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Jimmy Carter

Former US president Jimmy Carter, peace broker and Israel critic, dies at 100

Carter was instrumental in forging peace between Egypt and Israel, but was a critic of the Jewish state in his later years

By Andrew Bernard

6 min read
WASHINGTON DC, USA: (FILE PHOTO) The triple handshake between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (L), US President Jimmy Carter (C) and Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin seals the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treat March 26, 1979 on the White House lawn in Washington DC. Three years later, Jewish settlers resisted evacuation from their Sinai Desert settlements and now, 22 years after that, another generation of settlers in the Gaza Strip are threatening a last stand against forced removal should ruling Prime Minister Ariel Sharon go through with his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Tel Or Beni/GPO/Getty Images)
Opera singer who became noted entrepreneur, Julian Saipe
Opera

Opera singer who became noted entrepreneur, Julian Saipe

By Norma Fisher

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A tribute to Chabad visionary Rabbi Shraga Faivish Vogel
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A tribute to Chabad visionary Rabbi Shraga Faivish Vogel

By Dr Tali Loewenthal

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Shalom Nagar, Adolf Eichmann's executioner, died on 26 November 2024. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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Director of Programmes

Giant of television programming, Brian Tesler

By Gloria Tessler

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Kindertransport refugee and Shoah educator Bob Kirk BEM dies aged 99

By Daniel Ben-David

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Holocaust

Gifted violinist and survivor of the Budapest Ghettto, György Pauk

By Gloria Tessler

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