Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David is a reporter and community correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach him at dbendavid@thejc.com

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Reform mayoral candidate suspended after likening Jewish security group to ‘Islamists on horseback’

Shomrim president Rabbi Hershel Gluck described Chris Parry’s comments as ‘ignorant’

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Middle Street Synagogue (Photo: Foundation for Jewish Heritage)

Historic shuls given £140k National Lottery grant

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An image from Matthew Collings' Drawings Against Genocide depicting Sotheby's auctioneers eating infants (Zoe Strimpel)

Former attorney general accuses police of ‘bizarre inaction’ over ‘antisemitic’ art exhibition

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(L-R) Sir Mark Rowley, Sir Gerald Ronson CBE, Matt Jukes, Mark Gardner MBE and Laurence Taylor attend the CST's annual dinner on March 23, 2026 (Credit: Blake Ezra)

Met chief confirms police investigating possible Iran link to Hatzola arson

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Tucker Carlson calls pro-Hitler Oswald Mosley one of Britain’s ‘great war heroes’

Mosley’s only crime, Carlson claimed, was being the leader of the ‘opposition party’ to Churchill

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March 20, 2026 17:00

Left: Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, and left: Tucker Carlson (Credit: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images and YouTube)

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

Kent’s resignation letter, which blamed the Iran War on the ‘powerful' Israel lobby, went viral earlier this week

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March 19, 2026 15:08

Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent, December 11, 2025 (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Woman who said Hamas was ‘fighting for freedom’ found not guilty of supporting a terror group

Jury at the trial at Bristol Crown Court unanimously acquitted Kwabena Devonish

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March 18, 2026 17:50

Kwabena Devonish speaking to a crowd in Cardiff, November 2023 (Credit: X)

October 7 report will remind ‘useful fools’ that Hamas started Gaza war

Lord Roberts’ report outlines in detail ‘one of the worst terror outrages in the annals of history’

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March 18, 2026 15:41

Armed Palestinians take control of an Israeli Merkava battle tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 (Getty Images)

Antisemitism is ‘running riot’ in UK, British October 7 survivor says

Anat Ron-Kendall was visiting her parents in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7 2023

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March 18, 2026 13:04

Anat Ron-Kendall, who lives in Oxford no longer feels safe in the UK (Photo: APPG on UK-Israel)

Guide launched to raise awareness of Jewish divorce refusal

Lord Mendelsohn made the announcement at the Jewish Women's Aid annual fundraising dinner

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March 18, 2026 11:20

(l-r) JWA CEO Sam Clifford, Lord Mendelsohn and JWA chair Joanne Black (Photo: Liz Isles Photography)

King’s College London opens probe after keffiyeh-clad student posts ‘antisemitic’ video targeting professors

KCL said it was appalled to learn of the ‘intimidatory’ video

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March 13, 2026 18:14

An alleged KCL student in a keffiyeh appears in a video posted by 'KCL Stands For Justice' (Credit: Instagram)

Man convicted of punching a barrister in antisemitic attack

Nathaniel Bor was standing with a friend in public when a man approached and asked if he was Jewish, before assaulting him when he said replied

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March 12, 2026 13:56

Exterior view of Willesden Magistrates Court (Getty Images)

Messianic military chaplains accused of ‘deceiving’ Jewish soldiers with Star of David insignia

Messianic Judaism is widely regarded by mainstream Jewish denominations as a form of Christianity

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March 9, 2026 13:30

Jewish military personnel holding a Torah scroll and wearing tefillin (Photo: Aleph Institute)

Luton Airport enhances staff training after ‘antisemitic’ targeting of Israeli author

Alon Penzel had been in the UK for a week promoting his new book on the victims and survivors of October 7

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March 8, 2026 13:25

Luton Airport enhances staff training after ‘antisemitic’ targeting of Israeli author

Producers revival and Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia nominated for 2026 Olivier Awards

Both productions have strong Jewish connections

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March 6, 2026 11:58

Andy Nyman as Max Bialystock in the revival of Mel Brooks' famously outrageous show, 'The Producers' (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

Chief rabbis say plan to run trains from airport for repatriated Israelis ‘desecrates’ the Sabbath

The Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis said the decision had been taken without consultation with religious authorities

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March 5, 2026 17:30

A high speed train travelling between Jerusalem and Ben Gurion International Airport (Credit: AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Reform mayoral candidate suspended after likening Jewish security group to ‘Islamists on horseback’

Historic shuls given £140k National Lottery grant

Former attorney general accuses police of ‘bizarre inaction’ over ‘antisemitic’ art exhibition

Met chief confirms police investigating possible Iran link to Hatzola arson

More from Daniel Ben-David

Tucker Carlson calls pro-Hitler Oswald Mosley one of Britain’s ‘great war heroes’

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

Woman who said Hamas was ‘fighting for freedom’ found not guilty of supporting a terror group

October 7 report will remind ‘useful fools’ that Hamas started Gaza war

Antisemitism is ‘running riot’ in UK, British October 7 survivor says

Guide launched to raise awareness of Jewish divorce refusal

King’s College London opens probe after keffiyeh-clad student posts ‘antisemitic’ video targeting professors

Man convicted of punching a barrister in antisemitic attack

Messianic military chaplains accused of ‘deceiving’ Jewish soldiers with Star of David insignia

Luton Airport enhances staff training after ‘antisemitic’ targeting of Israeli author

Producers revival and Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia nominated for 2026 Olivier Awards

Chief rabbis say plan to run trains from airport for repatriated Israelis ‘desecrates’ the Sabbath