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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Jami

Children from aged 11 to benefit from Jami’s one-to-one counselling

The charity has opened The Wohl Counselling Suites

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Children from aged 11 to benefit from Jami’s one-to-one counselling

Police officers stand guard outside the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets, London, August 9, 2024 (Credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Brits view Muslim immigrants more negatively than Jewish immigrants according to new poll

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Israeli soldiers and tank deployed at a position along the border with the Gaza Strip, July 23, 2025 (Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Charity Commission issues official warning to pro-Israel charity over video containing ‘distressing content’

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Cycling 1,500km to Scotland and back for Israeli veterans

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‘Jewish life here cannot be extinguished’ says British rabbi leading Boulder congregation after tragic attack

Congregants of Bonai Shalom in Boulder were attacked with Molotov cocktails while they held a vigil for the Gaza hostages last month – leading to the death of 82-year-old Karen Diamond

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July 22, 2025 14:36

Congregation Bonai Shalom Rabbi Marc Soloway at a vigil for the victims of the Shavuot Boulder firebombing (Getty)

Police arrest woman after antisemitic tirade aimed at Jewish diners at kosher café

The Met said a woman had been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage and multiple assaults, but was subsequently released on bail

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July 21, 2025 12:08

Police arrest woman after antisemitic tirade aimed at Jewish diners at kosher café

Film sheds new light on Jewish roots of Billy Joel

‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew’, the Piano Man tells HBO documentary

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July 18, 2025 15:22

Billy Joel wears a yellow Star of David during a performance in Madison Square Garden, New York City a few days after white supremacists marched through Charlottesville chanting 'Jews will not replace us', August 2017 (Credit: Billboard/X)

Leader of Brent Council accused of ‘sectarianism’ by Jewish community leaders

The meeting took place Wednesday night after Brent Council leader Muhammed Butt promised to hear the Jewish community’s concerns over Brent’s plan to twin with Nablus

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July 10, 2025 16:24

The council chamber at Brent Civic Centre during the meeting

Children’s art therapy charity raises record-breaking amount amid nationwide mental health crisis

Art Therapies for Children currently supports more than 200 pupils across nearly 40 primary schools

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July 10, 2025 12:59

CEO of Art Therapies for Children (AFTC), Natasha Ainley

TIME magazine lists Lily Ebert’s great-grandson Dov among world’s top 100 influencers

The great-grandson of Lily Ebert said he is ‘deeply humbled’ to be recognised

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July 10, 2025 11:44

Dov Forman has been listed in TIME magazine's inaugural list of 100 most influential online creators

Fierce opposition fails to derail plan to twin Brent and Nablus

Council leader Muhammed Butt said he would be contacting members of Jewish community this week to hear their concerns over plan to link north-west London borough with West Bank town

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July 10, 2025 11:41

Pro-Palestinian activists at Brent Civic Centre after attending the council meeting on July 7

Home Office dismisses UK lawyers’ bid to overturn Hamas’ proscription

The firm argued that the group ‘does not pose any threat’ to British citizens and claimed the ban violates the UK’s obligation to ‘end the genocide’ in Gaza

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July 10, 2025 09:46

London-based Riverway Law lost their application to have Hamas removed from the UK's list of proscribed terrorist organisations (Credit: X/Riverway Law)

Israel is not fighting to bring home my son’s body, says mother of murdered soldier

Merav Daniel was one of several relatives of hostages who spoke at a Board of Deputies’ event

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July 9, 2025 11:20

Hostage mothers and relatives speaking in London at an event hosted by the Board of Deputies of British Jews with the Hostage Families Forum UK, July 8, 2025. Front row (l-r): Adi Radai, Merav Daniel & niece, Rina Angrest. Back row (l-r): Galia David & cousin, Adi Angrest, Tami Baruch (Credit: Gary Manhine)

Hatzola Edgware dedicates new ambulance ... that comes to the rescue on its way home

Douglas Murray spoke at Hatzola Edgware’s tenth anniversary dinner

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July 8, 2025 15:15

Hatzola Edgware (Credit: Hatzola Edgware)

Thousands of LGBT Jews hold alternative Pride event in Soho

Jewish groups withdrew from the main Pride event over concerns about staff antisemitism training

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July 8, 2025 11:31

Participants and organisers of the alternative Jewish Pride event in Soho, July 6, 2025 (Credit: Elliot Franks)

Royal Academy artwork suggests Israeli pilots are morally inferior to Hamas

A sketch of an Israeli air force pilot and a Hamas fighter side by side singles out the IAF for criticism

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July 8, 2025 09:54

Artwork by Michael Sandle in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition: 'Apropos Terror: Pilot doesn’t hear the screams of the women and children he is massacring with impunity'

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Children from aged 11 to benefit from Jami’s one-to-one counselling

Brits view Muslim immigrants more negatively than Jewish immigrants according to new poll

Charity Commission issues official warning to pro-Israel charity over video containing ‘distressing content’

Cycling 1,500km to Scotland and back for Israeli veterans

More from Daniel Ben-David

‘Jewish life here cannot be extinguished’ says British rabbi leading Boulder congregation after tragic attack

Police arrest woman after antisemitic tirade aimed at Jewish diners at kosher café

Film sheds new light on Jewish roots of Billy Joel

Leader of Brent Council accused of ‘sectarianism’ by Jewish community leaders

Children’s art therapy charity raises record-breaking amount amid nationwide mental health crisis

TIME magazine lists Lily Ebert’s great-grandson Dov among world’s top 100 influencers

Fierce opposition fails to derail plan to twin Brent and Nablus

Home Office dismisses UK lawyers’ bid to overturn Hamas’ proscription

Israel is not fighting to bring home my son’s body, says mother of murdered soldier

Hatzola Edgware dedicates new ambulance ... that comes to the rescue on its way home

Thousands of LGBT Jews hold alternative Pride event in Soho

Royal Academy artwork suggests Israeli pilots are morally inferior to Hamas