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Obituary: Frank Auerbach)
Obituary: Frank Auerbach
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Israel Hamas war 2023
Who was Yahya Sinwar, the last Hamas leader standing?
Who was Yahya Sinwar, the last Hamas leader standing?

The Hamas commander has been described as a 'dead man walking' by Israeli forces
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Obituary: Lily Ebert
Obituary: Lily Ebert

Holocaust survivor, educator and TikTok star Lily Ebert is remembered by millions for her courage, resilience and unwavering hope
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Rodney Mariner, beloved former rabbi of Belsize Square Synagogue and convener of the Beit Din, dies aged 83
Rodney Mariner, beloved former rabbi of Belsize Square Synagogue and convener of the Beit Din, dies aged 83

Mariner was rabbi of Belsize Square Synagogue for some three decades and convener of the Reform Beit Din for 22 years
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Obituary: Raymond Cannon
Obituary: Raymond Cannon

Trailblazing lawyer dedicated to promoting the success of Jewish day schools
singer-songwriter humourist
Obituary: Kinky Friedman
Obituary: Kinky Friedman

Self-mocking “Jewish cowboy” whose humour belied a deeper sense of identity
Hamas
Who was Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh?
Who was Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh?

The Gaza-born veteran of the fight against Israel was killed while on a trip to Tehran
The King's Speech
Obituary: David Seidler
Obituary: David Seidler

Writer whose personal story shaped his biggest film success
Bukharan Jews
Obituary: Yvonne Green
Obituary: Yvonne Green

Bukharan-Jewish poet inspired by themes of exile, memory and dispossession

Obituary: Kurt Wick

Hundreds mourn ‘supreme mensch’ Joe Lieberman at Jewish senator’s funeral

Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman dies aged 90

Auschwitz survivor and tailor to the stars dies at 95
In Focus
Obituary: Jacob, 4th Baron Rothschild

Obituary: Jacob, 4th Baron Rothschild

Jewish banker whose philanthropy boosted the environment and the arts in Britain and Israel
Google staff petition tech giant to stop backing Israeli conference

Google staff petition tech giant to stop backing Israeli conference

The Israeli tech summit is taking place in New York this week
Obituary: Rabbi Raymond Apple
Obituary: Rabbi Raymond Apple

Modern Orthodox Rabbi from ‘down under’ who bridged gaps between all faiths
Community mourns much-loved photographer Marc Morris
Community mourns much-loved photographer Marc Morris

Marc devoted his career to taking photos of Jewish sporting events, as well as royalty and prime ministers
The pioneering gerontologist who fled Nazi Germany and revolutionised dementia care
The pioneering gerontologist who fled Nazi Germany and revolutionised dementia care

Naomi Feil, whose family fled Nazi persecution in Germany in 1937, has died at the age of 91
Obituary: Frank Bright
Obituary: Frank Bright

Holocaust survivor who explored the fate of his class of 1942
Obituary: Piper Laurie
Obituary: Piper Laurie

Defiant independent actress who challenged Hollywood’s simple, sexual roles
Spotlight
Obituary: Trevor Leonard

Obituary: Trevor Leonard

Newcastle’s ‘poetry mugger’, speaker and local philosopher
Obituary: In memory of those we lost after Hamas' horrific terrorist attack

Obituary: In memory of those we lost after Hamas' horrific terrorist attack

For the dimmed light of a resurgent community whose homes lie in ruins and whose lives will never be the same again
Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick
Obituary: Irma Brenman Pick

Kleinian psychoanalyst who drew on her patients’ early childhood experiences
Obituary: Dianne Feinstein
Obituary: Dianne Feinstein

The California senator was a passionate advocate for gun control
Obituary: Jeffrey Keen
Obituary: Jeffrey Keen

Maverick physicist who found links between consciousness and the structure of the universe
Obituary: Clive Roffe
Obituary: Clive Roffe

Businessman who fought for Jewish burial of medieval bones

Obituary: Dr Michael Cohen
Obituary: Dr Michael Cohen

A man of wide intellectual and liturgical interests

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Herbert Kretzmer
Herbert Kretzmer

Acclaimed theatre critic, and lyricist who could “hear the people sing”
Agathe Sorel
Agathe Sorel

Experimental printmaker fascinated by natural and man-made materials
Arrigo Levi
Arrigo Levi

Italian journalist, editor and foreign correspondent who advised two Italian Presidents
Sally Jacobs
Sally Jacobs

Iconoclastic stage and costume designer who collaborated with Peter Brook
Rabbi Lord Sacks
Rabbi Lord Sacks

A man for all faiths and none who spanned the worlds of Judaism and secular scholarship

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