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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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Artificial intelligence

Who is Sam Altman, the AI pioneer Elon Musk branded a ‘swindler’?

The self-described ‘midwestern Jew’ is at the vanguard of the tech that has the power to change the world

By Daniel Ben-David

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at a panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence at the Technical University in Berlin, February 7, 2025 (Credit: by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Ohad Ben Ami being released by Hamas on Saturday, February 8

Hamas cancels all hostage releases until further notice

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Josh Cohen will be moving from UJS to WUJS

Nottingham grad Josh Cohen elected president of World Union of Jewish Students

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Idit Ohel (centre), mother of hostage Alon Ohel, has called for his release after receiving a first sign of life in 492 days from released captives who were held with him (Image: Getty)

Hostage mother calls for special release as she receives son’s first sign of life in 492 days

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February 9, 2025 13:19

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February 9, 2025 10:59

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Glasgow anti-Zionist Yiddish café which blamed ‘capitalism’ for its closing eyes up move to New York

Now the cafe can be ‘not just in the middle of nowhere in Scotland’, its owners said

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February 7, 2025 14:15

The now-closed Pink Peacock cafe in Glasgow (Credit: Google Earth)

Actress, 99, to chain herself to a tree in protest against Wimbledon Tennis Club expansion

Thelma Ruby is campaigning against plans for 38 new courts and a stadium

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February 6, 2025 18:16

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Sandys Row Synagogue hopes to open heritage centre

The educational hub would share the story of the once flourishing East End Jewish community

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February 4, 2025 13:01

Sandys Row Synagogue in London's East End (Photo: Foundation For Jewish Heritage)

Friends to walk 100 miles in memory of ‘kind and gentle’ Nathan

The group will be raising money for Israeli men’s mental health charities

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February 3, 2025 16:09

Nathan Sheldon (second from left) with his friends, who are walking 100 miles to raise funds for men's mental health charities in Israel in his memory

WJR on ‘mission’ to connect Jewish refugee history with descendants

Do you know someone who arrived in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with the assistance of the Central British Fund? World Jewish Relief might have their files

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January 29, 2025 15:19

World Jewish Relief is on a 'mission' to connect documents about Jewish refugees arriving in the UK between 1933 and 1946 with their descendants

Israel’s new US ambassador suggests Saudi normalisation on the brink

Yechiel Leiter, who began his new appointment on Friday, hinted that a breakthrough in relations with the Gulf state could be on the horizon

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January 28, 2025 17:27

Yechiel Leiter has hinted that Israeli-Saudi normalisation is be 'closer than ever' (Image: X/Yechiel Leiter)

The lessons of Auschwitz are being lost, Ron Lauder warns world

In his address at the 80th anniversary ceremony at the death camp, the Jewish leader references October 7 in a powerful wake-up call

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January 28, 2025 13:09

President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder makes an address on behalf of the major donors of the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

‘The Jewish community has been reborn’ says King Charles in Krakow

His Majesty also went to a community centre inspired by his conversation with a Holocaust survivor, which sits just miles from the site of the camp

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January 27, 2025 15:41

Britain's King Charles III looks at belongings of people once deported to Auschwitz (Getty Images)

Queen Camilla warns we must ‘never forget’ the lessons of the Holocaust at Anne Frank Trust lunch

Her Majesty became the first royal patron of the charity last year

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January 24, 2025 12:54

Queen Camilla called on us all to 'never forget' the lessons of the Holocaust at the Anne Frank Trust lunch this week (Image: Ian Jones)

Guildford’s faith leaders sign religious freedom declaration to mark 750 years since Jewish expulsion

The proceedings included a ceremony at Guildford Castle and a symbolic walk through the city

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January 22, 2025 14:05

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