Jamie Shapiro

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Jamie Shapiro is a reporter for the Jewish Chronicle focusing on civil upheaval and conflict. You can reach him at jshapiro@thejc.com

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Second World War

US soldier credited with saving 200 Jews in Second World War to receive posthumous military honour

‘We are all Jews here,’ said Roddie Edmonds, defying a Nazi order to identify all the Jewish troops in a POW camp

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Sergeant Roddie Edmonds saved 200 Jews in the second world war (Image: Yad Vashem)

Jeremy Corbyn and Peter Mandelson (Image: Getty Images)

Corbyn raises ‘suspicions’ over ‘Mandelson-Starmer-Epstein nexus’ links to NHS and Gaza

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JW3 is the only Jewish community centre of its kind in the UK (Photo: JW3)

JW3 to host b’mitzvah party to celebrate 13 years of culture and community

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Barrister and television personality Rob Rinder (Photo: Getty)

Rob Rinder and Rachel Riley star in Purim special of Celebration Kitchen on BBC One

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Reform UK probes campaign manager over alleged antisemitic posts

Adam Mitula said he ‘would never touch a Jewish woman’ and appeared to downplay Holocaust on social media in 2024

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February 20, 2026 14:03

Adam Mitula (Image: Facebook/ Adam Mitula)

Antisemitism campaigners urge UK to call for removal of Francesca Albanese as UN rapporteur

France and Germany have already demanded human rights expert should go after long history of anti-Israel bias and controversy

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February 20, 2026 11:33

Greta Thunberg (left) with Francesca Albanese (in glasses) on a boat for an anti-Israel protest in Italy last year (Getty)

Smotrich calls on next government ‘encourage migration’ of Palestinians from the West Bank

Critics claim that the plan outlined by the Israeli finance minister amounts to a de facto annexation of the territory

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February 19, 2026 13:46

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty Images)

‘An insult to our name’: Family of Jewish founders of German motorcycle firm call on AfD to stop using its bikes

Members of the Simson family, whose ancestors were forced to sell the company by the Nazis, accused the far-right party of ‘appropriation’

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February 18, 2026 14:39

Simson mopeds in an AfD video (Image: YouTube/ AfD-Fraktion im Thüringer Landtag)

Brighton woman convicted of stealing hostage memorial and throwing it in bin

Fiona Monro told the court the poster of slain Israeli hostage, Tsachi Idan, was ‘inflammatory’ and put up to ‘justify the genocide’

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February 18, 2026 14:06

Fiona Monro, who stole a hostage memorial in Brighton (Image: X/ Heidi Bachram)

Winter Olympics commentator accuses Israeli bobsleigh star of ‘supporting genocide’

Broadcaster Stefan Renna also used his commentary to question whether AJ Edelman should be barred from the Games

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February 17, 2026 17:14

Israeli bobsledder Adam Edelman (Image: Getty Images)

Tracy-Ann Oberman ‘honoured’ to receive MBE for work combating antisemitism

‘The King was really lovely. He said how important it was that the Holocaust is never forgotten,’ Oberman said

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February 17, 2026 17:14

Tracy-Ann Oberman, after being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Image: Getty Images)

Matt Goodwin’s Reform UK campaign manager said he ‘would never touch a Jewish woman’

Adam Mitula, who is canvassing for the party in Gorton and Denton, also tweeted that the six million who died in the Holocaust only included ‘some Jews’

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February 17, 2026 10:24

Tony Blair: Watching ‘Schindler’s List’ inspired my approach to politics

The former prime minister said the 1993 film taught him ‘you cannot be a bystander’

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February 16, 2026 12:58

Sir Tony Blair claims Schindler's List helped to shape his politics (Images: Getty/IMDB)

Former Oxfam boss accuses charity of antisemitism over ‘disproportionate’ focus on Gaza

Dr Halima Begum, who left the charity in December, claimed there was pressure within the organisation to call the crisis a ‘genocide’

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February 15, 2026 12:16

Dr Halima Begum who was CEO of Oxfam GB for a year-and-a-half (Image: CharitySoWhite)

British Museum removes the word ‘Palestinian’ from ancient Middle East displays

The museum admitted it had ‘retroactively’ applied the term, including by referring to people in the region as being of ‘Palestinian descent’

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February 15, 2026 11:51

South African school apologises after refusing to play tennis match against Jewish pupils

Roedean in Johannesburg ‘stood up’ players at King David Linkfield earlier this month

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February 13, 2026 18:05

Roedean School in Johannesburg (Image: Roedean School)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

US soldier credited with saving 200 Jews in Second World War to receive posthumous military honour

Corbyn raises ‘suspicions’ over ‘Mandelson-Starmer-Epstein nexus’ links to NHS and Gaza

JW3 to host b’mitzvah party to celebrate 13 years of culture and community

Rob Rinder and Rachel Riley star in Purim special of Celebration Kitchen on BBC One

More from Jamie Shapiro

Reform UK probes campaign manager over alleged antisemitic posts

Antisemitism campaigners urge UK to call for removal of Francesca Albanese as UN rapporteur

Smotrich calls on next government ‘encourage migration’ of Palestinians from the West Bank

‘An insult to our name’: Family of Jewish founders of German motorcycle firm call on AfD to stop using its bikes

Brighton woman convicted of stealing hostage memorial and throwing it in bin

Winter Olympics commentator accuses Israeli bobsleigh star of ‘supporting genocide’

Tracy-Ann Oberman ‘honoured’ to receive MBE for work combating antisemitism

Matt Goodwin’s Reform UK campaign manager said he ‘would never touch a Jewish woman’

Tony Blair: Watching ‘Schindler’s List’ inspired my approach to politics

Former Oxfam boss accuses charity of antisemitism over ‘disproportionate’ focus on Gaza

British Museum removes the word ‘Palestinian’ from ancient Middle East displays

South African school apologises after refusing to play tennis match against Jewish pupils