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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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Campaigners project hostages’ faces onto iconic Brighton cliffs

Activists with the Yellow Ribbon Campaign staged their latest demonstration to draw attention to the plight of the remaining 107 hostages in Gaza

By Eliana Jordan

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A photo of hostage Tsachi Idan is projected onto the Brighton cliffs by the Yellow Ribbon Campaign. (Photo: Nikki Greco)

A suicide letter by a Nova festival survivor was revealed to be fake on Wednesday, eliciting criticism from the Nova community. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Nova survivors ‘horrified’ by fake viral suicide letter

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Leeds United FC announced the signing of Israeli footballer Manor Solomon on Tuesday. (Photo: LUFC via X)

Israeli player abused online after signing for Leeds United

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Pro-Palestine demonstrators protest as police clear an encampment at a California university in May 2024. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Students at California university stage fake Israeli army checkpoints on campus as part of Gaza protests

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NYU says activists can’t swap ‘Jews’ for Zionists to avoid antisemitism charges

New policy will condemn use of the word ‘Zionist’ as code for ‘Jew’

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August 26, 2024 12:02

New York University students participate in a protest against Israel's war in Gaza on 23 April, 2024 in New York City. NYU students were among a large number of students at colleges around the country calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and for their schools to divest from Israel. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Israeli defence minister calls Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount statements ‘dangerous, unnecessary and irresponsible’

Yoav Gallant said the security minister’s insistence on Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount threatens Israeli national security

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August 26, 2024 11:55

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on 5 June, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, that commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

American intelligence is secretly helping Israel find Yahya Sinwar

According to a report by The New York Times, the intelligence-sharing arrangement between Israel and US has not yielded success in finding the Hamas commander

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August 26, 2024 11:03

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar holds the child of an Al-Qassam Brigades fighter. Sinwar has been on the run since October 7 and has not been found despite Israeli and American intelligence efforts. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Filming a Jewish nonprofit workplace comedy

Film student Elizabeth Leff wrote and directed the comedy short Nonprofit based on her experience working for a Jewish nonprofit in Washington DC

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August 23, 2024 14:15

Elizabeth (second from left) poses for a photo with the cast and crew of Nonprofit (Jason Mataz)

Gunshot wounds found on bodies of all six recovered hostages despite reports that IDF strike killed them

After initial reports claimed most of the hostages were killed in a fire started by the IDF, latest autopsy findings indicate another potential cause of death

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August 22, 2024 14:30

TOPSHOT - Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Avraham Munder, who died in captivity after being taken hostage during the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, at kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on August 21, 2024. The Israeli military said it had retrieved the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Gaza's southern area of Khan Yunis after a battle with Palestinian militants. Their families had been informed following intelligence analysis, the military said in a statement, later adding that the bodies were found on August 19 night in the tunnel. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Parents of American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin plead for his release in emotional DNC speech

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg urged a ceasefire deal that includes the release of the hostages, including their son Hersh Goldberg-Polin

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August 22, 2024 13:41

Jon Polin (L) and Rachel Goldberg, parents of slain US hostage Hersh Goldberg Polin will attend Trump's inauguration (Photo: Getty Images)

Shining brightly: Jewish schools enjoy another impressive GCSE year

Immanuel College’s top grade haul was triple the national average, while other schools earned more than double

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August 22, 2024 11:29

Students from Yavneh College celebrate the release of their GCSE results.

NYC bookstore owner blames staffer for cancelling Jewish book event over ‘Zionist’ rabbi

PowerHouse Books in Brooklyn cancelled the launch of Joshua Leifer’s book Tablets Shattered, claiming they ‘would not permit a Zionist on the premises’

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August 21, 2024 16:59

Author Joshua Leifer, centre, stands outside the powerHouse Books shop in Dumbo, Brooklyn NYC following the cancellation of his book launch with Rabbi Andy Bachman, right. (Photo: Joni Kletter via X)

Democrats reassert commitment to supporting Israel in 2024 party platform

The 2024 party platform highlights the Biden-Harris administration’s dedication to security of Israel and negotiation of ceasefire agreement in Gaza

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August 20, 2024 11:52

US President Joe Biden speaks on stage on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on 19 August, 2024. (Photo by MAHKA ESLAMI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Rodney Mariner, beloved former rabbi of Belsize Square Synagogue and convener of the Beit Din, dies aged 83

Mariner was rabbi of Belsize Square Synagogue for some three decades and convener of the Reform Beit Din for 22 years

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August 19, 2024 15:48

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Few Jewish speakers to feature at Democratic National Convention amid largescale pro-Palestine protests

Israel will not be given extensive attention at Chicago convention where Kamala Harris and Tim Walz prepare to accept party nominations

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August 19, 2024 13:38

Pro-Palestine protesters march ahead of the Democratic National Convention on 18 August, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. The convention runs August 19-22. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

New York Times ‘takes action’ against reporter linked to doxxing of Australian Jewish community

Natasha Frost, accused of leaking the private details of members of a Jewish WhatsApp group, has apologised for the actions which led to harassment of Australian Jews

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August 19, 2024 11:35

Members of the Australian Jewish community hold placards and flags during a rally in Sydney on 12, November, 2023. Hundreds of Australian Jews were 'doxed' in an information leak from a private WhatsApp group formed after October 7. (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

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