Dina Rabinovitch
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Dina Rabinovitch was a British
journalist
and writer
who wrote a column for The Guardian
.
An Orthodox Jew, she lived in London
with her children and her second husband, renowned litigation lawyer Anthony Julius
. Her father is the prominent Halakhist
Rabbi Dr. Nahum Rabinovitch of Maale Adumim in Israel. Dina was the fifth of six children, and the mother of four children of her own.
in London.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
who wrote a column for The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
.
An Orthodox Jew, she lived in London
London
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with her children and her second husband, renowned litigation lawyer Anthony Julius
Anthony Julius
Anthony Julius is a prominent British lawyer and academic, best known for his actions on behalf of Diana, Princess of Wales, Deborah Lipstadt and more recently Heather Mills...
. Her father is the prominent Halakhist
Halakha
Halakha — also transliterated Halocho , or Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life; Jewish...
Rabbi Dr. Nahum Rabinovitch of Maale Adumim in Israel. Dina was the fifth of six children, and the mother of four children of her own.
Breast cancer activist
Rabinovitch, who died of breast cancer on 30 October 2007, aged 44, wrote regular columns describing her cancer-related experiences. These columns were published as the book Take Off Your Party Dress in March 2007. Proceeds from the sale of the book go to the CTRT Appeal http://www.justgiving.com/dinaspage, a million-pound appeal to set up a cancer trials research centre at Mount Vernon HospitalMount Vernon Hospital
Mount Vernon Hospital is one of two hospitals run by The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, located in Northwood.-History:The hospital was founded in 1860 as The North London Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest in Fitzroy Square and moved in 1864 to Mount Vernon in Hampstead...
in London.