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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British Museum

‘We will not be intimidated’: British Museum director rebuts the mob as Israel lecture attracts thousands

The talk was Jewish Culture Month’s most attended event, drawing 4,000 people online

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Left to right: Dr Paul Collins, director of culture, Liat Rosenthal, education and communities at the Board of Deputies, acting Board president Adrian Cohen and British Museum Director Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE (Credit: Board of Deputies)

Yahya Sinwar, chief of the Hamas terrorist organisation in Gaza, waves to a crowd (Credit: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s handwritten October 7 invasion notes goes on display

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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (right) listens to Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong speak at a press conference following the AUKMIN Summit, at Lancaster House, London, June 10, 2026 (Credit: Kin Cheung - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

LFI welcomes creation of Israel-Palestinian peace fund

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Blue Star Camps, owned by Simad Holdings (YouTube/BlueStarCamps)

Major Jewish summer camp operator goes bust

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Natalie Portman among 350 film stars backing Israeli director forced out of French festival

Nadav Lapid is one of the most outspoken Israeli critics of the Netanyahu government but has still become a target for BDS campaigners

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June 10, 2026 12:40

Natalie Portman attends a premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, January 24, 2026 (Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

‘I condemn Hamas for targeting innocent civilians’, Oxford Union president tells JC

Comment by Arwa Elrayess comes after uproar over leaked message in which she described October 7 atrocities as ‘proportional’

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June 10, 2026 11:01

Oxford Union president Arwa Elrayess (Credit: Middle East Eye/Instagram)

Chief Rabbi dedicates a new shul building by the sea

Bournemouth Community Hebrew Congregation has moved to new premises after 121 years.

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June 9, 2026 16:42

The Chief Rabbi addresses Bournemouth Community Hebrew Congregation in their new building (Photo: Daniel Ben-David)

New date for British Museum’s Jewish Culture Month talk confirmed after postponement over protest fears

The event was originally due to take place May 28, but was pushed back after organisers got wind of a plan to ‘deliberately disrupt’ it

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June 8, 2026 16:27

The Great Court at the British Museum in London, May 13, 2025 (Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

More than 60,000 people attend pro-Israel march through central Toronto

The Walk with Israel event has been taking place annually since 1970 and is said to be one of the world’s largest

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June 8, 2026 15:13

The 2026 March for Israel in Toronto, organised by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (Credit: Melissa Lantsman/X)

Emma Barnett to become an Austrian citizen after her Jewish grandmother fled Nazi persecution

Former Woman’s Hour presenter’s gran Mimi escaped to the UK in 1939

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June 8, 2026 14:40

Emma Barnett speaks on stage as she attends the #March4Women 2020 event at the Southbank Centre, March 08, 2020 (Credit: Lia Toby/Getty Images)

Police will not investigate activist’s anti-Israel rant at Dame Helen Mirren

The actress was harangued on the street in London last year and footage of the incident recently went viral online

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June 8, 2026 12:29

Dame Helen Mirren poses on the red carpet upon arrival at the UK premiere of 'The Thursday Murder Club' in Leicester Square Gardens on August 21, 2025 (Getty Images)

‘Judaism and heavy metal teach us how to live – and what it means to die well’

Lecturer Keith Kahn-Harris’s new book ‘The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne’ celebrates the life and death of the Prince of Darkness, whose music shares profound similarities with Judaism, he argues

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June 5, 2026 11:26

Israeli lecturer donates part of her liver to save critically ill Arab baby

Eight-month-old Bissan’s condition was rapidly deteriorating and no members of her family were suitable matches

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June 4, 2026 15:51

Talya Eden, who donated part of her liver to save a child, with her husband (Credit: courtesy)

One in four British undergraduates say October 7 is ‘defensible’

More than half characterised Israel’s response to the massacre as “indefensible”

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June 4, 2026 12:38

A person views a collage of hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 (Credit: JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)

Travelodge urgently investigating ‘antisemitic’ message on visibly Jewish guests’ TV

The incident, which saw the words ‘free Palestine’ displayed on the device, has been reported to the police, according to the hotel chain’s CEO

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June 4, 2026 10:53

A Travelodge hotel and (top left) the screen that greeted the guests (Main image: Getty)

‘No Jews allowed’: German hotel removed from booking site over message to Israeli guests

‘Are we back in the 1930s?’ asked Israel’s consul general in Germany following the incident

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June 3, 2026 15:19

A generic image of southern Germany, June 12, 2014 (Credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Daniel Ben-David

Latest from Daniel Ben-David

‘We will not be intimidated’: British Museum director rebuts the mob as Israel lecture attracts thousands

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s handwritten October 7 invasion notes goes on display

LFI welcomes creation of Israel-Palestinian peace fund

Major Jewish summer camp operator goes bust

More from Daniel Ben-David

Natalie Portman among 350 film stars backing Israeli director forced out of French festival

‘I condemn Hamas for targeting innocent civilians’, Oxford Union president tells JC

Chief Rabbi dedicates a new shul building by the sea

New date for British Museum’s Jewish Culture Month talk confirmed after postponement over protest fears

More than 60,000 people attend pro-Israel march through central Toronto

Emma Barnett to become an Austrian citizen after her Jewish grandmother fled Nazi persecution

Police will not investigate activist’s anti-Israel rant at Dame Helen Mirren

‘Judaism and heavy metal teach us how to live – and what it means to die well’

Israeli lecturer donates part of her liver to save critically ill Arab baby

One in four British undergraduates say October 7 is ‘defensible’

Travelodge urgently investigating ‘antisemitic’ message on visibly Jewish guests’ TV

‘No Jews allowed’: German hotel removed from booking site over message to Israeli guests