Ben Weich
Ben Weich is a reporter for the JC.
Jewish bodies condemn Rod Liddle over comments on Jews and Muslims
The commentator suggested the general election should be held on a day when Muslims cannot vote and appeared to accuse Jews of religious hypocrisy over money
Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz's bid to overturn conviction fails
She was convicted in 2018 for writing, performing and publishing songs which mocked Jews and the Holocaust
Former JFS student dies after going missing
Daniel Mervis, from Finchley, North London, was reported missing on October 26, but had passed away in the early hours of October 25
Israeli embassy shuts as country's diplomatic workers begin global strike
The dispute centres on taxation of overseas stipends, with Israel's foreign ministry accusing the finance ministry of reneging on a deal brokered over the summer
Anti-settlements MP Sir Alan Duncan to stand down at general election
The former Tory minister made a series of controversial statements on Israel, leading the Board of Deputies to brand his views 'breathtakingly one-sided'
WhatsApp sues Israeli tech firm over phone hacking claims
The messaging platform claims that technology sold by NSO Group, based in Herzliya, was behind cyber-attacks on more than 100 of its users
Senior rabbi reveals he spent a night in his electric car after struggling to find charging point
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg urged Radio 4 listeners to adopt greener lifestyles during
Bernie Sanders suggests using US military aid to pressure Israel over Palestine policy
The Presidential hopeful said: 'We cannot give carte blanche to the Israeli government. We have a right to demand respect for human rights and democracy'
Margaret Hodge resists Corbynite attempt to oust her as Barking MP
The Board of Deputies said it was 'not lost on anyone that Labour’s so-called anti-racist leader missing in action as his drones tried to force out another Jewish MP'
Services mark first anniversary of gun attack that killed 11 worshippers in Pittsburgh synagogue
Tributes are made a year after the Tree of Life shul saw the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history
'They don’t believe someone with a long beard could do this'
Victims of alleged child sex abuse in the Charedi community describe how a culture of witness suppression, a fear of secular institutions, deference to rabbinic authority and strict sexual taboos kept them from speaking out
Jewish Extinction Rebellion member guilty of criminal damage after coal firm protest
Shulamit Morris-Evans, Angela Ditchfield and Amy Pritchard, glued themselves to the offices of Global Coal Management in protest of plans to build a new mine
Review: We Are The Weather
This book gives a stark overview of what we are doing to the environment.
Photographer who captured everything from the Yom Kippur War to Mohammed Ali dies
Sally Soames, who has died aged 82, photographed everyone from Tony Blair to Muhammad Ali. Her secret? She relaxed her subjects.
Rabbi Jeffrey Newman arrested during Extinction Rebellion climate change protest
The reform rabbi was caught on film being dragged off by police officers after refusing to move
Chris Williamson loses High Court bid to be reinstated as Labour MP
He had whip withdrawn and his membership suspended in February, following repeated interventions in the party’s ongoing antisemitism row
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