Jamie Shapiro

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

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Jewish Apprentice contestant Lawrence Rosenberg: ‘My game plan? To be a good bloke’

The former Yavneh boy and JC employee will vie to win £250,000 investment from Alan Sugar in the new series of The Apprentice

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Lawrence Rosenberg is a former Yavneh pupil (Image: Instagram/ Lawrence Rosenberg)

Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (Image: Getty Images)

‘Iran will recognise Israel immediately’ if Islamic Republic falls, exiled crown prince vows

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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster (Association of Police and Crime Commissioners)

West Midlands PCC offered ‘blank cheque’ to extremist mosque involved in Maccabi ban talks

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A grand piano in Steinman's former house (Image: Realtor)

Would you do anything for this? Meatloaf songwriter Jim Steinman’s vast ‘sanctuary’ on sale for £1m

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French textbooks calling October 7 victims ‘Jewish settlers’ recalled after outcry

‘Falsification of facts’ condemned by community leaders and President Emmanuel Macron

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January 15, 2026 15:31

A home destroyed during October 7 (Image: Edi Israel/ Flash90)

The Merchant of Venice postponed in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack due to antisemitism concerns

William Shakespear’s 500-year-old play is often seen as including antisemitic tropes, especially in the character of Jewish money lender Shylock

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January 15, 2026 13:19

Shylock from The Merchant of Venice (Image: Holocaust Centre North)

Australian Jewish leadership body blasts bill that permits hate speech when taken from religious texts

Peter Wertheim, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, said religion could be ‘used as a cloak’ for hate speech

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January 14, 2026 17:19

Peter Wertheim, Co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (Image: YouTube)

Qatar accused of manipulating world's largest art festival to turn people against Israel

‘This case best illustrates how influence operations against Israel are carried out in the cultural sphere by states with significant resources,’ alleged David Saranga of the Israeli Foreign Ministry

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January 14, 2026 15:41

South African artist Gabrielle Goliath (Momenta Biennale)

Exclusive: Hamas-supporting Muslim educator blocked from entering UK for speaking tour

Ustadh Mohamed Baajour was due to arrive in the country on Friday, but has pulled out after the Home Office confirmed to the JC that he does not have permission to enter the country

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January 14, 2026 13:42

Ustadh Mohamed Baajour (YouTube/EpicMasjid)

Arab-Israeli granted UK asylum due to ‘risk of persecution’ in ‘genocidal’ Israel

The 26-year-old’s legal team claimed that he would risk his safety by returning to ‘apartheid’ in the Jewish state

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January 14, 2026 13:23

Former Home Secretary James Cleverly (Image: Getty Images)

Australia’s largest literary festival cancelled after nearly 200 writers pull out in solidarity with Hamas-justifying academic

Anti-Zionist academic Randa Abdel-Fattah once said of Zionists ‘may you never know a second’s peace in your sadistic miserable lives’

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January 13, 2026 13:17

Rand Abdel-Fattah (Macquarie University)

Traitors contestant compared Israeli checkpoints to Nazi Germany

Marzook Bana also accused UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of being subservient to his ‘paymasters’ and said that ‘Zionists have short term memories’

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January 13, 2026 11:29

UK government ‘ignored’ UAE warning about Islamist extremism in British universities

Former presidential adviser says situation prompted UAE to block state funding for study in UK, researcher Khaled Hassan flags

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January 12, 2026 17:08

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Image: Getty Images)

UK Government rejects calls to proscribe IRGC

Business Secretary Peter Kyle insisted that ministers had extended sanctions against Tehran ‘to the full extent we can’

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January 12, 2026 14:11

A protestor at a rally in central London supporting the protests in Iran on January 11, 2026 (Elliott Franks)

‘We won’t forget who stood by us,’ Iranian dissidents tell Jewish allies as thousands attend London rally

The rally was organised by Jewish campaign group Stop The Hate in collaboration with Iranian Committee for Freedom

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January 12, 2026 12:10

Thousands gathered outside Downing Street protesting against the IRGC (Image: Elliott Franks)

BBC football pundit apologises for saying manager's poor stint was an 'absolute Holocaust'

Former Premier League and Ireland star Shay Given ‘genuinely mortified’ after incident on Final Score show

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January 11, 2026 15:15

Football pundit Shay Given (Image: Getty Images)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Jewish Apprentice contestant Lawrence Rosenberg: ‘My game plan? To be a good bloke’

‘Iran will recognise Israel immediately’ if Islamic Republic falls, exiled crown prince vows

West Midlands PCC offered ‘blank cheque’ to extremist mosque involved in Maccabi ban talks

Would you do anything for this? Meatloaf songwriter Jim Steinman’s vast ‘sanctuary’ on sale for £1m

More from Jamie Shapiro

French textbooks calling October 7 victims ‘Jewish settlers’ recalled after outcry

The Merchant of Venice postponed in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack due to antisemitism concerns

Australian Jewish leadership body blasts bill that permits hate speech when taken from religious texts

Qatar accused of manipulating world's largest art festival to turn people against Israel

Exclusive: Hamas-supporting Muslim educator blocked from entering UK for speaking tour

Arab-Israeli granted UK asylum due to ‘risk of persecution’ in ‘genocidal’ Israel

Australia’s largest literary festival cancelled after nearly 200 writers pull out in solidarity with Hamas-justifying academic

Traitors contestant compared Israeli checkpoints to Nazi Germany

UK government ‘ignored’ UAE warning about Islamist extremism in British universities

UK Government rejects calls to proscribe IRGC

‘We won’t forget who stood by us,’ Iranian dissidents tell Jewish allies as thousands attend London rally

BBC football pundit apologises for saying manager's poor stint was an 'absolute Holocaust'