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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Glasgow

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

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

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

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

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New café and social space for those impacted by dementia

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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)

Israeli former hostage Ada Sagi marks heriny of Shoah survivors

Ada Sagi was abducted from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 and kept in Hamas captivity for 53 days, where she spent her 75th birthday

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October 22, 2025 11:52

Ada Sagi on her birthday with HSC staff and members, including Ivor Perl (in blue on the right), October 20 (Credit: Jewish Care)

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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October 20, 2025 13:12

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

The council tried to censor a Jewish speaker before backing a motion to investigate the city’s financial links to Israel

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October 17, 2025 11:56

Pope hosts Jewish leaders at climate symposium

Kosher food and a space to pray during Yom Kippur were provided

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October 16, 2025 10:06

The Pope blesses an iceberg from a melting glacier in Greenland

British Jewish communal leaders rejoice at return of the hostages

The last of the living hostages in Gaza were released today after 738 days in captivity

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October 13, 2025 16:28

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

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 15:30

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 13:45

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 15:47

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 15:03

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 14:46

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 11:33

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

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

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

More from Daniel Ben-David

Ivor won! Host Baddiel scoops a Jewish Care award

Israeli former hostage Ada Sagi marks heriny of Shoah survivors

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

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