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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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Football fans unite to call for the release of the last remaining British hostage

‘Proud’ British citizen Emily Damari is a ‘lifelong’ Spurs fan

By Daniel Ben-David

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Football fans unite to call for the release of the last remaining British hostage

Dr Abigail Swerdlow and Dr Charles Daniels

New Jewish Care Trustees to bring ‘invaluable’ expertise in palliative and mental health care

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Rael Braverman, husband of Britain's former Home Secretary Suella Braverman (Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Suella Braverman’s husband leads Jewish Reform members in criticism of Board of Deputies

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Local community gathers around a vandalised public menorah in Bricket Wood, December 29, 2024

Largest menorah lighting ever in Bricket Wood after Chanukiah smashed by vandals

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Nazi hunter Josef Lewkowicz passes away aged 98

A book about his remarkable life is scheduled for release in January next year

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December 27, 2024 14:33

Josef Lewkowicz (Credit: JRoots)

There’s light! Venue steps in to host rejected Jewish singer

Charedi star Benny Friedman was booked after JC reported his plight amid rising antisemitism in the arts

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December 24, 2024 13:04

Benny Friedman (Image: Barveh Ezagui)

Giant Trafalgar Square menorah taken down because of strong winds

But to mark the festival ‘Happy Chanukah’ will be beamed on to Nelson’s Column

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December 24, 2024 11:25

The giant menorah in Trafalgar Square on the third day of Chanukah (Credit: Eleventh Hour Photography/Alamy Live News)

Synagogues fear ‘devastating’ tax bill for next financial year

Failure to renew a VAT exemption scheme for historic synagogues would hit community projects

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December 24, 2024 10:59

New West End Synagogue (Photo of New West End Synagogue, Getty Images)

Shoah survivor and lover of the Scottish Highlands passes away at 82

Mensa member Kathy Hagler was smuggled out of a Nazi ghetto in place of her brother at 18 months old

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December 22, 2024 12:54

Kathy Hagler, most of whose family died in the Shoah

Norwegian football president calls for investigation into Israel ahead of World Cup qualifying match

Norway is set to compete against Israel twice next year in the qualifying stages of the 2026 football World Cup

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December 22, 2024 10:33

Israel's stating eleven sing their national anthem during the UEFA Nations League, Tel Aviv, September 24, 2022 (Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

London venue cancels performance by Chasidic singer over ‘security concerns’

Despite ‘overwhelming’ demand for him in the city, Friedman’s team has for months failed to secure a London venue over links to Israel

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December 17, 2024 17:29

The Clapham Grand, London, England (Credit: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Edinburgh Uni student elected as next president of the Union of Jewish Students

Louis Danker was elected during the UJS annual conference on Sunday

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December 16, 2024 12:04

Louis Danker, president-elect of the Union of Jewish Students (Credit: UJS)

Parliament wants them home: The MPs ‘twinning’ with our hostages

Publicity initiative aims to move the plight of captives ‘out of the Jewish echo chamber’

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December 11, 2024 12:21

Solidarity: Jack Rankin MP (centre) and Nivi Feldman (left) at the launch, with Avinatan Or’s British mother Ditza Or, and his sisters Yehudit and Tomer.

Film industry ‘institutionally antisemitic’ says BAFTA-nominated producer

Leo Pearlman spoke on a JC panel of experts, chaired by broadcaster Rob Rinder

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December 6, 2024 19:23

JC panel discusses the growing hostility towards Jews in the arts. Left to right: Actress Louisa Clein, Michael Etherton, the Chief Executive of UK Jewish Film, literary agent Neil Blair, film producer Leo Pearlman, talent manager Jonathan Shalit, and broadcaster, barrister and JC columnist Rob Rinder (Photo: JC)

Kindertransport refugee and Shoah educator Bob Kirk BEM dies aged 99

The Holocaust Education Trust said Kirk leaves behind a ‘powerful’ legacy

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December 5, 2024 16:53

Ann and Bob Kirk JVN Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award winners

Biden criticised after being photographed walking out of bookshop with ‘one-sided’ anti-Israel book

It is unclear if he purchased the book himself

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December 5, 2024 10:04

US President Joe Biden walks out of a bookshop with son Hunter Biden, grandson Beau and daughter-in-law Melissa Cohen Biden in Nantucket, Massachusetts, November 29, 2024 (Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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