Eliana Jordan

Junior Feature Writer

Eliana Jordan is a feature writer for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach her at ejordan@thejc.com.

Latest from Eliana Jordan

Jewish Comedy

Inside the hysterical world of Zach Margs’ Israeli parodies

The chartered surveyor-turned-TikTok comedian on his Israeli impersonations and becoming a Jewish matchmaker

4 min read

Zach Margs is taking Jewish Instagram by storm, one comedy sketch at a time. (Photos: Tania Margolin. Collage: Jordi Pol)

Michael D.Higgins, the Irish President, has been accused of spreading lies after saying Israel is trying to establish settlements in Egypt (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel calls Irish president’s claim it wants to build settlements in Egypt ‘lies’

2 min read

Students sit in class at a school in el-Arish city in Egypt. Egyptian textbooks for younger grades have been revised to exclude antisemitic depictions of Jews. (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt revises textbooks to remove antisemitic and anti-Israel content

3 min read

Jewish nightlife is on the rise in London, with events featuring cabaret and pole dancing performances, Middle Eastern music, and belly dancing in venues across the city. (Photo: Ethan Katzenburg and Ian Piczenik. Collage: Jordi Pol)

Turntables, cabaret and Middle Eastern jazz: nightlife with a Jewish twist

7 min read

How public menorahs became the most recognisable symbol of Chanukah

The rise and rise of the public menorah has transformed our experience of Chanukah

6 min read

December 19, 2024 13:28

Let there be light: the national menorah lighting ceremony at the White House, in December 2023 Credit: Getty

Switzerland bans Hamas and Hezbollah

The traditionally neutral country has voted to outlaw the terrorist organisations

1 min read

December 19, 2024 11:12

Swiss House of Parliament in Bern, on 11 December 2024. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

King Charles to visit Auschwitz for 80th liberation anniversary

It will mark the king’s second visit to the notorious death camp

1 min read

December 18, 2024 14:01

King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort light a candle at Buckingham Palace to mark Holocaust Memorial Day alongside Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern (R) and a survivor of the Darfur genocide, Amouna Adam (L) on 27 January 2023. (Photo by Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

London institution Motcombs has opened in St. John’s Wood

The JC visits the Belgravia stalwart’s first sibling in NW8

2 min read

December 16, 2024 21:02

Theatre of food: Dover Sole filleted for you Photo: Eloise Longstaff (nee Evans)

‘A blow for Israeli families living in Ireland’: Israel closes embassy in Dublin

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar says ‘extreme anti-Israel policy’ of Irish government behind decision

2 min read

December 15, 2024 13:26

Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli Foreign Minister, announced that he will be closing the Israeli embassy in Ireland. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Druze in Syria ask to live under Israeli rule out of fear of new Islamist radicals

A video on social media shows Druze community members in southern Syria calling to be annexed by Israel rather than live under Islamist rule

1 min read

December 15, 2024 12:52

An Israeli army soldier holds a portrait of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on 14 December, 2024. (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Steeting pledges crackdown on antisemitism in NHS

The Health Secretary has called on regulators to take action against NHS workers who promote ‘extremist’ views

2 min read

December 15, 2024 11:28

Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has vowed to root out antisemitism from the NHS. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Hamas death tolls deliberately inflated to malign Israel, new report finds

An analysis of the Gaza health ministry’s casualty figures shows significant anomalies and errors

3 min read

December 15, 2024 10:47

A new report by the Henry Jackson Society claims to have found significant errors in the Gaza health ministry's casualty figures. (Photo by YAHYA HASSOUNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Reluctant Eichmann executioner and kosher butcher Shalom Nagar dies in Israel

The hangman of Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann passed away in Israel last month

3 min read

December 10, 2024 13:05

Shalom Nagar, Adolf Eichmann's executioner, died on 26 November 2024. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Despite growing antisemitism, unity and dialogue headline emotional German-Jewish music festival

From klezmer to classical, The International Days of Jewish Music celebrates the diversity and depth of Jewish music in venues across Germany

7 min read

December 6, 2024 14:09

The Klezmer Trio perform in Heringsdorf as part of the International Days of Jewish Music Festival. (Photo: Geert Maciejewski)

We previewed Hallmark’s schmaltzy Chanukah movies so you don't have to

Here comes the Chanukah cringe

2 min read

December 5, 2024 12:16

Bring on the cheese: this year's round of Hallmark holiday films is on the way, with two Chanukah movies out of the lot. (Photos: Hallmark. Collage: Jordi Pol)

Oxford Union ‘apartheid Israel’ debate accused of breaking the law by glorifying violence

An open letter to Oxford chancellor, organised by the Pinsker Centre, decried ‘toxic and polarising’ event

2 min read

December 4, 2024 12:59

From left: Natasha Hausdorff, Yoseph Haddad, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Jonathan Sacerdoti. (Photo via X)

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Eliana Jordan

Latest from Eliana Jordan

Inside the hysterical world of Zach Margs’ Israeli parodies

Israel calls Irish president’s claim it wants to build settlements in Egypt ‘lies’

Egypt revises textbooks to remove antisemitic and anti-Israel content

Turntables, cabaret and Middle Eastern jazz: nightlife with a Jewish twist

More from Eliana Jordan

How public menorahs became the most recognisable symbol of Chanukah

Switzerland bans Hamas and Hezbollah

King Charles to visit Auschwitz for 80th liberation anniversary

London institution Motcombs has opened in St. John’s Wood

‘A blow for Israeli families living in Ireland’: Israel closes embassy in Dublin

Druze in Syria ask to live under Israeli rule out of fear of new Islamist radicals

Steeting pledges crackdown on antisemitism in NHS

Hamas death tolls deliberately inflated to malign Israel, new report finds

Reluctant Eichmann executioner and kosher butcher Shalom Nagar dies in Israel

Despite growing antisemitism, unity and dialogue headline emotional German-Jewish music festival

We previewed Hallmark’s schmaltzy Chanukah movies so you don't have to

Oxford Union ‘apartheid Israel’ debate accused of breaking the law by glorifying violence