

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May 19, 2022 15:53