Nathan Jeffay
Nathan Jeffay wrote his first article for the Jewish Chronicle in July 1998, and has been published in almost every edition of the newspaper since then. He used to report from the UK, and since 2007 has mostly been writing from Israel — for the JC and various other publications in Britain, America and Australia. He covers a broad range of subjects from politics and the frictions of the Middle East to Israeli high-tech, culture, religious affairs and humanitarian work. #000d As well as writing, Nathan lectures to lots of groups that visit Israel, and to Jewish and Christian communities internationally. He has degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Leeds and is a married father of four children, one of them through fostering. #000d
Israel Chess Federation calls for binding rules to prevent future player bans
Call for countries to not exclude players after Israeli chess players were blocked from Saudi tournament
Dead Sea scrolls display scrapped amid fears artefacts wouldn't be returned to Israel
German government fails to guarantee scrolls would be protected from Palestinian ownership claim
Enlightened by the ‘unknown’ festive miracle
Go into any Jewish school and ask the children what we are celebrating on Chanukah and you will hear two answers: the military victory of the Maccabees and the miracle of the oil which burned for far longer than expected. But might there also be a third cause for celebration?
Palestinian police help recover Torah scrolls stolen from Israeli shul
Israeli police thank Palestinian Authority force for their role in tracking down the five scrolls to the West Bank
Australia bolsters ties with nation it helped create
World Jews ‘more worried about Charedim than Arabs’
The Jewish People Policy Institute asked a focus group of Jews from around the world about their greatest concerns
Recovery underway six weeks after St Martin hurricane
Rabbi fears American Jews might stay away from hurricane-stricken island this winter when it needs their support the most
Could our religious rituals kindle OCD?
Mitzvot are not meant to be shackles for the mind
An unfinished Roman theatre on the ruins of the Second Temple
How the Romans wanted to build their culture precisely where the centre of Judaism stood
Israeli firm prepares to ‘print’ kidneys and hearts
Researchers create an ink out of tobacco that could be used in 3D printers
Eilat - the Red Sea resort goes Jazz
The jazz festival is just part of Eilat’s sporting and cultural calendar, which also includes the Desert Marathon in November and the Eilat Birds Festival in March.
Rabbi offers relief and refuge on St Martin
The Chanowitz family hunkered down in a mikveh as storm ravaged island
Mixed messages from a hectic week of diplomacy
Premier Benjamin Netanyahu met with United Nations secretary general António Guterres and President Trump's envoy Jared Kushner this week. The outcomes from these meetings bear closer analysis
Calls to stop Saeb Erekat having Israeli lung transplant
The Palestinian chief peace negotiator is currently awaiting a life-saving operation in an Israeli hospital.
Israeli experts report breakthrough on leukaemia
Oncologists worldwide are intrigued by the new therapy, which genetically re-engineers the patient’s own immune cells and makes them able to seek out and kill cancer cells.
When the Venezuelan Jews landed at Ben Gurion, they first wanted to eat
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