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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Israel has ‘rebounded from its darkest day’ to deliver ‘stunning’ military victory, Netanyahu declares during UN address

Referencing the deployment of exploding pagers used to remotely attack Hezbollah operatives, he darkly joked: ‘We paged Hezbollah, and they got the message’

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Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 2025 United Nations General Assembly in New York (Photo: Getty)

Benjamin Netanyahu tells UK: ‘You have rewarded the worst antisemites on Earth’ with recognition of Palestinian state

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Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly in 2024 (Photo: Getty Images)

Netanyahu ‘orders army to broadcast his UN speech across Gaza’

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(l-r) Philippa Carr from Jami, Leo Brosh (JLC), Baroness Luciana Berger and John from Jami (Photo: Jami/Jewish Care)

Jami to launch suicide prevention programme

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Community urged to get vaccinated following measles outbreaks in Hackney and Haringey

Between 2022 and 2023, Hackney and City of London had the lowest percentages in the city for children vaccinated with the MMR

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September 18, 2025 13:56

Parents are being urged to book their children in for an MMR following a measles outbreak in Hackney and Haringey (Photo: Getty)

A rabbi and an imam walk into a school… and change hearts and minds

Rabbi Dovid Lewis and Imam Nasser Kurdy say there is power in showing empathy

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September 18, 2025 12:06

Rabbi Dovid Lewis and Imam Nasser Kurdy (Photo: MEN Media)

EU announces proposal to curb trade with Israel to ‘improve humanitarian situation’ in Gaza

The bloc accounts for 32 per cent of Israel’s global trade and the new measures mark a significant change in Brussels’ approach to confronting allies

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September 17, 2025 13:05

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, September 16, 2025 (Credit: Omar Havana/Getty Images)

HET honours Holocaust survivors and heroes at annual dinner

The event marked 80 years since the end of the Holocaust

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September 16, 2025 16:38

Home Secretary Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP (front row, centre) with Holocaust Educational Trust CEO Karen Pollock CBE (back row, right) with Holocaust survivors and other guests (Photo: HET)

Marco Rubio lands in Israel ahead of frank discussions surrounding apparent failure of IDF strike in Doha

The long-time friend of Israel said despite the US being ‘not happy’ with the strike, it would not alter the US-Israel relationship

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September 14, 2025 12:24

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters ahead of flying to Israel, September 13, 2025 (Credit: X)

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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September 14, 2025 12:23

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

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

Israel instead bombed Hamas officials using ballistic missiles

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September 14, 2025 09:35

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

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

Both Progressive and Orthodox Judaism will be explored in the programme, ‘Prayer & Reflection’

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September 12, 2025 15:13

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

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

Chabad Islington is hoping that the wider Jewish community will join in the celebration on Sunday

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September 12, 2025 10:24

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

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)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

Israel has ‘rebounded from its darkest day’ to deliver ‘stunning’ military victory, Netanyahu declares during UN address

Benjamin Netanyahu tells UK: ‘You have rewarded the worst antisemites on Earth’ with recognition of Palestinian state

Netanyahu ‘orders army to broadcast his UN speech across Gaza’

Jami to launch suicide prevention programme

More from Daniel Ben-David

Community urged to get vaccinated following measles outbreaks in Hackney and Haringey

A rabbi and an imam walk into a school… and change hearts and minds

EU announces proposal to curb trade with Israel to ‘improve humanitarian situation’ in Gaza

HET honours Holocaust survivors and heroes at annual dinner

Marco Rubio lands in Israel ahead of frank discussions surrounding apparent failure of IDF strike in Doha

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

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