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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Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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)

Benjamin Netanyahu tells UK: ‘You have rewarded the worst antisemites on Earth’ with recognition of Palestinian state

Dozens of delegates walked out in protest of Israel's conduct in Gaza before Bibi started speaking

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September 26, 2025 14:25

Benjamin Netanyahu tells UK: ‘You have rewarded the worst antisemites on Earth’ with recognition of Palestinian state

Netanyahu ‘orders army to broadcast his UN speech across Gaza’

One military official is quoted as describing the move as psychological warfare

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September 26, 2025 12:00

Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly in 2024 (Photo: Getty Images)

Jami to launch suicide prevention programme

The mental health charity will be giving guidance to rabbis, other communal leaders and members of the Jewish community

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September 19, 2025 10:35

(l-r) Philippa Carr from Jami, Leo Brosh (JLC), Baroness Luciana Berger and John from Jami (Photo: Jami/Jewish Care)

Community urged to get vaccinated following measles outbreaks in Hackney and Haringey

Between 2022 and 2023, Hackney and City of London had the lowest percentages in the city for children vaccinated with the MMR

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September 18, 2025 14:56

Parents are being urged to book their children in for an MMR following a measles outbreak in Hackney and Haringey (Photo: Getty)

A rabbi and an imam walk into a school… and change hearts and minds

Rabbi Dovid Lewis and Imam Nasser Kurdy say there is power in showing empathy

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September 18, 2025 13:06

Rabbi Dovid Lewis and Imam Nasser Kurdy (Photo: MEN Media)

EU announces proposal to curb trade with Israel to ‘improve humanitarian situation’ in Gaza

The bloc accounts for 32 per cent of Israel’s global trade and the new measures mark a significant change in Brussels’ approach to confronting allies

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September 17, 2025 14:05

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, September 16, 2025 (Credit: Omar Havana/Getty Images)

HET honours Holocaust survivors and heroes at annual dinner

The event marked 80 years since the end of the Holocaust

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September 16, 2025 17:38

Home Secretary Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP (front row, centre) with Holocaust Educational Trust CEO Karen Pollock CBE (back row, right) with Holocaust survivors and other guests (Photo: HET)

Marco Rubio lands in Israel ahead of frank discussions surrounding apparent failure of IDF strike in Doha

The long-time friend of Israel said despite the US being ‘not happy’ with the strike, it would not alter the US-Israel relationship

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September 14, 2025 13:24

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters ahead of flying to Israel, September 13, 2025 (Credit: X)

Police charge man in connection with recurrent faeces attacks in Golders Green

Jewish security body Shomrim said its volunteers have been working with police ‘round the clock’ to track down the serial excrement smearer

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September 14, 2025 13:23

Faeces appears to have been smeared on the walls of a north London synagogue (Credit: X/BlondShelley)

Mossad reportedly refused to carry out ground operation in Qatar against Hamas

Israel instead bombed Hamas officials using ballistic missiles

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September 14, 2025 10:35

Israel has confirmed launching strikes on Doha, Qatar against Hamas leadership (Image: X/@AdameMedia)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

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

More from Daniel Ben-David

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

Benjamin Netanyahu tells UK: ‘You have rewarded the worst antisemites on Earth’ with recognition of Palestinian state

Netanyahu ‘orders army to broadcast his UN speech across Gaza’

Jami to launch suicide prevention programme

Community urged to get vaccinated following measles outbreaks in Hackney and Haringey

A rabbi and an imam walk into a school… and change hearts and minds

EU announces proposal to curb trade with Israel to ‘improve humanitarian situation’ in Gaza

HET honours Holocaust survivors and heroes at annual dinner

Marco Rubio lands in Israel ahead of frank discussions surrounding apparent failure of IDF strike in Doha

Police charge man in connection with recurrent faeces attacks in Golders Green

Mossad reportedly refused to carry out ground operation in Qatar against Hamas