Ben Conway

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

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Athletics

Israeli team clinches marathon gold at European Athletics Championships

The top three Israelis all made aliyah from Ethiopia as teenagers

4 min read

Gashau Ayale and Maru Teferi of Team Israel compete in the Men's Marathon Final during day seven of the 27th European Athletics Championships on August 16, 2026 in Birmingham (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Screengrab from a video of an Israel Police Representative speaking with the missing duo in Argentina (credit: Israel Police)

Missing Israeli mother and daughter found in Argentina after AI search history traced

1 min read

Yavneh students celebrating their A-level results (photo: courtesy)

A* in the making: Jewish schools toast stellar A-level results

5 min read

Rachel Friedmann at one of the school's American-style graduation ceremonies (photo: Carmel School Hong Kong)

From Hasmonean to Hong Kong: the headteacher who spent nearly two decades at the helm of the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Hong Kong’s Jewish community

8 min read

Pini Stimler, the Countdown kingpin from Hendon

Pini Stimler won the maximum eight games in a row on the popular television show and sponsored the kiddush at his shul to celebrate

4 min read

August 11, 2026 17:33

Pini Stimler appearing on Countdown (Credit: Countdown / Channel 4)

Former hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen performs deeply moving concert of songs conceived in Gaza

The concert was broadcasted to an audience in London, live from Kibbutz Nir Oz

4 min read

August 11, 2026 14:41

Dekel-Chen singing on the live broadcast (photo: Ben Conway)

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick heaps praise upon Israeli academy prospect

Flick named Orian Goren as one of the three youngsters who most impressed him in preseason

2 min read

August 6, 2026 14:32

Orian Goren (credit: Instagram @orian_goren)

101-year-old Normandy veteran honoured at House of Lords

Lifelong AJEX supporter and member Mervyn Kersh was among those who liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

2 min read

July 30, 2026 16:31

AJEX honorary president Dan Fox (left) and Mervyn Kersh (photo: David Roth)

WJR partner organisation’s director survives Russian rocket attack

The same rocket shattered the windows of 87-year-old Elsa’s home, where she lives with her pet parrot

1 min read

July 29, 2026 16:09

Paul Anticoni OBE and Julia Goldenberg (photo: Viktoriia Nemtseva)

New feature on kosher-checking app allows users to scan supermarket products

Is It Kosher? announced the update yesterday

1 min read

July 29, 2026 11:02

A screengrab from the demonstration video posted by KLBD of a shopper scanning ice creams to check for their kosher status (credit: Instagram @klbd_kosher)

Board of Deputies president honours legacy of his predecessor Montefiore

Phil Rosenberg said that ‘it’s a privilege to continue the work he began’

3 min read

July 28, 2026 17:42

WZO UK and Europe representative Matan Bar Noy (right) gifts a figurine to Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg (photo: Ofek Avshalom)

Derbyshire Jewish community reaffirms positive relationship with local council

The council passed a motion standing firmly against antisemitism. Meanwhile the Jewish community is thriving

3 min read

July 24, 2026 15:41

Nosh & Natter in Derby in March 2025 (photo: courtesy)

Manchester Reform welcomes new rabbi after three-year gap

Rabbi Scott Aaron is coming from over the pond to take on the role

1 min read

July 22, 2026 15:46

So just how Jewish is Ed Miliband?

Born to parents who fled Nazi Europe, new foreign secretary is a self-described atheist with ambiguous relationship to Israel

3 min read

July 21, 2026 19:57

New Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband leaving 10 Downing Street on Monday (Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Israeli Olympic medallist judoka auctioning match-worn gi to fund PTSD treatment for disaster response teams

The minimum bid for Peter Paltchik’s gear is $50,000

1 min read

July 20, 2026 16:27

Israel's Peter Paltchik reacts after beating Switzerland's Daniel Eich in the judo men's 100kg bronze medal bout of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (photo: Luis Robayo / AFP via Getty Images)

Maccabiah Games: ‘There’s no one more surprised than me’, says GB double medallist

Tennis players Sarah Schechter and Samantha Cohen were jointly responsible for GB’s haul of three medals

5 min read

July 20, 2026 11:07

Left to right: silver medallist Samantha Cohen, general team manager Andrew Myers, gold and bronze medallist Sarah Schechter (photo: Alex Mandel)

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Ben Conway

Latest from Ben Conway

Israeli team clinches marathon gold at European Athletics Championships

Missing Israeli mother and daughter found in Argentina after AI search history traced

A* in the making: Jewish schools toast stellar A-level results

From Hasmonean to Hong Kong: the headteacher who spent nearly two decades at the helm of the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Hong Kong’s Jewish community

More from Ben Conway

Pini Stimler, the Countdown kingpin from Hendon

Former hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen performs deeply moving concert of songs conceived in Gaza

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick heaps praise upon Israeli academy prospect

101-year-old Normandy veteran honoured at House of Lords

WJR partner organisation’s director survives Russian rocket attack

New feature on kosher-checking app allows users to scan supermarket products

Board of Deputies president honours legacy of his predecessor Montefiore

Derbyshire Jewish community reaffirms positive relationship with local council

Manchester Reform welcomes new rabbi after three-year gap

So just how Jewish is Ed Miliband?

Israeli Olympic medallist judoka auctioning match-worn gi to fund PTSD treatment for disaster response teams

Maccabiah Games: ‘There’s no one more surprised than me’, says GB double medallist