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Eliana Jordan

Eliana Jordan

Junior Feature Writer

Eliana Jordan is a feature writer for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach her at ejordan@thejc.com.

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Israel Hamas War 2023

‘Every minute is crucial’: hostage’s brother appeals for UK pressure on Qatar to make a deal

Liran Berman appeals to UK political leaders to push Qatar given the mediator’s hefty investments in British land

By Eliana Jordan

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Liran Berman holds a photo of his twin brothers, Ziv and Gali, who were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7. Berman is visiting the UK as part of a delegation of family members of Israeli hostages pushing for their loves ones' release. (Photo: Eliana Jordan)

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration to protest against antisemitism, in central London on November 26, 2023 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Over a third of 18-24-year-olds believe Israel treats Palestinians like Nazis treated Jews, according to new poll

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The 35 foot long challah was baked in a tunnel oven at David's Cookies in New Jersey. It was then loaded onto a wooden plank and transported to the Upper West Side where it was unveiled at a day school's Shabbat assembly. (JFNA/Vladimir Kolesnikov)

A 35-foot challah in NYC aims to beat Guinness World Record

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Sir Lindsay Hoyle (centre) with Peter Lantos far right ©UK Parliament/Maria Unger

The British found the body of my father at Bergen-Belsen, survivor tells Parliament

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Young conscientious objector to serve second jail term for refusal to enlist in IDF

‘We can choose non-violence over violence’ says 18-year-old Tal Mitnick

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January 22, 2024 17:34

Young conscientious objector to serve second jail term for refusal to enlist in IDF

Hamas releases new document explaining motives for October 7

“Our Narrative: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” claims Hamas has “religious and moral commitment” to avoid harming civilians and blames October 7 casualties on IDF

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January 22, 2024 14:28

In a document released on 21 January, Hamas claims that the terrorist organisation did not target civilians during its October 7 attack on southern Israel despite copious evidence of mass civilian casualties. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

‘Words are empty. We want action’: Londoners mark hostage Kfir Bibas’ first birthday

Speakers outside the Red Cross offices, including Hen Mazzig, demanded the release of the hostages, while commemorating ‘the saddest birthday in the world’

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January 19, 2024 15:20

A gift box for Kfir Bibas's first birthday sat beneath the stage at the demonstration outside the Red Cross office in London on Thursday evening. (Photo: Eliana Jordan)

The pioneering gerontologist who fled Nazi Germany and revolutionised dementia care

Naomi Feil, whose family fled Nazi persecution in Germany in 1937, has died at the age of 91

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January 19, 2024 14:37

Naomi Feil transformed the field of dementia care with her validation method. (Photo courtesy of Vicki de Klerk-Rubin)

Hamas’s youngest hostage spends 1st birthday in captivity

Family members of Kfir Bibas commemorate ‘the saddest birthday in the world’ as they continue to push for hostages’ release

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January 18, 2024 13:42

Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage taken by Hamas, turned one in captivity on 18 January 2024.

Picasso and Chagall paintings stolen from Tel Aviv in 2010 discovered in Antwerp

The paintings, valued at $900,000, were recovered after lengthy police investigation

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January 18, 2024 10:44

Chagall's "L'homme en prière" (left) and Picasso's "Tête" were stolen from an art collector in Tel Aviv in 2010. This week Belgian police have recovered the paintings from a cellar in Antwerp. (Handout/Police Judiciaire Fédérale Namur)

Stranger Things star Noah Schapp says his views on Israel-Hamas war have been ‘misconstrued’

The Jewish actor was criticised for posing with ‘Zionism is sexy’ stickers in November

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January 17, 2024 19:09

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 10: Noah Schnapp attends Variety Power of Young Hollywood at NeueHouse Los Angeles on August 10, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Mia Khalifa films herself confronting Israeli woman in Miami

The anti-Israel influencer filmed a Jewish woman saying ‘Am Yisrael Chai’ and chastised her and her son for ‘waiting for the bus’

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January 17, 2024 11:38

Mia Khalifa films herself confronting Israeli woman in Miami

Victim in Ra’anana attack identified as 79-year-old Edna Blustein

Blustein was among at least 17 others to be attacked in a car-ramming and stabbing incident on Monday

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January 16, 2024 17:05

Victim in Ra’anana attack identified as 79-year-old Edna Blustein

Father of ex-hostage Emily Hand launches furious attack on ‘idiots’ who believe Israel is an apartheid state

Thomas Hand spoke on Piers Morgan Uncensored to mark 100 days since the start of Israel-Hamas war

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January 16, 2024 13:46

Former hostage Emily Hand, 9, comforts her father during an interview with Piers Morgan on 15 January 2024.

Turkey to provide evidence against Israel in South Africa’s ICJ case, says Erdogan

FM Israel Katz invokes Armenian genocide in rebuttal to Turkish president’s accusations of genocide

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January 15, 2024 17:18

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks as he announces Murat Kurum as his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) candidate in Istanbul's upcoming mayoral election in March, in Istanbul on January 7, 2024. Murat Kurum will represent Erdogan's Islamic conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the March 31 municipal elections in which control of Turkey's main cities will be up for grabs. The secular opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) seized back control of Istanbul for the first time since Erdogan ruled the city as mayor in the 1990s in watershed 2019 polls. (Photo by YASIN AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

UN to send special envoy on sexual violence to investigate Hamas brutality in Israel

Pramila Patten is due to meet with survivors and released hostages in Israel late this month

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January 12, 2024 12:18

Pramila Patten, the UN special representative for sexual violence in conflict, will visit Israel later this month to investigate allegations of rape and mutilation that took place on Oct. 7.

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