Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David is a reporter and community correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach him at dbendavid@thejc.com

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Police charge man in connection with recurrent faeces attacks in Golders Green

Jewish security body Shomrim said its volunteers have been working with police ‘round the clock’ to track down the serial excrement smearer

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Faeces appears to have been smeared on the walls of a north London synagogue (Credit: X/BlondShelley)

Israel has confirmed launching strikes on Doha, Qatar against Hamas leadership (Image: X/@AdameMedia)

Mossad reportedly refused to carry out ground operation in Qatar against Hamas

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The induction of Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis as the chief rabbi, at St John's Wood shul (Photo: Getty)

New BBC series will ‘share the beauty of Jewish prayer’ with non-Jewish audiences

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A new Torah scroll for the Islington Jewish community is being dedicated to the memory of much-loved community member Julian Young (Photo: Getty)

Islington Jewish community to dedicate new Torah scroll to much-loved lawyer

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BBC and Guardian fail to correct flawed Israel genocide story

Both outlets have neglected to note that many of the supposed scholars accusing Israel of genocide lacked academic credentials, and have ignored a rebuttal signed by hundreds of real academics

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September 12, 2025 10:19

Headlines from the BBC and The Guardian crediting the International Association of Genocide Scholars with being the world's foremost expert on genocide

‘Hitler was right’ says owner of trendy London barbershop

Ermal Merdani is a former finalist of Big Brother Albania and a co-owner of a men’s hairdresser in London

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September 11, 2025 10:55

Former Albanian Big Brother star Ermal Merdani appeared to call on Muslims to emulate Hitler

Summit for small Jewish communities makes a very big impact

Over 40 different communities took part in the annual event

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September 10, 2025 10:42

A panel discussion at the Jewish Small Communities Network annual summit (Photo: Daniel Ben-David)

Board of Deputies calls on public to nominate sites for Jewish heritage plaques

The initiative saw its first plaque of many unveiled on Thursday at the former site of the Jews’ Temporary Shelter in Tower Hamlets

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September 5, 2025 15:52

Board of Deputies calls on public to nominate sites for Jewish heritage plaques

Body of ‘experts’ accusing Israel of genocide admits its members include activists and artists

Just 28 per cent of the roughly 500-strong body, which is open to anyone willing to pay a fee – voted in favor of the resolution charging Israel with the gravest war crimes

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September 5, 2025 11:59

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid on their way to Gaza on August 30, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Faeces smeared on north London Orthodox synagogue in ‘utterly disgusting’ act

The ‘revolting act’ was discovered by the shul’s security and reported to CST and the police

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September 4, 2025 09:50

Ireland’s deputy PM hears personal accounts of antisemitism from Irish Jews and voices ‘deep concern’

The meeting between Simon Harris TD and representatives of Irish Jewry took place at the request of the minister’s office

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September 3, 2025 16:28

Ireland's foreign minister Simon Harris delivers a speech during the European People's Party (EPP) congress in Valencia, on April 30, 2025. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP) (Photo by JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Fire more missiles and ‘crush’ Israel, Al-Jazeera presenter tells Houthi official

Anchor suggested that the Yemeni terror group should step up its attacks and ‘fight them with all your might’

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September 3, 2025 11:52

Al-Jazeera anchor interviewing Houthi commander Mohammed al-Bukhaiti (Credit: Al-Jazeera/MEMRI TV) (Credit: Al-Jazeera/MEMRI TV)

Retired rabbi turns podcaster to show power of Camden’s community

Rabbi Shlomo Levin was senior rabbi of South Hampstead Synagogue for over four decades

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August 29, 2025 16:12

Rabbi Shlomo Levin has turned podcaster with the launch of Camden Unlocked

Reform UK’s mass deportation proposal is ‘devoid of Jewish values’, argues refugee support charity

HIAS+JCORE said Nigel Farage’s party and the Far Right have ‘dominated’ the conversation around refugees for too long

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August 29, 2025 14:01

Nigel Farage's sweeping proposals on immigration have been strongly criticised by charity HIAS+JCORE (Photo: Getty)

Jewish boy, 14, kicked and beaten outside synagogue and called ‘dirty Y*d’

Brutal attack took place a few metres from a shul near downtown Lyon

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August 27, 2025 10:47

A man walks by the synagogue of Rouen, north-western France, on January 7, 2025, following the discovery of an anti-Semitic graffiti (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP) (Photo by LOU BENOIST/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF kills ‘key’ Hamas leader

Mahmoud al-Aswad was described by the IDF as head of Hamas’s General Security Apparatus

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August 27, 2025 09:57

Smoke billows following air strikes on a building west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Police charge man in connection with recurrent faeces attacks in Golders Green

Mossad reportedly refused to carry out ground operation in Qatar against Hamas

New BBC series will ‘share the beauty of Jewish prayer’ with non-Jewish audiences

Islington Jewish community to dedicate new Torah scroll to much-loved lawyer

More from Daniel Ben-David

BBC and Guardian fail to correct flawed Israel genocide story

‘Hitler was right’ says owner of trendy London barbershop

Summit for small Jewish communities makes a very big impact

Board of Deputies calls on public to nominate sites for Jewish heritage plaques

Body of ‘experts’ accusing Israel of genocide admits its members include activists and artists

Faeces smeared on north London Orthodox synagogue in ‘utterly disgusting’ act

Ireland’s deputy PM hears personal accounts of antisemitism from Irish Jews and voices ‘deep concern’

Fire more missiles and ‘crush’ Israel, Al-Jazeera presenter tells Houthi official

Retired rabbi turns podcaster to show power of Camden’s community

Reform UK’s mass deportation proposal is ‘devoid of Jewish values’, argues refugee support charity

Jewish boy, 14, kicked and beaten outside synagogue and called ‘dirty Y*d’

IDF kills ‘key’ Hamas leader