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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Meta will begin removing posts about ‘Zionists’ that are deemed to threaten Jews and Israelis

Now posts that threaten Jewish people or Israelis via references to ‘Zionists’ will violate the company’s community standards

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Luke Akehurst (centre). Credit: Luke Akehurst, Twitter/X

We Believe in Israel director Luke Akehurst elected in North Durham

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Kevin El-Sayed and Tiger Solomons-Tibi, creators of the Pollstr app

Best friends create app to help curb political extremism

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Pro-Palestinian students and faculty at Drexel University (Credit: MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images)

University professor arrested for stealing pro-Israel signs from synagogue property

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The key to a 70-year marriage? Laughing and keeping schtum

Cynthia and Bernard Isow have just celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary

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July 3, 2024 11:51

Bernard and Cynthia Isow celebrate their platinum wedding anniversary (Photo: courtesy of Isow family)

Orthodox protesting against IDF conscription get ‘skunk sprayed’

Strictly-Orthodox young Jewish men will now no longer be exempt from serving in the Israeli military, the country’s High Court has ruled

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July 2, 2024 12:30

Police clash with demonstrators during a protest against the recruitment of Ultra orthodox Jews to the IDF, Jerusalem, June 30, 2024 (Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Eden Golan receives standing ovation in London for October Rain performance

The Letters Light and Love evening sought to raise funds to rebuild Kibbutz Be’eri, eight months after the town was devastated by Hamas terrorists

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July 1, 2024 18:22

Eden Golan at the Letters Light and Love fundraising event in London, June 30, 2024

Anti-Israel ‘Squad’ member Jamaal Bowman suffers landslide loss to pro-Israel moderate candidate

Left-wing pundits in America blamed a pro-Israel lobbying group for the loss despite numerous controversial statements by Bowman in recent months

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June 27, 2024 16:48

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol building, November 13, 2023 (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Holocaust Centre North awarded prestigious King Charles award for contributions to volunteering

The Centre was one of 262 local charities across the UK to be recognised this year

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June 26, 2024 12:26

Dr Alessandro Bucci (left) with Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Ed Anderson CBE (centre), Jenny Kagan (second from right) and Holocaust survivors receiving the King's Award for Voluntary Service at the Holocaust Centre North (Credit: Courtesy)

Largest ever Maccabi GB Fun Run raises money for over 85 charities

Over 7,500 people participated in the annual event, which included an Israel Festival for the first time

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June 24, 2024 15:17

Maccabi GB Fun Run and Israel Festival, June 23, 2024

Chief Rabbi pays tribute to UK veterans at Ajex D-Day ceremony at JFS

The event was attended by leaders and religious figures from across the community

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June 10, 2024 17:27

Beacon lighting ceremony, organised by AJEX, to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2024

20 Barclays branches across the UK vandalised in coordinated effort by anti-Israel activists

Palestine Action and Shut the System took responsibility for the vandalism over the bank’s alleged ties to Israel

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June 10, 2024 14:17

The front of a branch of Barclays bank vandalised by Palestine Action protesters (Credit: Palestine Action/X)

Keith kayaks across The Channel to mark D-Day

Keith Breslauer and his team made the overnight journey to raise awareness of the Royal Marines charity

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June 10, 2024 13:24

Keith Breslauer (left) and Lee Waters, co-leader of the Royal Marines Paddle Group

Largest ever publicly accessible online archive of Second World War memorabilia goes live today

‘Their Finest Hour’ is a University of Oxford project that over several months collected and digitised over 25,000 items of value

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June 6, 2024 15:23

Thousands of artefacts and memorabilia from the Second World War have been collected and digitised through the 'Their Finest Hour' online archive project

Jewish D-Day veterans recount liberating the Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen

Two 99-year-old Jewish veterans of D-Day have spoken with the JC about their experiences fighting through Europe and each taking part in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen

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June 6, 2024 10:00

Mervyn Kersh returns to the infamous D-Day beach (Credit: Courtesy)

‘University should have done more to protect us’ says departing Jewish university chaplain

Rabbi Zecharia and Nava Deutsch were sent hundreds of threatening and intimidatory messages after the rabbi returned to Leeds University after reserve duty in Israel

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June 5, 2024 12:48

Zecharia & Nava Deutsch (Photo: Jewish Chaplaincy)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Meta will begin removing posts about ‘Zionists’ that are deemed to threaten Jews and Israelis

We Believe in Israel director Luke Akehurst elected in North Durham

Best friends create app to help curb political extremism

University professor arrested for stealing pro-Israel signs from synagogue property

More from Daniel Ben-David

The key to a 70-year marriage? Laughing and keeping schtum

Orthodox protesting against IDF conscription get ‘skunk sprayed’

Eden Golan receives standing ovation in London for October Rain performance

Anti-Israel ‘Squad’ member Jamaal Bowman suffers landslide loss to pro-Israel moderate candidate

Holocaust Centre North awarded prestigious King Charles award for contributions to volunteering

Largest ever Maccabi GB Fun Run raises money for over 85 charities

Chief Rabbi pays tribute to UK veterans at Ajex D-Day ceremony at JFS

20 Barclays branches across the UK vandalised in coordinated effort by anti-Israel activists

Keith kayaks across The Channel to mark D-Day

Largest ever publicly accessible online archive of Second World War memorabilia goes live today

Jewish D-Day veterans recount liberating the Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen

‘University should have done more to protect us’ says departing Jewish university chaplain