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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United Nations

Call for dismissal of UN’s Francesca Albanese after she blames October 7 on ‘Israel’s oppression’

Thousands of lawyers pressure the UN to fire its Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories

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Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories

Dame Maureem Lipman, Dame Margaret Hodge, Howard Jacobson, Sir Simon Schama, Luciana Berger, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and others on the newly named Lovelock Hostage Bridge, February 11, 2024

JW3 bridge adorned with ‘love locks’ to remember hostages still held in Gaza

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A social media post from Red Sunday School encouraging children and young people to create 'parachute banners' during a 'artworks for Palestine' session

Children’s Sunday school in Glasgow encourages children to depict parachutes in art session for Palestine

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Einstein ‘E=mc squared’ equation letter goes up for auction

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‘Shabbat for Israel’ launched by Chief Rabbi

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

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February 7, 2024 18:54

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

How-to guide on volunteering in Israel

Ronit Knoble and friend Andy Katz were inspired to create a guide by a recent stint picking fruit near the Gaza border

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February 7, 2024 13:53

Ronit Knoble volunteering in Israel (Photo: Ronit Knoble)

Jewish community offers messages of support to King following cancer diagnosis

Synagogue leaders and charity heads send well wishes to His Majesty King Charles III

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February 6, 2024 12:29

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

IDF ‘deals with’ soldiers operating unauthorised explicit Telegram channel

The IDF conducted an internal investigation into the channel

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February 5, 2024 15:17

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

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

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Call for dismissal of UN’s Francesca Albanese after she blames October 7 on ‘Israel’s oppression’

JW3 bridge adorned with ‘love locks’ to remember hostages still held in Gaza

Children’s Sunday school in Glasgow encourages children to depict parachutes in art session for Palestine

Einstein ‘E=mc squared’ equation letter goes up for auction

More 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

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