Imogen Garfinkel

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Imogen Garfinkel is a reporter at the Jewish Chronicle

You can reach her at igarfinkel@thejc.com

Latest from Imogen Garfinkel

Farewell Mister Haffman review: ‘an unlikely ménage à trois’

There is much to enjoy in the London premiere of this darkly comic play set in Nazi-occupied Paris, but its premise means it is ultimately unconvincing

2 min read

Three's a crowd: Alexander Waldmann (Joseph Haffmann), Jennifer Kirby (Isabelle Vigneau) and Michael Fox (Pierre Vigneau) in Fairwell Mister Haffmann at Park Theatre Photo: Mark Senior

The Metropolitan Police said no further action would be taken in regards to the east London imam who called on Allah to 'ruin' the houses of Jews. (Getty)

‘Shocking failure’: Government’s former extremism adviser blasts decision to not charge imam who called for destruction of Jewish homes

5 min read

People inspect the site of an Israeli air strike in Jiyeh along the highway linking Beirut to the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on September 25, 2024. (Getty Images)

Israel conducting normalisation with Lebanon, says senior official

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Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 8, 2021, during a 3rd nationawide full lockdown, in an effort to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

When the world stood still: a Jewish timeline of the pandemic, five years on

4 min read

LSE accused of platforming ‘Hamas propaganda’ by Israel’s UK ambassador over controversial book launch

Tzipi Hotovely accused the top university of promoting extremism

2 min read

March 10, 2025 17:13

Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrate outside the London School of Economics in 2024. On Monday, LSE's Middle East Centre will host a launch event for a book called "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters". (Getty Images)

Palestinian asylum seeker arrested by immigration officials

The man is being detained by immigration authorities

1 min read

March 10, 2025 12:52

H6F9G6 Home Office UK Visas and Immigration office sign Cardiff Wales UK

Painting comparing Netanyahu to Hitler removed from Saatchi art fair amid outrage

The painting is ‘deeply offensive to the memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust’, one visitor said

3 min read

March 7, 2025 16:26

James Earley was asked to remove his painting Monster from Saatchi Art's The Other Art Fair on Brick Lane

Catalogue of shame: how the BBC keeps getting it wrong on Jews and Israel

The broadcaster has been accused of platforming Hamas propaganda and breaching its own editorial standards

12 min read

March 6, 2025 14:01

The BBC has sparked outrage in the UK Jewish community over its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war since October 7 (Getty)

Gaza mob hunts down terrified Jewish student who organised campus peace event

King’s College student behind Iran-Israel dialogue event forced to lock himself in room for fear of his physical safety

6 min read

March 5, 2025 17:26

Students from Kings College London rally in support of Dr Rana Baker, a controversial professor who has previously distributed a Hamas propaganda document to students for a seminar

The Friday Night Dinner writer on his latest ‘mad creative adventure’

Jewish sitcom supremo Robert Popper’s most recent work is about a 104-year-old widow who cannot stop writing letters

5 min read

March 5, 2025 16:46

Jewish sitcom writer Robert Popper will be speaking at Jewish Book Week tomorrow about his new comedy book 'The Elsie Drake Letters'

BBC could face terror probe after admission that Hamas family was paid during making of Gaza film

Ofcom told the JC it had received 17 complaints over the controversial film

2 min read

March 3, 2025 22:24

Counter-terror police have been called in to assess complaints about the BBC's controversial documentary on Gaza which featured the son of a senior Hamas official as its narrator. (Getty)

Netanyahu’s office admits intelligence officer didn’t pass on warning hours before October 7 attack

The Prime Minister’s Office defended the decision as the memo indicating suspicious Hamas activity was framed as non-urgent

2 min read

March 2, 2025 11:19

Netanyahu's intelligence officer received a memo indicating suspicious Hamas activity prior to the October 7 massacre and didn't pass it on, according to a Channel 12 report. (Getty)

Ben-Gvir refuses to apologise to freed hostages who claim his treatment of Palestinian prisoners worsened their torture

The former national security minister said he was ‘proud’ of his conduct when questioned by journalists

2 min read

March 2, 2025 09:51

The far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir resigned from his government position in January to protest the hostage-ceasefire deal. (Getty)

BBC apologises for ‘flaws’ in Gaza documentary, including paying family with Hamas links

The board of the corporation said the errors were ‘serious and damaging’ and says the production company knew of narrator’s Hamas links before airing

3 min read

February 28, 2025 11:28

The broadcaster's board met on Thursday and released a statement recognising that “significant and damaging” errors had been made in its Gaza documentary (credit: BBC)

Golden towers, sports cars and bearded belly dancers: Trump posts bizarre Gaza AI video

The US president posted the clip on Truth Social in the early hours of Wednesday morning

2 min read

February 26, 2025 14:38

The AI-generated video published on Trump's platform Truth Social shows the US president and Benjamin Netanyahu lounging shirtless by a pool in a redeveloped Gaza

Protesters call on BBC to ‘stop whitewashing terrorism’ following ‘propaganda’ Gaza documentary

Demontrators carried placards accusing the broadcaster of being the spokeperson for ‘terrorists’

2 min read

February 26, 2025 12:37

The rally outside the BBC's London headquarters was organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (Photo: CAA)

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Imogen Garfinkel

Latest from Imogen Garfinkel

Farewell Mister Haffman review: ‘an unlikely ménage à trois’

‘Shocking failure’: Government’s former extremism adviser blasts decision to not charge imam who called for destruction of Jewish homes

Israel conducting normalisation with Lebanon, says senior official

When the world stood still: a Jewish timeline of the pandemic, five years on

More from Imogen Garfinkel

LSE accused of platforming ‘Hamas propaganda’ by Israel’s UK ambassador over controversial book launch

Palestinian asylum seeker arrested by immigration officials

Painting comparing Netanyahu to Hitler removed from Saatchi art fair amid outrage

Catalogue of shame: how the BBC keeps getting it wrong on Jews and Israel

Gaza mob hunts down terrified Jewish student who organised campus peace event

The Friday Night Dinner writer on his latest ‘mad creative adventure’

BBC could face terror probe after admission that Hamas family was paid during making of Gaza film

Netanyahu’s office admits intelligence officer didn’t pass on warning hours before October 7 attack

Ben-Gvir refuses to apologise to freed hostages who claim his treatment of Palestinian prisoners worsened their torture

BBC apologises for ‘flaws’ in Gaza documentary, including paying family with Hamas links

Golden towers, sports cars and bearded belly dancers: Trump posts bizarre Gaza AI video

Protesters call on BBC to ‘stop whitewashing terrorism’ following ‘propaganda’ Gaza documentary