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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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BBC to air Nova music festival documentary ahead of one year anniversary of Israel-Hamas war

The film's Israeli director said it needed to be told to ‘challenge darkness with light’ and reaffirm belief in ‘hope and unity’

By Daniel Ben-David

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Photos of people killed on October 7 deadly attack on the Nova Peace Festival hang at a memorial site in Re'eim, Israel.

Matityahu Samborsky (left) and Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman

Chief Rabbi pays tribute to Ukrainian chief rabbi’s son killed fighting Russian forces

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Reginald D. Hunter performs on stage, July 24, 2021 (Credit: Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

Comedian Reginald D Hunter tells Zionist he ‘will see you and your kind ended’

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The fire-damaged building and (right) PItkin

Baby was thrown from window after antisemitic thug started fire in his own flat

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Liverpool’s oldest synagogue celebrates its 150th in style

The architecturally stunning Grade I-listed Orthodox shul, completed in 1874, featured on a King Charles coronation stamp

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September 6, 2024 16:14

The interior of Princes Road Synagogue, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a six-month programme of events (Photo: Michael D Beckwith/Wikipedia)

UK shul offers support to Ukrainian communities hit by Russian airstrikes

Members of The Ark Synagogue are hoping to visit Progressive Jewish communities in Ukraine in November

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September 6, 2024 11:46

The street in Lviv, Ukraine, where Sasha Somish, a member of the Jewish community, lives, after a Russian rocket attack earlier this week (Photo: Sasha Somish)

‘Netanyahu failed the hostages’ say protesters

We Democracy organised demonstrations in London, Oxford and Cambridge

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September 4, 2024 17:03

We Democracy protests in London (Photo: Aviel Lewis)

Help us save Israeli lives by raising £35,000 for a Magen David Adom motorbike

To mark a year since October 7 and the heroic actions of MDA staff on that day, we are raising money to buy a first-response motorbike for the Israeli emergency service

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September 4, 2024 10:16

An MDA motorcycle ambulance, identical to the one the JC is fundraising to buy

Policeman killed by terrorist was father of murdered Sderot heroine

Roni Shakuri was shot dead nearly a year after his daughter’s murder on October 7

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September 3, 2024 13:38

First Sgt. Mor Shakuri, who was killed at the Sderot police station on October 7, 2023 (Israel Police)

One in five Jewish parents more likely to move child from mainstream to Jewish school after October 7

JPR report ‘raises critical questions’ about how antisemitism is being handled in schools

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September 2, 2024 12:19

Nearly one in five Jewish parents with a child at mainstream school said they would be more likely to move their child to a Jewish school following October 7 (Photo: Getty Images)

The Great Kippot Creative Collaboration Caper

Saul Jacobs has collaborated with a cooperative of Madagascar-based women to decorate and sell unique handmade kippot ahead of his bar mitzvah next month

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August 28, 2024 10:20

Mark Jacobs with his son, Saul and women of the Madagascar-based women's embroidery cooperative

Parents of October 7 victim call for a permanent memorial to be built in Britain

Lisa and Michael Marlowe are leading the search for a location for a memorial to those killed in Israel on October 7

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August 28, 2024 09:15

People visit the Nova music festival site to pay their respects, in Re'im, Israel (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Over 20 times as many Britons are volunteering in Israel compared to before October 7

Close to 700 Brits have volunteered for stints of varying length in Israel through Sar-El over the last 10 months

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August 21, 2024 11:46

British Sar-El volunteers in Israel

‘Every sentence’ of ICC Prosecutor’s allegations against Netanyahu and Gallant is untrue, says group of NGOs

NGOs say it would be a ‘disgraceful dereliction of duty’ if the ICC and its prosecutor ignores these crucial observations

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August 19, 2024 15:03

Karim Khan KC

Board of Deputies President hails Bournemouth’s Jewish community for retaining town’s twinning with Israel

Rosenberg was in the coastal town as part of his campaign pledge to support regional communities

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August 15, 2024 13:14

Board of Deputies of British Jews President Phil Rosenberg in Bournemouth with Marilyn Keen of the Bournemouth Community Hebrew Congregation (Credit: Social media)

ORT international students head to Italy to take on urban challenge and feed the world

Ten students from the UK took part in the sustainability competition

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August 14, 2024 06:24

The ORT international students in Italy, where they undertook an urban challenge, July 2024 (Photo: ORT)

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