Eliana Jordan

Junior Feature Writer

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

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US Election 2024

Jewish Democrat Josh Stein wins North Carolina governor race

Stein defeated ‘Black Nazi’ opponent Mark Robinson to become first Jewish governor of NC

1 min read

Josh Stein, former Attorney General, will be the first Jewish person to serve as North Carolina's governor after his election win on 5 November, 2024. (Photo: Josh Stein via X)

In this composite image, Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump.(Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) ***LEFT IMAGE*** CHUTE, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 01: Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign event at Little Chute High School on November 1, 2024 in Little Chute, Wisconsin. The event is one of three Harris has scheduled today in the swing state where she is in a tight race with her opponent Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images). ***RIGHT IMAGE*** POTTERVILLE, MICHIGAN - AUGUST 29: Former U.S. President and current Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks about the economy, inflation, and manufacturing during a campaign event at Alro Steel on August 29, 2024 in Potterville, Michigan. Michigan is considered a key battleground state in the upcoming November Presidential election. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Exit polls and analyses tell different stories on how American Jews voted

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TOPSHOT - People cast their in-person early ballot for the 2024 general election at the Northwest Activities Center on October 29, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Who are the Jewish politicians up for election in the US general election 2024?

3 min read

NYC City Council candidate Harvey Epstein was the subject of a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch making fun of his name's likeness to two notorious sexual predators' during last weekend's episode on 2 November. (Photo: Harvey Epstein)

Meet the real Harvey Epstein, the man with the worst name in politics

2 min read

'Avoid lashon hara' says Ivanka Trump on eve of US presidential election

The former president’s Jewish daughter invoked Hebrew term for malicious gossip as father fights for re-election

1 min read

November 5, 2024 12:15

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of US President Donald Trump, is seen during a visit to the Western Wall in 2017. (Photo credit: HEIDI LEVINE/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish boy slapped in Orthodox Crown Heights neighbourhood of NYC

The 13-year-old boy was assaulted on his way to school on Monday

1 min read

November 5, 2024 11:16

Hasidic men and boys outside of the Chabad-Lubavitch global headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on 12 January, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Meet the playwright bringing Jewish motherhood to the London stage

Playwright Estee Stimler brings her upcoming comedic play Smother to London for one night only this month

3 min read

November 4, 2024 18:07

Playwright Estee Stimler, left, with producer and actor Michaela Stern, who plays the lead in Stimler's upcoming play Smother.

Spurs fans call for release of British hostage Emily Damari

Event to raise awareness of Damari’s plight held outside stadium of her favourite football club, Tottenham Hotspur

2 min read

November 3, 2024 10:26

Campaigners with Stop the Hate UK meet outside Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium on Sunday to advocate for the release of British hostage Emily Damari.

Chicago Public School Board President resigns over ‘antisemitic’ social media posts

Mitchell Ikenna Johnson, appointed just a week ago, has stepped down after his messages were circulated online

2 min read

November 1, 2024 15:50

Former Chicago Public School Board President Mitchell Ikenna Johnson resigned on Thursday after his antisemitic social media posts were circulated online. (Photo: Screenshot via CBS)

Suspect in Chicago shooting of Jewish man on way to synagogue faces terrorism and hate crime charges

Community figures relieved after authorities initially failed to label the incident as hate crime or identify victim as Jewish

5 min read

October 31, 2024 18:46

Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling speaks during the press briefing following the shooting of a Jewish man in the West Rogers Park neighbourhood of Chicago on 26 October 2024. (Photo: Screenshot via X)

The man with the golden touch: Who was ‘the fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein?

With release of new biopic about Jewish visionary who discovered the Beatles, the JC reflects on his short but triumphant life

4 min read

October 30, 2024 17:20

Beatles manager Brian Epstein (second from right) with the Beatles at London Airport on 22 September, 1964. Epstein, who died in 1967, is the focus of a new biopic called Midas Man. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Board of Deputies achieves first gender-balanced executive committee in 264 years

Election of five women to the leadership team comes after launch of gender equality initiative last month

1 min read

October 30, 2024 13:34

The five newly elected female executive committee members at the Board of Deputies: (l-r) Judith Prinsley, Claire Morland, Harriett Goldenberg, Sheila Gewolb and Naomi Ter-Berg

Grandmother renews appeal for kidney transplant after donor pulls out

‘My future is completely in limbo’

2 min read

October 29, 2024 13:47

Ruth Adley, pictured with two of her grandchildren, has been in the process of finding a kidney donor for the past year

Rainbow Shabbat brings inclusivity - and colour - to Finchley Reform Synagogue

Miss Livinya Karr, aka Raymond Zachary of Rainbow Shabbat, is a beacon of queer joy for Jewish institutions

1 min read

October 29, 2024 11:11

Miss Livinya Karr, aka Raymond Zachary, with cantor Zöe Jacobs, at Finchley Reform Synagogue for the synagogue's first Rainbow Shabbat (Photo: Progressive Judaism)

Chair of Norwood is giving back to the charity that gave him a family

Miles Webber tells the JC how he has come full circle

4 min read

October 23, 2024 13:23

Miles Webber (right) with younger sister Katie (left), adopted mother Sylvia, and older sister Lucinda.

‘My own breakup inspired my sweet and sinister LGBT comedy’

Israeli playwright Gur Piepskovitz’s upcoming work explores themes of otherness and self-discovery

2 min read

October 15, 2024 16:40

The cast of Earworm, written by Gur Piepskovitz. (Photo: Naomi Barrett)

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Latest from Eliana Jordan

Jewish Democrat Josh Stein wins North Carolina governor race

Exit polls and analyses tell different stories on how American Jews voted

Who are the Jewish politicians up for election in the US general election 2024?

Meet the real Harvey Epstein, the man with the worst name in politics

More from Eliana Jordan

'Avoid lashon hara' says Ivanka Trump on eve of US presidential election

Jewish boy slapped in Orthodox Crown Heights neighbourhood of NYC

Meet the playwright bringing Jewish motherhood to the London stage

Spurs fans call for release of British hostage Emily Damari

Chicago Public School Board President resigns over ‘antisemitic’ social media posts

Suspect in Chicago shooting of Jewish man on way to synagogue faces terrorism and hate crime charges

The man with the golden touch: Who was ‘the fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein?

Board of Deputies achieves first gender-balanced executive committee in 264 years

Grandmother renews appeal for kidney transplant after donor pulls out

Rainbow Shabbat brings inclusivity - and colour - to Finchley Reform Synagogue

Chair of Norwood is giving back to the charity that gave him a family

‘My own breakup inspired my sweet and sinister LGBT comedy’