Elisa Bray

Latest from Elisa Bray

I’m so scared of giving birth in a UK hospital, I’ve hired a Jewish doula

An Israeli woman who has lived in Britain for eight years and who had her first child here talks candidly about her terror of rising antisemitism in the NHS since October 7

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Confirmed concerns: the expectant mum said her GP agreed "the situation was not great" in the NHS

Claim that Ruth Posner was coerced to attend suicide clinic is ‘appalling’, say her friends

3 min read

Pregnant Jewish women are enlisting doulas to keep them ‘safe’ when they give birth with the NHS

6 min read

Steve Levi-Kallin, clarinettist and vocalist in Oi Va Voi (Photo: Bram Versteeg)

Oi Va Voi release new song for diaspora Jews who ‘feel unheard’

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The choral angels who sing for the dying

Since being established just over a decade ago, Companion Voices has now grown to 13 groups around the UK

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October 29, 2025 12:18

The choral angels who sing for the dying

The Wanderers: ‘The grass is really not always greener on the other side’

Playwright Anna Ziegler on her new work about two very different Jewish marriages

4 min read

October 22, 2025 12:06

The Wanderers: ‘The grass is really not always greener on the other side’

Hit Israeli series Fauda is reportedly being adapted into a film

The Netflix series will be adapted for the big screen next year, according to Israel’s Channel 12

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October 22, 2025 11:44

Filming for the fifth season of Fauda is currently underway

Children’s mental health in the UK is ‘an emergency’ Luciana Berger tells JC event

Exploring digital technology’s impact on children’s mental health, the event also featured Nova Eden, who spearheaded the campaign for smartphone-free schools in Barnet

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October 21, 2025 14:58

Luciana Berger and Nova Eden, pictured at the JC's 'Parenting in the digital age' event

Eli Sharabi’s book, Hostage, hits number 10 in the UK bestseller list

The memoir recounts Sharabi’s 491 days in captivity in the hands of Hamas

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October 20, 2025 12:55

Freed: Eli Sharabi (centre) with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the March of the Living at Auschwitz, in April

Police question woman who cut down yellow ribbons commemorating the hostages

The ribbons were cut from railings in Muswell Hill on the eve of the two-year anniversary of October 7

2 min read

October 10, 2025 09:46

Police question woman who cut down yellow ribbons commemorating the hostages

‘October 7 changed me as a doctor and also as a person’

An Israeli foot-and-ankle surgeon from the Rabin Medical Center who has been on the front line every day since the terror attack tells Elisa Bray about the day that upended everything

4 min read

October 4, 2025 23:00

collection leg x-ray with internal fixation, high quality xray leg fracture with post operation fix bone

CST inundated with volunteer applicants following Manchester attack in community show of ‘resilience and strength’

Donations have also poured in, including from many non-Jewish members of the public

1 min read

October 3, 2025 13:53

The CST provides security for the Jewish community

‘The trauma will live on with us forever’: British relatives of October 7 victims on their two years of loss

Relatives of loved ones murdered by Hamas and hostages still held captive in Gaza tell Elisa Bray their agonising stories

6 min read

October 1, 2025 09:24

‘The trauma will live on with us forever’: British relatives of October 7 victims on their two years of loss

Selena Gomez marries Jewish music producer Benny Blanco

Blanco has previously promised they would “of course” have a hora at their wedding

1 min read

September 29, 2025 11:53

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco (Photo: Selena Gomez/Instagram)

Keep politics out of Eurovision and build bridges, says Bucks Fizz singer Jay Aston

The singer, who triumphed at Eurovision in 1981, also expressed her hope that the hostages are released

2 min read

September 17, 2025 12:06

Israel's 2025 entry Yuval Raphael finished in second place (Image: Getty)

‘The stuff of dreams’ – Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier Award-winning Giant to hit Broadway next year

The debut play written by writer-director Rosenblatt, about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism, won three Olivier awards

2 min read

September 17, 2025 10:14

(L-R) Elliot Levey, John Lithgow and Mark Rosenblatt attend The Olivier Awards 2025 at The Royal Albert Hall on April 06, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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Elisa Bray

Latest from Elisa Bray

I’m so scared of giving birth in a UK hospital, I’ve hired a Jewish doula

Claim that Ruth Posner was coerced to attend suicide clinic is ‘appalling’, say her friends

Pregnant Jewish women are enlisting doulas to keep them ‘safe’ when they give birth with the NHS

Oi Va Voi release new song for diaspora Jews who ‘feel unheard’

More from Elisa Bray

The choral angels who sing for the dying

The Wanderers: ‘The grass is really not always greener on the other side’

Hit Israeli series Fauda is reportedly being adapted into a film

Children’s mental health in the UK is ‘an emergency’ Luciana Berger tells JC event

Eli Sharabi’s book, Hostage, hits number 10 in the UK bestseller list

Police question woman who cut down yellow ribbons commemorating the hostages

‘October 7 changed me as a doctor and also as a person’

CST inundated with volunteer applicants following Manchester attack in community show of ‘resilience and strength’

‘The trauma will live on with us forever’: British relatives of October 7 victims on their two years of loss

Selena Gomez marries Jewish music producer Benny Blanco

Keep politics out of Eurovision and build bridges, says Bucks Fizz singer Jay Aston

‘The stuff of dreams’ – Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier Award-winning Giant to hit Broadway next year