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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Major Israeli archeology discovery found to be fake

The discovery last week by a British-born Israeli caused a sensation within Israel and amongst archaeologists around the world

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Major Israeli archeology discovery found to be fake

Middlesex Uni terminates partnership with Islamic college

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Urgent appeal for Jewish blood donations to save life of Australian man

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Holy oil for King Charles coronation blessed in Jerusalem

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David Cameron given award for support of Stamford Hill Jewish community

The former Prime Minister also paid a visit to the Jewish volunteer-run Hatzola ambulance service

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March 3, 2023 16:37

David Cameron given award for support of Stamford Hill Jewish community

Council advises parents not to send children to Rabbi Halpern for counselling

The council letter refers to allegations of sexual impropriety as 'very serious'

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March 3, 2023 11:17

Council advises parents not to send children to Rabbi Halpern for counselling

US and Jewish groups slam Israeli minister for call to 'wipe out' Palestinian village

Bezalel Smotrich - a key figure in Benjamin Netanyahu's government - has been condemned for his comments at a finance conference this week

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March 2, 2023 16:45

Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich arrives to coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בצלאל סמוטריץ ממשלה פגישה ההסכמים הקואליציוניים

Israelis donate over £300,000 to victims of settler riots

The violence over the weekend is the latest in nearly a month of escalating bloodshed

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February 28, 2023 15:19

This picture taken on February 27, 2023 shows an aerial view of a scrapyard where cars were torched overnight, in the Palestinian town of Huwara near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. - Two Israelis living in the Har Bracha settlement near Nablus were killed on February 26 in a "Palestinian terror attack", officials said, sparking violence in which a Palestinian man was killed, while settlers torched homes in revenge. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

German Parliament president pays tribute to Shoah refugees on visit to Liverpool Street Station memorial

Barbel Bas is 'deeply moved' by ceremony and speaking to those who came to the UK on the Kindertransport

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February 24, 2023 17:07

German Parliament president pays tribute to Shoah refugees on visit to Liverpool Street Station memorial

American Jews brace for neo Nazi-organised ‘National Day of Hate’

A number of hate groups have promoted the day online, though it is not centrally organised, and no specific targets have been advertised

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February 24, 2023 15:58

American Jews brace for neo Nazi-organised ‘National Day of Hate’

British public backs Starmer over Corbyn election ban

Nearly a third said Starmer's decision would impact how they voted at the next General Election

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February 23, 2023 16:30

HARLOW, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 05: Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn (L) and Keir Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the EU look on prior to delivering a Brexit speech at the Harlow Hotel on November 5, 2019 in Harlow, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The miraculous story of the Chagall that was lost and found and lost again

Artist's touching portrait of his father went on display in New York this week. We trace its extraordinary story, through two world wars

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February 23, 2023 12:34

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 06: Art handlers hold Le Pere, a portrait by artist Marc Chagall of his father, during a press preview at Phillips gallery on October 6, 2022 in London, England. Le PÃ‹re, a portrait by artist Marc Chagall of his father, was owned by a Polish violin maker who survived Auschwitz but it was seized from him and its whereabouts were unknown for many years. When it resurfaced, Chagall reacquired it for himself in 1966 and it went on to be exhibited in the most prominent museums around the world. The French government is taking action to restitute works of art back to the families and descendants of Jewish people whose homes were looted by the Nazis in WWII. Of the 15 works being restituted, Le PÃ‹re is the first to come to auction and is estimated at $6-8 million. It will be sold in New York in November 2022. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

BBC series tells the story of Tyneside’s Holocaust refugee house for girls

In a story never told before: Up to two dozen Jewish girls were supported by Tyneside's Jewish community in the lead-up to the outbreak of the Second World War

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February 17, 2023 15:48

BBC series tells the story of Tyneside’s Holocaust refugee house for girls

Chief Rabbi opens first purpose-built synagogue in Arab world in 100 years

The Abrahamic Family House is a complex serving as a ‘powerful platform for inspiring and nurturing understanding and acceptance between people of goodwill’

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February 17, 2023 14:06

Chief Rabbi opens first purpose-built synagogue in Arab world in 100 years

Heavy metal frontman to BDS supporters: ‘F*** them’

Disturbed frontman David Draiman spoke to the former Miss Iraq on her podcast about the pressure musical artists are subject to when concerts in Israel are announced

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February 15, 2023 17:27