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

Obituary

Tchéky Karyo, French actor dies at 72

The French Jewish actor known for playing “baddies” and being a heartthrob to middle-aged women died of cancer at 72

3 min read

French actor Tcheky Karyo poses for a photograph on the sidelines of the 8th edition of the Cinema and film music festival in La Baule, on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Nancy Spielberg on her bold new October 7 documentary: ‘It’s an exploration of cinema versus reality’

4 min read

Scarlett Johansson will make her directorial debut with 'Eleanor the Great' in December (Photo: Getty)

Scarlett Johansson: ‘People make antisemitic comments and just assume you feel the same way’

2 min read

King Charles speaks to Manfred Goldberg and his wife Shary Goldberg at Buckingham Palace on January 13, 2025 (Photo Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Manfred Goldberg was a ‘light of redemption and humanity’, says King

4 min read

Why is this UK Jewish Film Festival different from all other years?

Eliana Jordan speaks to the film-makers behind seven prize-winning shorts portraying weird and wonderful facets of everyday Jewish life in Britain

7 min read

October 30, 2025 15:39

Why is this UK Jewish Film Festival different from all other years?

Nobody Wants This review: Another nail in the coffin of the rom com genre ★★

Season two of the ‘hot rabbi’ series starring Adam Brody and Kristen Bell recycles the same conversion conflict of season one – only the supporting cast make this at all watchable

3 min read

October 23, 2025 15:07

Nobody Wants This. (L to R) Adam Brody as Noah, Kristen Bell as Joanne in episode 207 of Nobody Wants This. Cr. Erin Simkin/Netflix © 2025

Nobody Wants This star Jackie Tohn: ‘I helped the hot rabbi learn Yiddish’

Nobody Wants This star Jackie Tohn on feeling inherently Jewish, her Long Island bat mitzvah and putting her ‘mom’ on speaker to Adam Brody

3 min read

October 21, 2025 16:52

Jackie Tohn attends Netflix's "Nobody Wants This" S2 Premiere on October 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)

Why I went to a mikveh before my non-Jewish wedding

I am a secular Jew betrothed to an agnostic Catholic so hardly a likely candidate for the pre-marriage ritual bath. But I’m glad I partook in the ancient Jewish practice

4 min read

October 16, 2025 15:46

Taking the plunge: Eliana Jordan and her fiance, and Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond

Jewish Literary Foundation launches initiative to promote emerging playwrights

The Jewish Playwrights Programme, whose cohort of writers will develop their own full-length plays over six months, aims to empower new Jewish voices

1 min read

October 16, 2025 15:00

The 2025-2026 cohort for the Jewish Playwrights Programme by the Jewish Literary Foundation.

Kosher restaurant chain in Washington boycotted into bankruptcy for selling ‘apartheid’ falafel

BDS campaigners accused Shouk of ‘appropriating’ Palestinian food

1 min read

October 14, 2025 09:08

Plant-based falafel restaurant Shouk has closed the last of its five locations after a sustained boycott effort by pro-Palestinian campaigners. (Photo: Screenshot via Google Maps)

Hamas ‘reasserts military dominance over Gaza Strip’ hours after agreeing to ceasefire

The terror group has reportedly been quick to punish suspected collaborators ahead of the first phase of the peace deal

1 min read

October 12, 2025 14:54

Members of the internal security forces loyal to Hamas are deployed in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, as displaced people return to Gaza City (Photo: Getty)

Jewish Hollywood heavyweights ‘embracing the challenge’ of producing next James Bond film

Amy Pascal produced ‘Skyfall’ while David Heyman produced all eight Harry Potter films

1 min read

October 12, 2025 13:20

Amy Pascal and David Heyman pictured in 2025 (Photo: Getty)

Thousands turn out for London Palestine march despite ceasefire agreement

Some demonstrators were heard calling for ‘death to the IDF’ and ‘intifada, revolution’

2 min read

October 12, 2025 12:01

Anti-Israel demonstrators pictured at the PSC march, which took place despite Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire (Photo: Getty)

Smoked fish savant Saul Zabar of Zabar’s deli dies at 97

The so-called ‘lox smith’ of New York City helped turn his parent’s smoked fish store into an iconic and globally-renowned food enterprise

2 min read

October 8, 2025 23:00

Saul Zabar, who ran Zabar's in New York City for more than 70 years, has died at the age of 97. (Photo: Zabar's)

The cancer test that could save your life

Time is running out for people with Jewish ancestry to get the BRCA test from the NHS – crucial for discovering a heightened risk of a range of cancers. We spoke to three women about their BRCA journey

8 min read

September 18, 2025 15:53

Breast Cancer Awareness Month web template illustration. Woman face in modern papercut style with spring nature and pink ribbon cutout. Disease prevention campaign or health care support concept.

Can the Chief Rabbi and a Netflix shadchan find you a match?

Jewish Matchmaking star Aleeza Ben Shalom and World Mizrachi are partnering with the Chief Rabbi to bring global community-based Jewish Matchmaking Movement to the UK

1 min read

September 18, 2025 14:22

Aleeza Ben Shalom and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, pictured meeting in Israel, are partnering to bring the Jewish Matchmaking Movement to the UK. (Office of The Chief Rabbi)

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Latest from Eliana Jordan

Tchéky Karyo, French actor dies at 72

Nancy Spielberg on her bold new October 7 documentary: ‘It’s an exploration of cinema versus reality’

Scarlett Johansson: ‘People make antisemitic comments and just assume you feel the same way’

Manfred Goldberg was a ‘light of redemption and humanity’, says King

More from Eliana Jordan

Why is this UK Jewish Film Festival different from all other years?

Nobody Wants This review: Another nail in the coffin of the rom com genre ★★

Nobody Wants This star Jackie Tohn: ‘I helped the hot rabbi learn Yiddish’

Why I went to a mikveh before my non-Jewish wedding

Jewish Literary Foundation launches initiative to promote emerging playwrights

Kosher restaurant chain in Washington boycotted into bankruptcy for selling ‘apartheid’ falafel

Hamas ‘reasserts military dominance over Gaza Strip’ hours after agreeing to ceasefire

Jewish Hollywood heavyweights ‘embracing the challenge’ of producing next James Bond film

Thousands turn out for London Palestine march despite ceasefire agreement

Smoked fish savant Saul Zabar of Zabar’s deli dies at 97

The cancer test that could save your life

Can the Chief Rabbi and a Netflix shadchan find you a match?