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Rabbi Schlesinger was eulogised at his Yeshiva on Wednesday evening
February 5, 2026, 10:47 am
104-year old leading Stamford Hill Rabbi passes away
Rabbi Elyakim Schlesinger founded Yeshivas Harama after moving to the UK in 1961
By JN Reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands beside the flag-draped coffin of Ran Gvili at his funeral in Meitar on January 28, 2026. Credit: X / GPO
January 29, 2026, 1:47 pm
‘He refused to stand aside’: Israel buries Ran Gvili, last hostage from 7 October
PM attends first hostage funeral as final Gaza captive is laid to rest after 843 days
By Annabel Sinclair
Yossi Sharabi’s daughters and family deliver emotional eulogies at his funeral in Kibbutz Be’eri, 27 October 2025. (Credit: GPO)
October 27, 2025, 3:19 pm
Tears and tributes as slain Gaza hostage Yossi Sharabi buried in Kibbutz Be’eri
Hundreds gather as family, President Herzog and freed hostages bid farewell to Be’eri resident murdered in Hamas captivity
By Annabel Sinclair
Rabbi Daniel Walker shakes hands with members of the congregation after the funeral of Adrian Daulby at Agecroft Jewish Cemetery in Salford, Manchester.
October 7, 2025, 12:26 pm
‘Quiet man who became a hero’: Mourners honour synagogue victim Adrian Daulby
Hundreds gather at Agecroft Cemetery as mourners hail Yom Kippur synagogue victim a “quiet hero"
By Jewish News Reporter
The funeral of the two sisters took place in the Israeli settlement of Kfar Etzion in the West Bank (pic EPA)
April 9, 2023, 5:18 pm
Devastated mourners attend the funeral of murdered British-Israeli sisters
Rabbi Leo Dee, the father of Rina, 15, and Maia, 20, says he does not know what he will tell his critically injured wife what has happened to 'our two precious kids' when she 'wakes up'
By Lee Harpin
An old Jewish headstone in a cemetery
February 9, 2023, 5:57 pm
AJR asks community to help form a minyan for Holocaust refugee’s funeral
Betty Shane, who has died in a fire aged 91, had almost no family. Her father was murdered at Auschwitz.
Maja Bagley
November 4, 2022, 1:38 pm
103-year-old buried after last-minute kaddish plea
Family of Maja Bagley paid tribute to the United Synagogue Burial Society and the Association of Jewish Refugees for their support in arranging a minyan and funeral.
By Jenni Frazer
September 21, 2022, 10:49 am
OPINION: Caught in the poignancy of an era-defining day
Rabbi Charley Baginsky, CEO of Liberal Judaism, on the significance of attending Monday's state funeral of possibly the greatest Queen of England.
By Rabbi Charley Baginsky
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is placed on a gun carriage during her funeral service in Westminster Abbey in central London Monday Sept. 19, 2022.
September 20, 2022, 10:25 am
OPINION: Eleven days that reminded us of who we are as a nation
Jewish News' historian Derek Taylor reflects on an extraordinary episode in British history and a once-in-a-lifetime state funeral none of us will forget.
By Derek Taylor
September 19, 2022, 11:18 am
Communal leaders amongst mourners at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Board President Marie van Der Zyl join 2000 guests at Westminster Abbey for the funeral of the late Her Majesty, with world leaders including Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog
By Lee Harpin
Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, Britain's Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York look on as Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal curtseys the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as it arrives at Holyroodhouse on September 11, 2022 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
September 13, 2022, 3:49 pm
OPINION: She was our comfort and reassurance in an ever-changing world
Claudia Mendoza and Michelle Janes, co-chief executives of the Jewish Leadership Council, reflect on how the late Queen symbolised our nation's very essence throughout most of our lifetimes.
By Claudia Mendoza and Michelle Janes
Survivors, including Harry Bibring on the right, escorting the coffin containing the remains of six Holocaust victims to their grave at Bushey New Cemetery.
January 20, 2019, 2:56 pm
Six Holocaust victims laid to rest at Bushey Cemetery
More than 1,200 mourners, including 50 survivors, attend the burial at Bushey New Cemetery of six unknown Jews murdered in Auschwitz.
By Richard Ferrer
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