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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King lauds ‘wonderful’ CST during visit to site of Manchester synagogue attack

The King and Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis visited Heaton Park synagogue, where two people lost their lives on Yom Kippur

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King Charles meets members of Manchester's Jewish community at Heaton Park Synagogue on October 20, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

Brighton Council cut October 7, Hamas terror references from Jewish community speech

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The Pope blesses an iceberg from a melting glacier in Greenland

Pope hosts Jewish leaders at climate symposium

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JW3 Chief Executive Ray Simonson and Marcel Knobil removing padlocks on the Lovelock Bridge at JW3 (Credit: JW3)

British Jewish communal leaders rejoice at return of the hostages

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Board of Deputies hosts interfaith solidarity event in wake of terror attack

More than 40 participants from multiple faiths joined the event

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October 10, 2025 16:30

Miatta Fahnbulleh MP and President of the Board of Deputies Phil Rosenberg (centre) with other members of the Optimistic Alliance (Photo: Board of Deputies)

Brent rabbi accuses local council of creating ‘hostile’ environment for Jews and ignoring community’s concerns

Rabbi Baruch Levin of Brondesbury Park Synagogue hit out at council leaders during a meeting about the borough’s proposed twinning with Nablus, in the West Bank

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October 10, 2025 14:45

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

‘Like a deep breath out’: Hostage campaigners throughout the UK react to news that the hostages could finally be brought home

Both Hamas and Israel have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire deal that could see the release of all 48 hostages in Gaza, both living and dead

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October 9, 2025 16:47

A hostage vigil on the second anniversary of October 7 in St Ives, Cornwall

Neighbours allegedly reported Heaton Park attacker to police years before he carried out the terror attack in Manchester

The revelations call into question whether al-Shamie was known to police before he carried out the terrorist attack against Heaton Park Synagogue last week

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October 6, 2025 16:03

Faraj Al-Shamie celebrated the birth of his grandson with a post on Facebook

‘I love the weather, the beaches and the sense of community. But I miss the book shops’

Daniel Ben-David and Gaby Wine speak to people who have made aliyah since October 7

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October 6, 2025 15:46

Cynthia Lyons, her daughter, Alexia Goldstein, and granddaughter, Mitzi

Manchester’s Jewish community rallies for October 7 vigil days after synagogue terror attack

Hundreds gathered to mark two years since the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and remember members of their own community murdered just this week

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October 5, 2025 12:33

Hundreds gather in Manchester on October 5, 2025 to mark two years since the October 7 attacks and to remember the victims of the recent Heaton Park synagogue attack

David Lammy booed and heckled with chants of ‘shame’ as he addresses distraught Manchester Jewish community

Lord John Mann told the JC the attack on Heaton Park Synagogue marked the first antisemitic murders in this country in over half a century

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October 5, 2025 10:58

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy speaks on stage in Manchester one day after two members of the Jewish community were killed, and gets heckled by the audience

Christian and Muslim community leaders express 'solidarity' with ‘Jewish neighbours’ in Manchester

‘Such acts of violence have no place in our city,’ the Bishop of Manchester said

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October 2, 2025 21:12

The Bishop of Manchester, the Right Reverend Dr David Walker (Photo: Church of England)

Prime Minister Starmer to do ‘everything in my power’ to protect Jewish community following Manchester terror attack

This morning’s attack was against ‘Jews because they are Jews’, Starmer said

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October 2, 2025 20:10

Prime Minister Starmer to do ‘everything in my power’ to protect Jewish community following Manchester terror attack

Bar mitzvah boy twins his special day with his ‘irreplaceable’ uncle

James Fine was unable to have a bar mitzvah at 13 due to his learning disabilities

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October 1, 2025 12:03

James Fine (left) and his nephew Oli at their bnei mitzvah (Photo: courtesy)

British Jewish community leaders express ‘cautious hope’ for Trump’s Gaza plan

The Board of Deputies and leaders of Progressive and Masorti Judaism are among those to have cautiously welcomed the proposal

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September 30, 2025 15:42

Members of the British Jewish community and allies attend an October 7 memorial, one year after Hamas's terror attack across southern Israel

Israel has ‘rebounded from its darkest day’ to deliver ‘stunning’ military victory, Netanyahu declares during UN address

Referencing the deployment of exploding pagers used to remotely attack Hezbollah operatives, he darkly joked: ‘We paged Hezbollah, and they got the message’

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September 26, 2025 15:46

Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 2025 United Nations General Assembly in New York (Photo: Getty)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

King lauds ‘wonderful’ CST during visit to site of Manchester synagogue attack

Brighton Council cut October 7, Hamas terror references from Jewish community speech

Pope hosts Jewish leaders at climate symposium

British Jewish communal leaders rejoice at return of the hostages

More from Daniel Ben-David

Board of Deputies hosts interfaith solidarity event in wake of terror attack

Brent rabbi accuses local council of creating ‘hostile’ environment for Jews and ignoring community’s concerns

‘Like a deep breath out’: Hostage campaigners throughout the UK react to news that the hostages could finally be brought home

Neighbours allegedly reported Heaton Park attacker to police years before he carried out the terror attack in Manchester

‘I love the weather, the beaches and the sense of community. But I miss the book shops’

Manchester’s Jewish community rallies for October 7 vigil days after synagogue terror attack

David Lammy booed and heckled with chants of ‘shame’ as he addresses distraught Manchester Jewish community

Christian and Muslim community leaders express 'solidarity' with ‘Jewish neighbours’ in Manchester

Prime Minister Starmer to do ‘everything in my power’ to protect Jewish community following Manchester terror attack

Bar mitzvah boy twins his special day with his ‘irreplaceable’ uncle

British Jewish community leaders express ‘cautious hope’ for Trump’s Gaza plan

Israel has ‘rebounded from its darkest day’ to deliver ‘stunning’ military victory, Netanyahu declares during UN address