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

Journalist Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in ‘sham’ Russian espionage trial

Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, was found guilty of espionage by Russian court on charges the White House has vehemently denied

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US journalist Evan Gershkovich, found guilty of espionage on 19 July, 2024 by the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was detained by the FSB in March 2023 on "sham" charges of spying. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Student demonstrators lock arms to guard potential authorities against reaching fellow protestors who barricaded themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University during pro-Palestine encampments in April. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images)

Jewish group implores US Justice Department to apply ‘KKK Laws’ against Columbia University pro-Palestine demonstrators

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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 17: Shabbos Kestenbaum speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jewish former student suing Harvard decries antisemitism at Ivy League college

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An IDF Soldier covers his nose while walking past Hamas militants and Israeli civilians who were killed days earlier in an attack by Hamas militants on this kibbutz near the border with Gaza, on 10 October, 2023 in Kfar Aza, Israel. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Israeli October 7 investigation finds Hamas planned massacre for nearly a decade

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Jewish speakers and organisations to feature at Republican National Convention

Former President Donald Trump will be officially announced Republican nominee just days after assassination attempt

3 min read

July 18, 2024 11:58

A general view of the stage inside the Fiserv Forum during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt, Republicans are set to nominate Donald Trump as the party's official presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 15 to 18. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Youth choir made up of Palestinians and Israelis advances to second round of ‘America’s Got Talent’

Simon Cowell told the Jerusalem Youth Chorus: ‘You made something very complicated beautiful through friendship’

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July 17, 2024 15:11

Youth choir made up of Palestinians and Israelis advances to second round of ‘America’s Got Talent’

Human Rights Watch report finds hundreds of war crimes committed by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7

The HRW, which has been critical of Israel in recent months, detailed numerous violations of international humanitarian law by Palestinian terror groups

2 min read

July 17, 2024 14:03

Palestinian militants move towards the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

First Jewish Booker Prize winner Bernice Rubens honoured with Purple Plaque

The Welsh author was the first woman and only Welsh person to win the literary award

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July 16, 2024 17:08

Author Bernice Rubens Purple Plaque is unveiled on the outside of her former home in Cardiff at a ceremony attended by her family, literary scholars and politicians (Photo: courtesy)

Last kosher butcher in West London closes

M Lipowicz has been an Ealing landmark for 60 years

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July 16, 2024 12:29

Butcher M Lipowicz is shutting up shop after being an Ealing landmark for decades; (pictured) butcher Jacky Lipowicz (Photo: Rabbi Hershi Vogel)

‘We need to do more to protect women and girls from domestic violence’

The head of Jewish Women’s Aid speaks out after the triple murder in Hertfordshire

2 min read

July 15, 2024 14:06

The site in Bushey of the triple murder of Carol Hunt and two of her daughters, Louise and Hannah. Louise's ex-boyfriend, Kyle Clifford, has been arrested (Photo: Getty Images)

Holocaust survivor and groundbreaking sex therapist Dr. Ruth dies at 96

Ruth Westheimer revolutionised talk show television by speaking frankly about sex and relationships

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July 14, 2024 10:26

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, beloved media icon and expert on sex and relationships, passed away this week at the age of 96. (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Hulu)

IDF finds Hamas infrastructure within UNRWA HQ in Gaza

A raid of the Unrwa compound led to the discovery of rockets, drones, machine guns, grenades and UAV materials

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July 12, 2024 16:41

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / People walk on rubble as they inspect the damage at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building complex in western Gaza City's Al-Sinaa neighbouhood on July 12, 2024, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the besieged Palestinian territory. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel exposes 100 Hamas terrorists employed by UNRWA

A letter from Foreign Ministry to UNRWA chief lists names of aid agency workers believed to be ‘active terrorists’

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July 12, 2024 08:49

A member of the United Nations checks the destruction at a UN-run school sheltering displaced people after Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 9, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

Brown University to change discrimination policies following Department of Education investigation

The Ivy League school signed a resolution with the Department of Education after eliciting criticism for lack of action over complaints by Jewish students

2 min read

July 10, 2024 13:22

Pro-Palestinian student protestors and activists rally at an encampment on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on 29 April, 2024. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli investigated by police over suspected killing of October 7 terrorist says he feels betrayed by the state

Sahar Ofir said ‘there was no situation’ in which he had killed a terrorist who had surrendered

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July 9, 2024 10:42

Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades move towards the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Women in white call for peace and return of hostages

Vigils took place in UK cities, as well as in New York

2 min read

July 8, 2024 21:52

Women in White in London hold a peace vigil, calling for the end to the war in Gaza and for the hostages to be freed (Photo: Aviel Lewis)

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Eliana Jordan

Latest from Eliana Jordan

Journalist Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in ‘sham’ Russian espionage trial

Jewish group implores US Justice Department to apply ‘KKK Laws’ against Columbia University pro-Palestine demonstrators

Jewish former student suing Harvard decries antisemitism at Ivy League college

Israeli October 7 investigation finds Hamas planned massacre for nearly a decade

More from Eliana Jordan

Jewish speakers and organisations to feature at Republican National Convention

Youth choir made up of Palestinians and Israelis advances to second round of ‘America’s Got Talent’

Human Rights Watch report finds hundreds of war crimes committed by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7

First Jewish Booker Prize winner Bernice Rubens honoured with Purple Plaque

Last kosher butcher in West London closes

‘We need to do more to protect women and girls from domestic violence’

Holocaust survivor and groundbreaking sex therapist Dr. Ruth dies at 96

IDF finds Hamas infrastructure within UNRWA HQ in Gaza

Israel exposes 100 Hamas terrorists employed by UNRWA

Brown University to change discrimination policies following Department of Education investigation

Israeli investigated by police over suspected killing of October 7 terrorist says he feels betrayed by the state

Women in white call for peace and return of hostages