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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Biden criticised after being photographed walking out of bookshop with ‘one-sided’ anti-Israel book

It is unclear if he purchased the book himself

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US President Joe Biden walks out of a bookshop with son Hunter Biden, grandson Beau and daughter-in-law Melissa Cohen Biden in Nantucket, Massachusetts, November 29, 2024 (Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Leading rabbi welcomes assisted dying vote

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A hundred and one lanterns were held aloft in the night sky in Brighton to raise awareness of the 101 hostages still captive in Gaza (Photo: Heidi Bachram)

Lanterns adorn night sky in Brighton to express solidarity with the hostages

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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)

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

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

The deputy PM will assess the planning application ahead of committee meeting next month

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November 29, 2024 15:43

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

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

The cancer support organisation is seeing more men approach them for support than ever before

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November 28, 2024 17:36

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

An attempt to end the 50-year-old relationship was roundly rejected

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November 28, 2024 16:38

Councillor Michael Desmond of Hackney Council

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

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Biden criticised after being photographed walking out of bookshop with ‘one-sided’ anti-Israel book

Leading rabbi welcomes assisted dying vote

Lanterns adorn night sky in Brighton to express solidarity with the hostages

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

More from Daniel Ben-David

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

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