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Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler

Gloria Tessler is obituaries editor at the Jewish Chronicle.

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Obituary: Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu

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

By Gloria Tessler

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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

The PTSD-stricken Israeli soldiers who wake up screaming

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Obituary: Eddie Young

Obituary: Eddie Young

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Obituary: Professor Brian Winston

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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: Professor Ian Glynn

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: A.B. Yehoshua

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: Marina Smith MBE

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

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Obituary: Ivan Solomons

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

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May 19, 2022 15:53

Obituary: Ivan Solomons

Don’t fall for myths about welcoming refugees

Support for Ukrainian refugees contrasts with the treatment of those fleeing Germany

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May 16, 2022 13:23

2nd December 1938: Some of the 5,000 Jewish and non-Aryan German child refugees, the 'Kindertransport', arriving in England at Harwich from Germany. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Freddie Knoller: tireless campaigner for Shoah survivors who had helped the French Resistance blow up a Nazi train before he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz

Like many who survived, Knoller was insistent that the Holocaust should not be forgotten and addressed schools on his experiences

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April 24, 2022 10:21

Freddie Knoller: tireless campaigner for Shoah survivors who had helped the French Resistance blow up a Nazi train before he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz

Ukraine’s anguish reminds us of Israel’s story

From the tragedy of this war will eventually emerge a new beginning and a powerful nation

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April 1, 2022 10:06

Migration crisis on the border with Belarus

Obituary: Ladislaus Löb

Professor of German literature who owed his survival to Kasztner-Eichmann Holocaust deal

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March 11, 2022 24:00

Obituary: Ladislaus Löb

These past few days I have been thinking of my grandmother

We are seeing today the same bonds of family, of country, of self-determination and national independence being threatened by a dictator

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March 4, 2022 15:59

Migration crisis on the border with Belarus

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