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1/1 PEOPLE who are wanting to give Jewish Community Leader Rudi Leavor a well-deserved send-off have been told not attend the Bradford Synagogue as his funeral will be a strictly family-only service due to necessary social distancing measures. Instead, the family have decided to stream the funeral, which will take place on August 17, online via Zoom. Last Tuesday (June 27), Mr Leavor, a Holocaust survivor, and the force behind forging a “unique” partnership between the city’s Jewish and Muslim communities, died in the early hours of this morning at the age of 95. The service begins at 11am and will be followed by a cremation, again only attended by family. ....
THE memories of Bradford man Rudi Leavor who fled Nazi Germany as a Jewish refugee will live on despite his death at the age of 95. Mr Leavor, of Heaton, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, but the impact he had on all who knew him has been felt across Bradford as tributes continue to pour in. Mr Leavor, who was chairman of Bradford Synagogue, was recognised when he received a BEM medal for his interfaith work which hit global headlines when Jani Rashid became the first Muslim to join the Synagogue Council. A spokesperson for the Council for Mosques in Bradford paid tribute to Mr Leavor, saying: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Rudi Leavor, and extend our condolences to his family and many friends. ....
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