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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Masorti senior rabbi joins faith leaders urging Keir Starmer to back Climate Bill

A joint letter handed to 10 Downing Street says the prime minister has an opportunity to be an ‘inspiration’ if he were to back the bill

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Zero Hour handing the joint letter to 10 Downing Street

Charities have criticised the Casey Commission into adult social care, announced by Labour (Jewish Care/Omaggio)

Jewish social care charities say Labour’s Casey Commission fails to address ‘urgent issues’

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Oren Smadja embraces judoka Peter Paltchik (photo: courtesy)

Why I stayed on to coach Israel even after my son was killed in Gaza

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King Charles says he ‘can’t bear’ to see dwindling numbers of Holocaust survivors

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Community urged to sign up to NHS organ donor register

Nearly 8,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant

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January 13, 2025 16:07

Jess Harris (right), who received a pancreas and two kidneys, with her baby, Ezra, with Baroness Gillian Merron at Parliament

Pictured: Bar mitzvah boy killed in tragic Belgian crash while twin brother survived

The boy’s three siblings and parents all sustained non-fatal injuries

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January 9, 2025 14:04

Daniel Rubin, circled, was killed two weeks before his bar mitzvah in a tragic crash in Belgium

Manchester journalist selected to serve on President Herzog’s council of diaspora Jews

Josh Aronson will become one of 150 Jewish people from around the world to serve on the council

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January 8, 2025 13:59

Josh Aronson meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog

LSJS is offering adults an educational trip to Poland in March

The London School of Jewish Studies says the trip is ‘ideal’ for those looking for an intellectually stimulating and engaging journey

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January 8, 2025 13:51

Michael Rainsbury leading an LSJS Mission in Israel last year (Credit: LSJS)

Seventh annual Festival of Spoken Ivrit returns with 82 shows

This year’s festival has branched out to include performances for adult audiences

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January 8, 2025 13:49

Actors Gal Barak and Tal Danino in 'Champion of Israel’

UK’s largest charity bridge tournament reaches £2.5 million fundraising milestone

The tournament appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011

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January 8, 2025 12:35

Co-chairs of the Bridge Extravaganza committee, Patsy Bloom and Susan James, at the 27th Bridge Extravaganza

Centenarian raises money for great grandson’s rare fatal disease

Tay-Sachs is a rare genetic disease most commonly detected in children of Ashkenazi Jewish descent

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January 8, 2025 10:43

Sam Green on his birthday with granddaughters and great grandsons

The Jewish-founded ‘make a wish’ charity making the dreams of terminally ill kids come true

Stephen Allan was awarded an OBE in the King’s 2025 New Years Honours List for his service to charity and the media industry

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January 7, 2025 16:14

Five-year-old Zachary after seeing the Loch Ness Monster (Credit: Rays of Sunshine)

Football fans unite to call for the release of the last remaining British hostage

‘Proud’ British citizen Emily Damari is a ‘lifelong’ Spurs fan

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January 6, 2025 15:03

Football fans unite to call for the release of the last remaining British hostage

New Jewish Care Trustees to bring ‘invaluable’ expertise in palliative and mental health care

Dr Abigail Swerdlow and Dr Charles Daniels have joined the charity’s Board

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January 3, 2025 15:04

Dr Abigail Swerdlow and Dr Charles Daniels

Suella Braverman’s husband leads Jewish Reform members in criticism of Board of Deputies

Rael Braverman, who defected to Reform last month, and more than two dozen Jewish members of the party, wrote a letter to the JC condemining President Phil Rosenberg

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January 2, 2025 16:18

Rael Braverman, husband of Britain's former Home Secretary Suella Braverman (Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Largest menorah lighting ever in Bricket Wood after Chanukiah smashed by vandals

More than 250 Jews and non-Jews showed up to support the community after the menorah was smashed

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December 30, 2024 14:57

Local community gathers around a vandalised public menorah in Bricket Wood, December 29, 2024

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Masorti senior rabbi joins faith leaders urging Keir Starmer to back Climate Bill

Jewish social care charities say Labour’s Casey Commission fails to address ‘urgent issues’

Why I stayed on to coach Israel even after my son was killed in Gaza

King Charles says he ‘can’t bear’ to see dwindling numbers of Holocaust survivors

More from Daniel Ben-David

Community urged to sign up to NHS organ donor register

Pictured: Bar mitzvah boy killed in tragic Belgian crash while twin brother survived

Manchester journalist selected to serve on President Herzog’s council of diaspora Jews

LSJS is offering adults an educational trip to Poland in March

Seventh annual Festival of Spoken Ivrit returns with 82 shows

UK’s largest charity bridge tournament reaches £2.5 million fundraising milestone

Centenarian raises money for great grandson’s rare fatal disease

The Jewish-founded ‘make a wish’ charity making the dreams of terminally ill kids come true

Football fans unite to call for the release of the last remaining British hostage

New Jewish Care Trustees to bring ‘invaluable’ expertise in palliative and mental health care

Suella Braverman’s husband leads Jewish Reform members in criticism of Board of Deputies

Largest menorah lighting ever in Bricket Wood after Chanukiah smashed by vandals