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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Prime Minister asked to ‘celebrate as well as defend’ Jews in meeting with communal leaders

The 45-minute meeting followed a letter to Sir Keir Starmer expressing alarm at rising hostility towards Jews

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets Jewish community leaders at 10 Downing Street, November 29, 2024 (Credit: Board of Deputies of British Jews)

Labour's Angela Rayner speaks at a campaign event in London, June 29, 2024 (Credit: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Angela Rayner steps in over plan to build skyscraper next to Bevis Marks shul

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Chai Cancer Care reports 15 per cent increase in men seeking cancer support

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Councillor Michael Desmond of Hackney Council

Hackney stands with Israel as motion to ‘de-twin’ from Haifa is defeated by Labour councillors

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Azerbaijan’s Jews hid away during the Soviet era - now they say they are safe and free

The country, located where the Caucasus Mountains meet the Caspian Sea, achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991

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November 27, 2024 15:35

Old and new Azerbaijan: traditional architecture in the foreground and Baku's Flame Towers in the background

Holocaust education is confronting ‘existential crisis’, director of new project says

Sussex University has been awarded five year-grant to research the influence of AI, computer games and digital media on understanding of the Shoah

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November 26, 2024 14:14

Professor Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden at the launch of the Landecker Digital Memory Lab

Europe’s largest kosher supermarket opens in Stamford Hill, with a mixed response from locals

Hillwood Shopping District has dethroned Kosher Kingdom as the largest specialty-Jewish retailer in the UK

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November 25, 2024 12:50

Europe’s largest kosher supermarket opens in Stamford Hill, with a mixed response from locals

Jewish Care says budget changes will ‘actively harm’ care sector

The increase in NI will push up costs by over £1m

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November 20, 2024 14:49

Rachel Reeves' first budget, with the increase of NI, has alarmed the social care sector, including Jewish Care, the largest organisation providing social care in London and the southeast (Photo: Getty Images)

Youth movements announce Israel tours are going ahead

UJIA and Mosaic Teens are offering huge subsidies to people who have never been to Israel

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November 20, 2024 13:54

A Bnei Akiva Israel Tour in Jerusalem (Photo: Bnei Akiva and UJIA Israel Experience)

Rabbi Leo Dee hits Palestinian Authority with £10m lawsuit over his family’s murder

A law passed by the Knesset earlier this year allows victims of terror and their families to sue the PA

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November 14, 2024 17:12

London protest against Francesca Albanese called off after row between rival campaign groups

Campaign Against Antisemitism claimed another group, Stop the Hate, had ‘hijacked’ their demonstration

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November 13, 2024 11:35

CAA protesters voicing their concern over an Albanese talk at LSE

Iranian cleric at COP29 attacks Israel in speech

The pre-COP29 event ‘World Religions for a Green Planet’ saw hundreds of religious leaders from around the world speak about the environment

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November 12, 2024 11:20

Pre-COP29 event, 'World Religions for a Green Planet'

After 750 years, the town of Guildford gets its very own rabbi

The Surrey town has had a Jewish community for centuries, but hasn’t had a rabbi since the expulsion of Jews from England

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November 4, 2024 13:08

Rabbi of Guildford Alexander Goldberg and Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Israel suspends funding to Haaretz after publisher describes terrorists as ‘freedom fighters’

The head of Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry said the Haaretz publisher’s comments were ‘straight out of the playbook’ of Israel’s enemies

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October 31, 2024 19:03

Pro-Palestine activists protested outside the JW3 cultural centre during a conference featuring former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert (Photo: X)

Native Americans burn effigy of Netanyahu controlling Biden as a puppet

The annual ‘burning of Kookooee’ ceremony takes place on the last Sunday of October and is said to represent the New Mexico community’s fears

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October 31, 2024 13:27

Burning of Kookooee (Credit: Instagram/eubenhemmer)

Jewish comic to lead medley of acts at Chabad fundraiser

Magicians, classical music, and comedy will come together on Sunday

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October 30, 2024 17:29

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Prime Minister asked to ‘celebrate as well as defend’ Jews in meeting with communal leaders

Angela Rayner steps in over plan to build skyscraper next to Bevis Marks shul

Chai Cancer Care reports 15 per cent increase in men seeking cancer support

Hackney stands with Israel as motion to ‘de-twin’ from Haifa is defeated by Labour councillors

More from Daniel Ben-David

Azerbaijan’s Jews hid away during the Soviet era - now they say they are safe and free

Holocaust education is confronting ‘existential crisis’, director of new project says

Europe’s largest kosher supermarket opens in Stamford Hill, with a mixed response from locals

Jewish Care says budget changes will ‘actively harm’ care sector

Youth movements announce Israel tours are going ahead

Rabbi Leo Dee hits Palestinian Authority with £10m lawsuit over his family’s murder

London protest against Francesca Albanese called off after row between rival campaign groups

Iranian cleric at COP29 attacks Israel in speech

After 750 years, the town of Guildford gets its very own rabbi

Israel suspends funding to Haaretz after publisher describes terrorists as ‘freedom fighters’

Native Americans burn effigy of Netanyahu controlling Biden as a puppet

Jewish comic to lead medley of acts at Chabad fundraiser