Jamie Shapiro

Reporter

Jamie Shapiro is a reporter for the Jewish Chronicle focusing on international conflicts and crime. You can reach him at jshapiro@thejc.com

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Israel Iran War

Israeli brothers allegedly sold AI-generated fake files to Iranian agent

Two suspects charged with spying and accused of taking £24,000 in cryptocurrency for supposedly classified information

1 min read

Artificial Intelligence platform ChatGPT (Image: Getty Images)

Israeli Orthodox Jews inspect the site of an Iranian missile strike in Arad (Image: Getty Images)

Strictly-Orthodox are the Israeli group least stressed by the war, study reveals

1 min read

Volkswagen's Osnabrück plant in Germany (Image: Getty Images)

Volkswagen in talks to convert car factory into Iron Dome manufacturing hub

1 min read

Ed Balls speaks onstage during the 'The Political Currency Podcast' panel discussion on day four of SXSW London 2025 at Christ Church Spitafields on June 05, 2025 (Getty Images)

Ed Balls condemned for ‘appalling’ question linking Hatzola arson with shadow minister’s comments on public Muslim prayer

2 min read

Exclusive: ‘Hatzola saved my non-Jewish au pair when the NHS could not’

Katherine’s au pair received life-saving treatment from the volunteer service after severing an artery on broken glass

1 min read

March 24, 2026 14:32

A Hatzola Ambulance (Image: Getty Images)

Hatzola ambulance service ‘continues unbroken’ after arson attack

Laurence Blitz, Chair of Trustees for Hatzola UK, revealed that its phones ‘haven’t stopped’

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March 24, 2026 11:44

The burnt wreckage of Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green (Getty Images)

King Charles announced as first patron of CST

The announcement was made at the security charty’s annual dinner on Monday

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March 24, 2026 11:08

King Charles III with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (Image: Getty Images)

Dutch police foil synagogue attack as explosive found

The planned attack in Heemstede in Western Netherlands would have been the third this month in the country

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March 23, 2026 13:58

Police officers in Amsterdam (Getty Images)

Government to fund replacement of burned Haztola ambulances

Health Secretary West Streeting said that the Jewish community ‘should not be left footing the bill’ after Monday’s arson attack

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March 23, 2026 11:19

Health Secretary Wes Streeting (C) delivers a statement alongside London Ambulance Service Chief Executive Jason Killens (L) and Courts Minister Sarah Sackman (R) in Golders Green on March 23, 2026, following the arson attack on four Hatzola ambulances (Sky News)

Fundraiser for new Hatzola ambulances hits £1 million

Police are investigating the incident in Golders Green as an ‘antisemitic hate crime’

2 min read

March 23, 2026 10:38

Fire services monitor the scene after four Hatzola ambulances were set on fire overnight next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026, in Golders Green (Getty Images)

How you can donate to Hatzola after the Golders Green arson attack

Show your support for Hatzola and CST after last night’s incident which saw four ambulances set ablaze

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March 23, 2026 09:47

Hatzola ambulances are for everyone (Image: Getty Images)

Brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander, IDF says

Ibrahim Ghazali had managed weapons operations for a Hezbollah unit, according to the Israeli military

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March 16, 2026 15:49

Law enforcement vehicles parked outside Temple Israel in Michigan (Image: Getty Images)

Mr Nobody Against Putin: Producer Lucie Kon ‘absolutely thrilled’ to win best documentary Oscar

Kon was the executive producer for the film, which chronicles a teacher’s quiet resistance against Russian state propaganda

1 min read

March 16, 2026 12:52

Lucie Kon, pictured with the best documentary Oscar her team won for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' (Photo: Instagram/@imluciek)

Sa’ar brands Croatian president’s ‘Israeli infections’ jibe ‘hate-filled’ rhetoric

The Israeli foreign minister labelled Zoran Milanović’s language ‘unacceptable’

1 min read

March 13, 2026 17:21

Croatian President Zoran Milanović (Image: Getty Images)

Will Claudia Winkleman be our new chat show queen?

The Jewish TV presenter has a new Friday-night show on BBC One – and it kicks off tonight with Jeff Goldblum

1 min read

March 13, 2026 14:31

The Claudia Winkleman Show (Image: BBC One)

Michigan Jews will continue to live ‘vibrant Jewish lives’ as synagogue attacker identified

Ayman Ghazali, 41, had been living in the US since 2011

3 min read

March 13, 2026 13:06

Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, a Detroit suburb, pictured after an assailant drove a vehicle into the building (Photo: Getty)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Israeli brothers allegedly sold AI-generated fake files to Iranian agent

Strictly-Orthodox are the Israeli group least stressed by the war, study reveals

Volkswagen in talks to convert car factory into Iron Dome manufacturing hub

Ed Balls condemned for ‘appalling’ question linking Hatzola arson with shadow minister’s comments on public Muslim prayer

More from Jamie Shapiro

Exclusive: ‘Hatzola saved my non-Jewish au pair when the NHS could not’

Hatzola ambulance service ‘continues unbroken’ after arson attack

King Charles announced as first patron of CST

Dutch police foil synagogue attack as explosive found

Government to fund replacement of burned Haztola ambulances

Fundraiser for new Hatzola ambulances hits £1 million

How you can donate to Hatzola after the Golders Green arson attack

Brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander, IDF says

Mr Nobody Against Putin: Producer Lucie Kon ‘absolutely thrilled’ to win best documentary Oscar

Sa’ar brands Croatian president’s ‘Israeli infections’ jibe ‘hate-filled’ rhetoric

Will Claudia Winkleman be our new chat show queen?

Michigan Jews will continue to live ‘vibrant Jewish lives’ as synagogue attacker identified