Daniel Ben-David

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

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Interfaith Week

Keir Starmer ‘more worried’ about social cohesion than he has been in years

The Prime Minister spoke about the “terrible” terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester

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Keir Starmer hosted an Interfaith reception at Number 10 (Photo: Lauren Hurley/No. 10 Downing Street)

EcoJudaism vigil in central London (Photo: EcoJudaism)

‘The environment is an issue the whole community can get behind’

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Former Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh (left) and Conservative MP Greg Stafford (Photos: Getty/YouTube)

Oxford Union to debate whether Israel poses greater threat than Iran to stability in the Middle East

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Emma Barnett attends the British Podcast Awards at Indigo at The O2 Arena, October 02, 2025 (Credit: Lia Toby/Getty Images)

Emma Barnett reveals Jeremy Corbyn had to plead with his supporters to stop them sending her antisemitic abuse

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Punk icon Patti Smith reveals she is half Jewish

The musician says in her new memoir that she discovered eight years ago her patrilineal ancestry was ‘100 per cent Ashkenazi’

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November 9, 2025 11:30

US singer Patti Smith attends the red carpet of the opening film 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' during the 81st International Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido, August 28, 2024 (Credit: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Ireland’s football body passes motion calling on Uefa to suspend Israel

Discussions over a ban were halted last month following a US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza

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November 9, 2025 10:27

Israeli fans wave flags as they cheer their team warming up prior to the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, October 11, 2025 (Credit: FREDRIK VARFJELL/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

Former chair of St John’s Wood shul appointed Honorary Colonel in the Royal Marines Reserve

The three-year appointment began on October 1

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November 5, 2025 16:57

Keith Breslauer, Honorary Colonel in the Royal Marines Reserve

Remembrance events to honour Jewish contribution to war effort

The Association of Jewish Refugees and the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women are organising significant events this month

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November 5, 2025 13:38

Left: AJEX parade 2024, right: Ruth Brook Klauber, 101, who fled Nazi Germany and went on to serve in HM Armed Forces

Multifaith Israeli boxing team fights to beat the lies about ‘Zionism is racism’

Mixed-background Israelis of all faiths took on British boxers to demonstrate the true ethos of the Jewish state

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November 5, 2025 12:34

Multifaith Israeli boxing team fights to beat the lies about ‘Zionism is racism’

Leeds chippy batters down faith barriers

Marlows, the first fish and chip shop with kosher facilities in the city in half a century, is able to cater for both kosher and halal customers

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November 5, 2025 12:25

Leeds chippy batters down faith barriers

Jamaica Chabad staff locked Torah scrolls in mikvah room to protect them from Hurricane Melissa

The local rabbi and his family are safe after being left unable to evacuate the island

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October 30, 2025 11:40

Rabbi Yaakov Raskin of Chabad Jamaica during Hurricane Melissa (Image: X/Rabbi Yaakov Raskin)

Jewish identity project launched in Glasgow

The West End Project is a semi-regular gathering for Jewish people in Scotland aged between 20 and 40

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October 29, 2025 13:02

Participants in the first meeting of the West End Project in Glasgow (Credit: courtesy)

Gardening and an interfaith lunch in a historic church kicks off the build up to Mitzvah Day

Mitzvah Day, this year on November 23, is the UK’s largest faith-led day of social action

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October 29, 2025 12:56

Bob Blackman CBE MP and Laura Marks CBE with the multi-faith gardening group in Canons Park (Credit: Mitzvah Day)

Mensch of the Month: Matthew Kayne – Dedicated volunteer and cancer survivor

Matthew Kayne, volunteer, campaigner, DJ and music artist, lives with cerebral palsy

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October 29, 2025 12:32

Mensch of the Month: Matthew Kayne – Dedicated volunteer and cancer survivor

New café and social space for those impacted by dementia

The monthly café will offer the chance to speak with others who understand and are impacted by dementia

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October 29, 2025 12:26

New café and social space for those impacted by dementia

Ivor won! Host Baddiel scoops a Jewish Care award

More than 22 volunteering awards were given out this year to people aged everything from 14 to 94

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October 29, 2025 11:43

Left to right: Ivor Baddiel, Zoe Reese, winner of Best Newcomer Award, Jewish Care's Karen Conway and Marcus Sperber (Credit: Jewish Care)

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Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Keir Starmer ‘more worried’ about social cohesion than he has been in years

‘The environment is an issue the whole community can get behind’

Oxford Union to debate whether Israel poses greater threat than Iran to stability in the Middle East

Emma Barnett reveals Jeremy Corbyn had to plead with his supporters to stop them sending her antisemitic abuse

More from Daniel Ben-David

Punk icon Patti Smith reveals she is half Jewish

Ireland’s football body passes motion calling on Uefa to suspend Israel

Former chair of St John’s Wood shul appointed Honorary Colonel in the Royal Marines Reserve

Remembrance events to honour Jewish contribution to war effort

Multifaith Israeli boxing team fights to beat the lies about ‘Zionism is racism’

Leeds chippy batters down faith barriers

Jamaica Chabad staff locked Torah scrolls in mikvah room to protect them from Hurricane Melissa

Jewish identity project launched in Glasgow

Gardening and an interfaith lunch in a historic church kicks off the build up to Mitzvah Day

Mensch of the Month: Matthew Kayne – Dedicated volunteer and cancer survivor

New café and social space for those impacted by dementia

Ivor won! Host Baddiel scoops a Jewish Care award