Decter was a controversial and confrontational polemicist who published notorious rants against feminism and homosexuality
By Nathan Abrams
A man of wide intellectual and liturgical interests
Stalwart of Bournemouth Synagogue’s Ladies’ chevra kadisha who was also deeply committed to raising funds for charities
Diminutive presence who despite her small physical stature rose to become the first-ever female US Secretary of State
“Lucky” D-Day veteran – a “shoe-in“ for highest French military accolade
Prodigious man of the arts whose work in performance, video, sculpture, music and puppetry defied genres
A former JC Assistant Foreign Editor reflects on the life of a popular colleague and good friend
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Like many who survived, Knoller was insistent that the Holocaust should not be forgotten and addressed schools on his experiences
By Gloria Tessler
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Refugee from occupied France who headed the Impressionism and modern Art department at Sotheby's
By David Herman
Professor of German literature who owed his survival to Kasztner-Eichmann Holocaust deal
Viennese Zionist who embraced kibbutz life and witnessed its evolving relationship with Israel
By Maurice Samuelson
Actor whose roles ranged from sitcom cynic to Shakespeare’s beleaguered king
Italian Holocaust survivor who never “wasted a crumb”of her memories
By Julie Carbonara
Jewish Continuity leader whose charisma and soft power helped transform Jewish education
By Harry Freedman
Former pro-Maoist academic and journalist who would eventually become one of China’s most outspoken critics
By Emma Klein
First Lady at the Board of Deputies – the woman who who did not flinch from speaking truth to power
By Andy Kaufman
