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Jewish Chronicle in hunt for new CEO

May 12, 2011

The Jewish Chronicle is to launch a search for a new chief executive. The successful applicant will succeed managing director, Alan Rubenstein.

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Man gets 10 months for vile phone rants

By Robyn Rosen, May 12, 2011

A man who bombarded the Jewish Chronicle with hundreds of "vile, abusive and antisemitic" phone calls, has been jailed for 10 months.

William James Hannaford, 57, of Euston, who called JC staff "f---ing parasites" and "mosquitoes", was also given a restraining order after repeatedly calling the paper's central London offices.

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Guilty plea for man who harassed the Jewish Chronicle

By Jennifer Lipman, March 28, 2011

A man has pleaded guilty to racially aggravated harassment against the Jewish Chronicle.

William James Hannaford of Euston pleaded guilty to one charge at the Old Bailey on Monday morning.

During a three month period last year Hannaford phoned the Jewish Chronicle office hundreds of times, shouting about “dirty rotten Jews” and “Jewish cockroaches".

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Two new members join JC board

March 24, 2011

Two new non-executive directors have joined the board of the Jewish Chronicle.

Daniel Finkelstein, executive editor of The Times and a JC and Times columnist, and Michael Marx, a property developer who is chairman of the London Jewish Cultural Centre, become the newest members.

The new board, chaired by lawyer and writer Anthony Julius, took over in January.

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Anthony Julius to chair JC board

January 20, 2011

The lawyer and writer Anthony Julius has been appointed chairman of the Jewish Chronicle.

Mr Julius, deputy chairman of solicitors Mishcon de Reya, is also a noted author who has written extensively on law, literature, art, culture and antisemitism.

His book, Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England was published last year.

He said of his appointment: "I am honoured. The JC is the most respected Jewish publication, not just in the UK, but in Europe.

"I am looking forward to making my contribution to ensure its continued success."

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JC writer wins Indie contest

January 13, 2011

JC reporter Jessica Elgot has been awarded the third Wyn Harness Prize for Young Journalists for an article on mental health issues in the strictly Orthodox community.

Candidates had to write an original article on a section of society which rarely makes the headlines.

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Shul is helped by JC readers

By Jennifer Lipman, September 21, 2010

Surveillance equipment worth more than £1,500 has been donated to a Lithuanian synagogue vandalised in an antisemitic attack, following an appeal on the JC website.

An anonymous donor responded to the request to provide the Kaunas synagogue in central Lithuania with a set of second-hand CCTV cameras after extremists left a pig's head outside the building.

They had carved a star of David into the head and placed it underneath a black Chasidic hat with peyot (sidelocks) attached.

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Carl Marx: Nazi or just JC reporter?

By Bernard Josephs, August 26, 2010

There was nowhere quite like the Vox Cafe in Tangier. It resembled a scene from Casablanca.

At the bar, sweaty, white-suited intelligence officials from half a dozen nations drank - and as they did, they spilled both booze and secrets.

The Vox was just the right place to be. With Tangier held by Spain in 1940, and out of the war, it was where British, German and Italian spooks could rub shoulders in an attempt to winkle out each other's war plans.

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A match made by the Jewish Chronicle

By Robyn Rosen, August 26, 2010

A London synagogue officer has found true love with an Italian nanny, thanks to the JC.

Michael Israel - senior warden at West London Synagogue and brand manager of Carmel and Palwin wine - met Clarissa De Santis at a Highgate newsagent in February. Miss De Santis, a 37-year-old from the small village of San Severino Marche, was there with her two young charges on an errand to top up a mobile phone for a friend.

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Press win for the JC

June 10, 2010

For a second time the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled in favour of the Jewish Chronicle in relation to complaints made against the paper by Londoner Edward Saleh.

Mr Saleh complained about the JC's coverage of his refusal to give his wife, Miriam, a get, or religious divorce.

He complained to the PCC, which found against him.

He then complained again, this time about the JC's coverage of the PCC's ruling.

This week the PCC declared that there had been no breach of the Press Code by the Jewish Chronicle.

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