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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Shabbat for Israel

‘Shabbat for Israel’ launched by Chief Rabbi

Rabbi Mirvis is encouraging the community to show solidarity with the country

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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis addresses an event (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Ronit Knoble volunteering in Israel (Photo: Ronit Knoble)

How-to guide on volunteering in Israel

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HM the King speaks at Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Israel (Credit: Holocaust Educational Trust)

Jewish community offers messages of support to King following cancer diagnosis

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Israeli soldiers stand on a tank as they secure the border with the Gaza Strip, January 19, 2024 (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

IDF ‘deals with’ soldiers operating unauthorised explicit Telegram channel

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Hundreds gather outside offices of BBC to call out media’s silence on Hamas rapes

Spotlight thrown on the victims of October 7 and the 14 women and girls still held in captivity by terrorists in Gaza

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February 4, 2024 20:58

Women with bloodied trousers, fake bruises and bound by rope protest outside BBC's offices in Portland Place, February 4, 2024

Pope Francis condemns antisemitism as a ‘sin against God’

The pontiff also renewed his call for the release of the hostages still held by Hamas

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February 4, 2024 13:33

Pope Francis exchanges gifts with with leaders of the local Jewish community during his visit to Rome's synagogue, 2016 (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

New revelations about ‘Hitler’s Jewish soldier’

A new documentary takes on the jaw-dropping story of Alex Kurzem, whose past as an accidental Nazi mascot has been questioned by some

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February 4, 2024 12:53

Alex Kurzem, centre, with the Latvian battalion that is said to have took him in (Credit: SBS / Australian Uncovered)

Protesters claim ‘Zionists control media’ and call for ‘intifada’ on London march

Antisemitic placards and pro-Houthi chants were on proud display in 10,000-strong demonstration

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February 4, 2024 12:13

Protesters claim ‘Zionists control media’ and call for ‘intifada’ on London march

Ivrit is put in the spotlight for annual UK theatre festival

Performances will take place this weekend at London’s Jewish community hub JW3 and elsewhere

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February 2, 2024 17:03

Actors perform at the Festival of Spoken Ivrit (Credit: Raday Rubinstein)

Horrific accounts of campus antisemitism shared by Jewish students in House of Lords meeting

Lord Polak said the experiences of Jewish students on campus today was reminiscent of Germany in the 1930s

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February 2, 2024 16:46

A meeting in the House of Lords in which students discuss rising campus antisemitism since the October 7 massacre, organised by StandWithUs UK, February 1, 2024

Mazel Tov Fiszel on your (third) bar mitzvah!

Fiszel’s first bar mitzvah took place in a Russian gulag

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February 2, 2024 10:43

Sheryl Sandberg questions ‘humanity’ of those who deny October 7 rapes

Graphic accounts of rape and sexual abuse perpetuated by Hamas was shared at an event in the House of Lords

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February 1, 2024 17:10

Sheryl Sandberg, Lord John Mendelsohn, Israel Police Chief Superintendent Mirit Ben Mayor, and Lady Cherie Blair, January 31, 2024

Israeli shipping company’s stock price soars after Houthi attacks

Zim Shipping is profiting from other companies' reluctance to travel through the Red Sea

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January 30, 2024 15:57

Shipping containers at the Haifa port. Nov 14, 2011. Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90.

Disguised commandos raid West Bank hospital

Task force kills three terrorists said to be plotting outrage ‘inspired’ by the October 7 massacre

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January 30, 2024 12:13

Undercover Israeli commandos conduct an anti-terror operation in Ibn Sina hospital, Jenin, on Tuesday morning, 30 January, 2024 (Credit: Social media)

96-year-old Holocaust survivor to hold UK talks for first time

The long-time educator talks at dozens of venues in America every year but this will be his first in the UK

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January 29, 2024 11:40

America-based Holocaust survivor Ben Midler

Sunak in ‘intimate’ meeting with Lily Ebert, 100, for Holocaust Memorial Day

Lily’s great-grandson Dov Forman told the JC it was an ‘incredibly moving’ moment

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January 25, 2024 14:59

24/01/2024. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

‘Shabbat for Israel’ launched by Chief Rabbi

How-to guide on volunteering in Israel

Jewish community offers messages of support to King following cancer diagnosis

IDF ‘deals with’ soldiers operating unauthorised explicit Telegram channel

More from Daniel Ben-David

Hundreds gather outside offices of BBC to call out media’s silence on Hamas rapes

Pope Francis condemns antisemitism as a ‘sin against God’

New revelations about ‘Hitler’s Jewish soldier’

Protesters claim ‘Zionists control media’ and call for ‘intifada’ on London march

Ivrit is put in the spotlight for annual UK theatre festival

Horrific accounts of campus antisemitism shared by Jewish students in House of Lords meeting

Mazel Tov Fiszel on your (third) bar mitzvah!

Sheryl Sandberg questions ‘humanity’ of those who deny October 7 rapes

Israeli shipping company’s stock price soars after Houthi attacks

Disguised commandos raid West Bank hospital

96-year-old Holocaust survivor to hold UK talks for first time

Sunak in ‘intimate’ meeting with Lily Ebert, 100, for Holocaust Memorial Day