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

Israeli Tech

Apple announces acquisition of Israeli AI startup

It is believed to be the tech giant’s second largest bid to date

1 min read

Apple has acquired the Israeli tech company Q.ai (Getty Images)

Earth's Dylan Carlson, front, and Adrienne Davis. (Photo: Takahiro Kyono via Wikimedia)

Italian venue cancels American metal band’s performance after frontman asks to remove Palestinian flag

1 min read

Patterns of behaviour: author Jennifer Stempel

What it means to grow up as a Jewish child from Cuba

2 min read

Timothée Chalamet attends the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

Timothée Chalament secures Oscar nomination for Marty Supreme

1 min read

AJR commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day by bridging the past and present

The annual event featured speeches by a Holocaust survivor and several generations of descendants to underscore the living legacy of the Shoah today

2 min read

January 22, 2026 10:57

Survivors and second, third and fourth generation descendants light candles at AJR's annual Holocaust Memorial Day service at Belsize Square Synagogue on January 20 2026. (Photo: Adam Soller Photography)

The colour cure: Can embracing the rainbow ease menopause mood swings?

Colour consultant Gabbie Greenberg encourages women to ditch black and grey for bold colours, extolling their power to enhance wellbeing and mood

2 min read

January 21, 2026 15:34

Gabbie Greenberg (Photo: Gabbie Greenberg/Instagram)

Meet Dame Polina Bayvel – the trailblazing scientist, whose Jewish faith requires no proof

Bayvel was recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List for her pioneering work in optical fibre engineering, but the Jewish scientist remains reverent to her academic idols

4 min read

January 16, 2026 14:33

Polina Bayvel, given a damehood in the King's New Year Honours List of 2026, is a pioneer in the field of optical fibre communications. (Photo: Eliana Jordan)

Harry Olmer, Holocaust survivor and educator, dies at 98

Olmer survived multiple forced labour camps before rebuilding his life in the UK as a dentist and advocate for Holocaust education

3 min read

January 16, 2026 11:43

Harry Olmer. (Photo: Holocaust Educational Trust)

Timothée Chalamet wins Golden Globe for Marty Supreme

The Jewish actor is charting course for an Oscar win after beating Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney for a gong on Sunday

1 min read

January 12, 2026 11:53

French-US actor Timothee Chalamet poses in the press room with the Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for "Marty Supreme" during the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

Celebrity attorney for Nick Reiner pulls out of murder case

Alan Jackson removed himself from the case on Wednesday, with Nick Reiner still to enter a plea for the charge of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele

1 min read

January 8, 2026 09:12

Nick Reiner's now-former attorney, Alan Jackson, arrives for Reiner's arraignment at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on January 7, 2026 in Los Angeles, California (Getty Images)

How Jewish is Marty Supreme star Odessa A’zion?

The actress who plays Marty Mauser’s married – but unscrupulous – childhood friend is on the rise, and might be just as Jewish as her star-making character

2 min read

January 6, 2026 17:13

Odessa A'zion, who plays Rachel Mizler in A24's "Marty Supreme", attends the film's New York Premiere on December 16, 2025. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Royals lead tributes as ‘beacon of hope and resilience’ Eva Schloss dies aged 96

Schloss, who survived Auschwitz was Anne Frank’s stepsister, devoted decades of her life to Holocaust education

2 min read

January 5, 2026 12:27

Eva Schloss, right, pictured with Queen Camilla at a candle lighting ceremony to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 75th anniversary of the publication of Anne Frank's diary in 2022 (Photo: Getty Images)

Jewish D-Day veteran honoured in New Year list warns of rising UK antisemitism

Holocaust educator Mervyn Kersh, awarded a BEM by the King for 2026, expressed his concerns that efforts to improve understanding of the Shoah ‘do not always work’

1 min read

December 30, 2025 13:57