Sir Martin’s book In Ishmael’s House presented to: Gray Academy of Jewish Education Graduates May 2014: The winner of the Bernice Manishen Faintuch Peer Tutoring Scholarship, Shayna Wilhelmer, is presented by the late Bernice Faintuch’s niece Phyllis Hochman. Shayna was also presented with a copy of Martin Gilbert’s book In…
“Finest Hour, The Journal for Winston Churchill” paid tribute to Sir Martin; dedicating their autumn issue, October 2014 in his honour. Richard Langworth, the editor writes : This is my last issue of “Finest Hour”. There is no better way to complete my work of forty years than with these…
The Sir Martin Gilbert Library at Highgate School, London 6 May 2014 Highgate School honours Sir Martin, a former Highgate pupil. Officially opened by the former Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown on Tuesday 6th May 2014. Guests of honour included the Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St James,…
Ham & High, 05 May 2015 Quilt of memories tells remarkable story of Holocaust survivors They came to be known as “The Boys”, even though about 80 of them were girls, and formed a tight-knit group. They are the subject of a book The Boys by historian Martin Gilbert. As…
Where What When.Com March 17, 2015, Avinoam Miller Editor’s Note: Last month, one of the world’s leading historians, Sir Martin Gilbert of London, passed away. Gilbert (1936-2015), author of about 90 books, was not only a leading historian, he was a Jewish historian. That is, he was a historian who happened…