JC reporter shortlisted for journalism award

In another investigation, Pope revealed that a residential camp for British veterans suffering from PTSD was also a major organising centre of the far-right attended by former soldiers who have shared antisemitic propaganda and threatened armed violence.

Simon Fell MP, who sits on the home affairs select committee, subsequently demanded that the police and Home Office "scrutinise this camp very carefully".

Pope, who joined the JC in 2021, also travelled to Kyiv as Russian troops gathered on Ukraine’s borders to interview Jewish leaders about their preparations for war, and has since reported on the impact of the conflict on eastern European Jewry.

In Poland, he interviewed Yonatan Langer, a former fascist who has since undergone a full Orthodox conversion, made aliyah and rejected hatred. 

Pope said: “I am very honoured to have been shortlisted among such talented young reporters. Thank you to my editors at the JC for providing me with the support and training to expose threats to the Jewish community from Islamist extremism, IRGC activity, and the British far right.”