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Jamie Shapiro

Jamie Shapiro

Reporter

Jamie Shapiro is a reporter for the Jewish Chronicle focusing on civil upheaval and conflict. You can reach him at jshapiro@thejc.com

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Golders Green kosher cafe giving free drinks to the CST and police to say ‘thank you for keeping us safe’

Beit Cafe’s owner, Emi Shamir says ‘they deserve a nice cold drink when they come in’

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Free drinks poster at Beit Cafe (Image: Emi Shamir)

Helen Mirren verbally abused in London (Image: X/ Heidi Bachram)

Helen Mirren heckled as ‘evil Zionist b****’ in public street by anti-Israel agitator

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Schoolchildren walking down a corridor (Image: Getty Images)

Britain’s largest teaching union surveys 10,000 members on antisemitism in schools

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The original gates of Auschwitz (Image: Getty Images)

Polish tax protestor faces up to five years in prison over Auschwitz gate replica

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Rome Pride bans Italy’s only Jewish LGBT group from attending unless it ‘condemns’ Israel

Organisers claimed Keshet Italia had failed to ‘distance itself from the ongoing genocide’

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May 28, 2026 10:35

Rome Pride in 2019 (Image: Getty Images)

UN adds Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones

The county’s ambassador to the UN has said that it is a ‘political decision’ which is ‘disconnected from reality’

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May 28, 2026 10:34

Four Israeli soldiers, illustrative purposes only (Image: Getty Images)

Police say huge blaze at Kosher Kingdom in Golders Green is ‘not suspicious’

Electrical fault believed to be the cause of massive fire at Europe’s largest kosher supermarket

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May 27, 2026 07:46

Massive blaze rips through Kosher Kingdom

‘Vive la cinéma!’ Barbra Streisand wins honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

The award-winning Jewish actor accepted the lifetime achievement award via a video address

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May 26, 2026 16:30

Barbra Streisand on a video address at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival (Image: Getty Images)

Hanging effigy of ‘Jew’ at Montreal rally branded ‘disgusting’ and ‘antisemitic’

Elsewhere in Canada, posters of a missing Jewish teenager were torn down in a ‘cruel’ act

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May 26, 2026 15:21

A still from the footage that appears to show the effigy of a Jewish figure being hung (Photo: X)

‘Vandalism’ at Glasgow cemetery turns out to be routine maintenance

Fears of antisemitic vandalism at Garnethill Jewish Cemetery arose on Monday when a video showing the stones went viral

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May 20, 2026 09:50

The Garnethill cemetery (Photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

New European prize launched for Jewish cultural projects

The new prize which celebrates Jewish heritage is named after Holocaust survivor Simone Veil

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May 19, 2026 14:52

Simone Veil (Image: European Commission)

Harry Styles has one-word response to ‘long live Palestine’ heckle

Singer replied ‘correct’ to a heckler at his Amsterdam gig

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May 19, 2026 14:02

Harry Styles performing in Amsterdam (Image: TikTok/ Raquel)

Politicising Eurovision is ‘unacceptable’ says Bowie music exec

A survey has been launched which asks if viewers think the song contest should be more or less political

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May 18, 2026 12:09

Noam Bettan representing Israel and guests celebrate during the Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest (Image: Getty Images)

Guests get in a pickle at launch of first Jewish Culture Month

Guests at the launch included Vanessa Feltz, Steve Reed – and a giant pickle

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May 18, 2026 10:44

What a pickle! Vanessa Feltz with a gherkin mascot (Image: Sophie Shaw)

‘Be kind to each other,’ says Eurovision’s Noam Bettan on his return to Israel

The runner-up said competing in Vienna was ‘hard’ on his return to Ben Gurion Airport

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May 18, 2026 09:48

Israeli singer Noam Bettan, representing Israel with the song 'Michelle', performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

Orthodox men egged in Stamford Hill on way home from shul

The attack is the latest of a series in the same heavily-Jewish neighbourhood in recent weeks

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May 14, 2026 15:41

Met Police officer (Getty Images)

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