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Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David is a reporter and community correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach him at dbendavid@thejc.com

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Israeli defence ministry begins drafting Charedi Yeshiva students

Full-time Torah study is no longer officially recognised as a basis for not enlisting in the IDF

By Daniel Ben-David

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths block a road in Bnei Brak as they protest against their conscription into the IDF, April 1, 2024 (Credit: OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)

Hannah and Hannah packing boxes for the US' Chesed Pesach appeal (Photo: United Synagogue)

Thousands will rely on food parcels this Pesach

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Damage in the area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital after the IDF withdrew on April 1, 2024 (Credit: /AFP via Getty Images)

IDF says more terrorists killed in recent al-Shifa hospital raid than in any other operation

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Swastika sprayed on housing for Holocaust survivors in Belgium

Swastika sprayed on housing for Holocaust survivors in Belgium

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First Jewish High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire appointed

Nick Rubins takes on the oldest continuous secular office under the Crown

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April 1, 2024 13:39

(l-r) Rabbi Gili Zidkiyahu, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire Nick Rubins, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue president Paula Scott and Rabbi Charley Baginsky at Rubins' installation ceremony at NLS

Be courageous and speak out against hate, Rachel Riley tells Jewish pupils

The TV star joined other big names to address a conference on antisemitism for Jewish pupils

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March 29, 2024 11:28

Rachel Riley MBE, Konstantin Kisin, Emily Schrader talk during a panel discussion, hosted by StandWithUs UK's Yehuda Pink, March 28, 2024 (Credit: StandWithUs UK)

Hamas’s ‘impossible’ casualty figures imply zero male civilians have been killed in Gaza, say data scientists

More experts show how the Hamas claim that 70 per cent of casualties are women and children is ‘statistically impossible’

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March 27, 2024 17:37

More than half of the buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since October 7 (Photo: Jack Guez/AFP)

Former neo-Nazi who inspired American History X reveals he’s now an observant Jew

Frank Meeink credits Judaism with getting him through the darkest period of his life around five years ago

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March 26, 2024 17:50

2PDK59M Frank Meeink, originally from Philadelphia, speaks to students about his former involvement with neo-Nazi hate groups, at Alvernia College in Reading, Pa., Nov. 1, 2005. Meeink, 30, travels the country to speak about his life and the misguided beliefs of hate groups. (AP Photo/Reading Eagle, Susan L. Angstadt)

Steven Spielberg warns against ‘history repeating itself’ amid rising antisemitism

The legendary director was being honoured at a Holocaust testimony organisation he helped found 30 years ago

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March 26, 2024 16:32

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 12: Steven Spielberg attends the 96th Oscars Nominees Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton on February 12, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images)

Former German Intelligence head blames far-left and Muslim migrants for growing antisemitism

August Hanning argues that rising anti-Jewish activity in Germany is not simply the province of the far-right

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March 26, 2024 11:44

Warning: Germany's former Intelligence chief August Hanning (Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Seats around Passover table to be left vacant this year for Gaza hostages

The initiative was launched by the Board of Deputies of British Jews

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March 26, 2024 11:04

People walk past a large table depicting deteriorating food and drink conditions as part of an art installation commemorating the hostages held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip (Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish organisations send wishes for a ‘refuah shlemah’ for Princess of Wales

Chief Rabbi and Board of Deputies post messages after Shabbat

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March 24, 2024 12:34

Princess of Wales speaks openly about her health in video message on Friday

Hand cyclist to take on London for Israel

Lerona Goldberg will be raising money for the moshav where her family lives, much of which was destroyed on October 7

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March 18, 2024 12:24

Lerona Goldberg with her cousins on moshav Netiv Ha'asara

Fauda star urges Anglo-Jewry to ‘stay strong’

Yaakov Zada Daniel was speaking at the Jewish Child’s Day fundraising dinner in London

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March 14, 2024 17:33

Fauda actor Yaakov Zada Daniel being interviewed by journalist Shirit Gal Kedar at the Jewish Child's Day Dinner (Photo: Grainge Photography Ltd)

‘Deluded’ Hamas made a ‘catastrophic miscalculation’, say Palestinian analysts

Hamas is now aiming for some form of political suvival through talks with the PA

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March 13, 2024 11:56

Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry figures have indicated that over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

More older job-seekers hit the employment market

But people over 60 still face age discrimination, says Baroness Altmann

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March 12, 2024 12:41

More and more people in their 50s and 60s are re-entering the job market (Photo: Wikipedia)

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