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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British Jews have lost trust in all major UK institutions, new study finds

The report’s author, Professor Shani Orgad, said participants ‘consistently described a profound sense of being unheard, dismissed and abandoned by institutions they expected to protect them’

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The 'Britain Stands With British Jews' rally at Downing Street in London, May 10, 2026 (Credit: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Sharon Osbourne being interviewed one year after Ozzy's death, July 22, 2026 (Credit: BBC Radio WM)

Sharon Osbourne urges fans to ‘yank up the music’ and ‘just head bang’ for Ozzy death anniversary

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The excavation site where burnt wooden beams were discovered in the City of David (Credit: Reut Vilf, City of David)

Charred Iron Age beams dating to destruction of Solomon’s Temple unearthed in Jerusalem

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Member of Parliament Josh Burns walks past the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, December 10, 2024 (Credit: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Australia has ‘disturbing parallels’ with Nazi Germany, says Shoah survivor representative

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Jewish ‘Queen of chess’ Judit Polgár declines nomination for Hungarian president

Polgár said she doesn’t have the strength to ‘unite a divided nation’

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July 21, 2026 11:11

Judit Polgár attends the 'Queen Of Chess' Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theater in Utah on January 27, 2026 (Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Qatar ‘in secret talks’ to secure release of Jewish prisoners held by Iran

Dozens of Jews in Iran have reportedly been arrested since Israel’s air campaign against the regime last year

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July 20, 2026 14:33

Qatari flags outside the Qatar Museum in Doha, July 12, 2026 (Credit: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP via Getty Images)

She’s Jewish, the best female chess player of all time – and could be Hungary’s next president

Prime Minister Peter Magyar said his nomination of Judit Polgár was an attempt to place an admired, non-partisan public figure in the role

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July 20, 2026 13:08

London mosque already under Charity Commission scrutiny released sermon blaming ‘all evil’ in Muslim world on Jews

Egyptian cleric who delivered the rant had also allegedly said elsewhere, ‘the final war will begin in which we will kill every Jew’

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July 17, 2026 17:30

London mosque already under Charity Commission scrutiny released sermon blaming ‘all evil’ in Muslim world on Jews

UN rebukes Hamas for raiding humanitarian aid warehouse

Ramiz Alakbarov accused the Gazan ‘authorities’ of impeding ‘life-saving humanitarian operations’

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July 16, 2026 15:51

Trucks carrying aid provided by the World Food Programme in Deir el-Balah after entering through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Pro-Palestinian activists landed with £82,000 bill after failed IDF lawfare case

The judge had described the attempted private prosecution as motivated by ‘ideology’ and said it was ‘an abuse of court process’

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July 16, 2026 14:04

Westminster Magistrates' Court (Photo: Getty)

Israeli city set to implement gender-segregated streets

Though the separate routes would only apply during busy periods and celebrations, critics of the initiative say it violates the country’s equality laws

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July 15, 2026 13:28

Chasidic Jews walking along the street in Bnei Brak, April 6, 2025 (Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Revealed: The IRGC butcher living in the UK despite asylum claim rejection

Former members of the regime-linked Basij paramilitary group are living in the UK despite being found by courts to have been complicit in crimes against humanity, it has emerged

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July 15, 2026 13:06

(Illustrative) Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force march during the force parade in Tehran on January 10, 2025 (Getty Images)

Europe’s smallest Jewish community opens a permanent synagogue

The community is only numbers around 300, though the remote island receives millions of tourists every year

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July 14, 2026 17:04

Iceland's new and only synagogue and Jewish centre, Beit Shvidler Jewish Centre, located in downtown Reykjavik (Credit: Google Earth)

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wins court battle over pianist's anti-Israel comments

A Federal Court judge rejected Jayson Gillham’s claim that he was discriminated against for his political beliefs

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July 14, 2026 13:54

Pianist Jayson Gillham (Credit: 7NEWS Australia/YouTube)

‘My Holocaust book was cancelled after I refused editor’s demand to slur Israel’

‘Accusing Israel of genocide is a lie, and requiring a Holocaust scholar to denounce Israel in order to publish his book is antisemitic bullying’ said Rafael Medoff

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July 14, 2026 13:18

Craig Yoe (C) during an interview at New York Comic Con in 2010 (YouTube/SilverCheeseTV)

Marco Rubio launches campaign to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court

The US State Department would bring down the court ‘brick by brick, if necessary’, Rubio wrote in an op-ed published on Monday

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July 14, 2026 11:54

U.S. Secretary Of State Marco Rubio in Washington DC, July 6, 2026 (Credit: Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

British Jews have lost trust in all major UK institutions, new study finds

Sharon Osbourne urges fans to ‘yank up the music’ and ‘just head bang’ for Ozzy death anniversary

Charred Iron Age beams dating to destruction of Solomon’s Temple unearthed in Jerusalem

Australia has ‘disturbing parallels’ with Nazi Germany, says Shoah survivor representative

More from Daniel Ben-David

Jewish ‘Queen of chess’ Judit Polgár declines nomination for Hungarian president

Qatar ‘in secret talks’ to secure release of Jewish prisoners held by Iran

She’s Jewish, the best female chess player of all time – and could be Hungary’s next president

London mosque already under Charity Commission scrutiny released sermon blaming ‘all evil’ in Muslim world on Jews

UN rebukes Hamas for raiding humanitarian aid warehouse

Pro-Palestinian activists landed with £82,000 bill after failed IDF lawfare case

Israeli city set to implement gender-segregated streets

Revealed: The IRGC butcher living in the UK despite asylum claim rejection

Europe’s smallest Jewish community opens a permanent synagogue

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra wins court battle over pianist's anti-Israel comments

‘My Holocaust book was cancelled after I refused editor’s demand to slur Israel’

Marco Rubio launches campaign to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court