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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Magen David Adom

‘Two-wheeled angel’ MDA paramedic saves life of same man – twice

Help The Jewish Chronicle raise funds to purchase a brand new MDA motorbike

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Michael Kosofsky (left) with MDA motorcycle paramedic Israel Weingarten (Credit: courtesy)

Hezbollah official Nawaf Mousawi (YouTube/Memri TV)

Senior Hezbollah official says its fighters ‘love’ war and ‘crave’ a ground war with Israel

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View of he rubble of devastated homes in Gaza, June 3, 2024 (Credit: MAHMOUD ISSA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Senior British military veteran says IDF ‘had no choice’ but to demolish regions of Rafah

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Israel's Knesset (Credit: OREN BEN HAKOON/AFP via Getty Images)

A law to permanently commemorate October 7 to be discussed this week in Israel

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Houthi-launched missile pierces central Israeli airspace for first time since beginning of war

The Iran-backed proxy group warned that more attacks would come in the weeks leading to the October 7 anniversary

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September 15, 2024 11:49

Responders put out a fire in the area of Lod, near Tel Aviv, in central Israel after a missile fired from Yemen crossed into central Israel, September 15, 2024 (Credit: MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

BBC to air Nova music festival documentary ahead of one year anniversary of Israel-Hamas war

The film's Israeli director said it needed to be told to ‘challenge darkness with light’ and reaffirm belief in ‘hope and unity’

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September 15, 2024 10:37

Photos of people killed on October 7 deadly attack on the Nova Peace Festival hang at a memorial site in Re'eim, Israel.

Chief Rabbi pays tribute to Ukrainian chief rabbi’s son killed fighting Russian forces

Matityahu Samborsky was adopted aged 11 and lived with his adoptive family for a decade

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September 12, 2024 14:54

Matityahu Samborsky (left) and Chief Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman

Comedian Reginald D Hunter tells Zionist he ‘will see you and your kind ended’

Heidi Bachram said Hunter’s message seemed to be a personal threat

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September 11, 2024 15:29

Reginald D. Hunter performs on stage, July 24, 2021 (Credit: Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

Baby was thrown from window after antisemitic thug started fire in his own flat

Ian Pitkin was sentenced to life imprisonment during a hearing last week

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September 11, 2024 14:35

The fire-damaged building and (right) PItkin

Liverpool’s oldest synagogue celebrates its 150th in style

The architecturally stunning Grade I-listed Orthodox shul, completed in 1874, featured on a King Charles coronation stamp

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September 6, 2024 17:14

The interior of Princes Road Synagogue, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a six-month programme of events (Photo: Michael D Beckwith/Wikipedia)

UK shul offers support to Ukrainian communities hit by Russian airstrikes

Members of The Ark Synagogue are hoping to visit Progressive Jewish communities in Ukraine in November

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September 6, 2024 12:46

The street in Lviv, Ukraine, where Sasha Somish, a member of the Jewish community, lives, after a Russian rocket attack earlier this week (Photo: Sasha Somish)

‘Netanyahu failed the hostages’ say protesters

We Democracy organised demonstrations in London, Oxford and Cambridge

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September 4, 2024 18:03

We Democracy protests in London (Photo: Aviel Lewis)

Help us save Israeli lives by raising £35,000 for a Magen David Adom motorbike

To mark a year since October 7 and the heroic actions of MDA staff on that day, we are raising money to buy a first-response motorbike for the Israeli emergency service

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September 4, 2024 11:16

An MDA motorcycle ambulance, identical to the one the JC is fundraising to buy

Policeman killed by terrorist was father of murdered Sderot heroine

Roni Shakuri was shot dead nearly a year after his daughter’s murder on October 7

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September 3, 2024 14:38

First Sgt. Mor Shakuri, who was killed at the Sderot police station on October 7, 2023 (Israel Police)

One in five Jewish parents more likely to move child from mainstream to Jewish school after October 7

JPR report ‘raises critical questions’ about how antisemitism is being handled in schools

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September 2, 2024 13:19

Nearly one in five Jewish parents with a child at mainstream school said they would be more likely to move their child to a Jewish school following October 7 (Photo: Getty Images)

The Great Kippot Creative Collaboration Caper

Saul Jacobs has collaborated with a cooperative of Madagascar-based women to decorate and sell unique handmade kippot ahead of his bar mitzvah next month

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August 28, 2024 11:20

Mark Jacobs with his son, Saul and women of the Madagascar-based women's embroidery cooperative

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

‘Two-wheeled angel’ MDA paramedic saves life of same man – twice

Senior Hezbollah official says its fighters ‘love’ war and ‘crave’ a ground war with Israel

Senior British military veteran says IDF ‘had no choice’ but to demolish regions of Rafah

A law to permanently commemorate October 7 to be discussed this week in Israel

More from Daniel Ben-David

Houthi-launched missile pierces central Israeli airspace for first time since beginning of war

BBC to air Nova music festival documentary ahead of one year anniversary of Israel-Hamas war

Chief Rabbi pays tribute to Ukrainian chief rabbi’s son killed fighting Russian forces

Comedian Reginald D Hunter tells Zionist he ‘will see you and your kind ended’

Baby was thrown from window after antisemitic thug started fire in his own flat

Liverpool’s oldest synagogue celebrates its 150th in style

UK shul offers support to Ukrainian communities hit by Russian airstrikes

‘Netanyahu failed the hostages’ say protesters

Help us save Israeli lives by raising £35,000 for a Magen David Adom motorbike

Policeman killed by terrorist was father of murdered Sderot heroine

One in five Jewish parents more likely to move child from mainstream to Jewish school after October 7

The Great Kippot Creative Collaboration Caper