Ben Conway

Ben Conway is the JC’s community reporter. You can reach him at bconway@thejc.com.

Latest from Ben Conway

Former MMA fighter Jake Shields denies the Holocaust on Piers Morgan Uncensored

The former MMA fighter suggested that fewer than six million Jews were killed by the Nazis following his own podcast interview with neo-Nazi influencer Nick Fuentes

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Jake Shields on Piers Morgan Uncensored on November 26, 2025 (YouTube/PiersMorganUncensored)

Bodie Diskin in Radlett. United Synagogue (Photo: courtesy)

Shul ‘breaks down every barrier’ for Bodie to celebrate his bar mitzvah

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Director Richard Trank (L) and Rabbi Marvin Hier attend the premiere of Against the Tide at the Directors Guild of America on February 4, 2009 (Getty Images)

Oscar-winning documentary maker Richard Trank moves to Israel to make October 7 film

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Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao poses during an interview at the technology startups and innovation fair in Paris on May 16, 2022 (Getty Images)

October 7 victims’ families sue crypto firm Binance over Hamas financing

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Poland summons Israeli ambassador in diplomatic row over Yad Vashem tweet

The country’s foreign ministry objected that the post did not specify that it was occupied by Germany at the time of the Holocaust

1 min read

November 26, 2025 13:54

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski addresses a joint press conference on a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Weimar Triangle of France, Germany and Poland with Ukraine's foreign minister in Warsaw, on September 29, 2025 (Getty Images)

MDA UK looks to ‘the day after tomorrow’ as it launches its five-year plan

Israel’s emergency service will be celebrating its centenary in 2030

2 min read

November 25, 2025 18:03

Hostage campaigner Nivi Feldman (left) received an MDA UK Bridge to Israel award, presented by former hostage Dr Shoshan Haran (Photo: MDA)

Tory chair slammed over comparing Reform UK logo to Nazi badge

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch defended Kevin Hollinrake, saying he was making a ‘joke’ at the rival party’s expense

1 min read

November 25, 2025 14:50

Conservative Party Chair Kevin Hollinrake delivers a speech on the first day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester on October 5, 2025 (Getty Images)

Terrorist who killed British woman in bus bombing ‘living freely in Turkey’

Ishaq Taher Salah Arafah was released from an Israeli prison as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas

1 min read

November 25, 2025 11:59

Scottish righteous gentile murdered by Nazis honoured in Edinburgh

The first Stolperstein in Scotland has been unveiled today to remember Jane Haining

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November 24, 2025 14:29

Jane Haining (Photo: Church of Scotland)

Israeli scientists make major breakthrough in tackling Motor Neurone Disease

The development can halt the condition’s degenerative symptoms, and even potentially reverse the damage it causes

1 min read

November 24, 2025 11:23

Professor Eran Perlson (C) of Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv University)

Founder of nursery where toddlers make ‘grandfriends’ receives honorary doctorate

Judith Ish-Horowicz is a pioneer of intergenerational education

3 min read

November 21, 2025 07:29

Apples and Honey Nightingale intergenerational nursery (Photo: Nightingale Hammerson)

Nearly half of Britons believe the UK is ‘an unsafe place for Jewish people’

Overall, 45 per cent of Britons surveyed believe the UK is now either a very or mostly unsafe place for Jews, polling has found

2 min read

November 20, 2025 15:39

A new 14-page government report has brought together work across the UK to help combat antisemitism (Photo: Getty)

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Ben Conway

Latest from Ben Conway

Former MMA fighter Jake Shields denies the Holocaust on Piers Morgan Uncensored

Shul ‘breaks down every barrier’ for Bodie to celebrate his bar mitzvah

Oscar-winning documentary maker Richard Trank moves to Israel to make October 7 film

October 7 victims’ families sue crypto firm Binance over Hamas financing

More from Ben Conway

Poland summons Israeli ambassador in diplomatic row over Yad Vashem tweet

MDA UK looks to ‘the day after tomorrow’ as it launches its five-year plan

Tory chair slammed over comparing Reform UK logo to Nazi badge

Terrorist who killed British woman in bus bombing ‘living freely in Turkey’

Scottish righteous gentile murdered by Nazis honoured in Edinburgh

Israeli scientists make major breakthrough in tackling Motor Neurone Disease

Founder of nursery where toddlers make ‘grandfriends’ receives honorary doctorate

Nearly half of Britons believe the UK is ‘an unsafe place for Jewish people’