Jamie Shapiro

Reporter

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

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Golders Green stabbing

‘I wanted to save a life’, says Iranian-born hero who blocked Golders Green attacker

Ashkan Asadian used a shopping trolley to prevent the knifeman from stabbing more victims

1 min read

Bystanders behind police tape in Golders Green shortly after attack on Wednesday (Getty)

Amid eerie calm after Golders Green stabbings, it felt like everyone knew this was coming

3 min read

Pro-Palestine protest in London (Image: Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine protests could be banned in wake of Golders Green attack

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Police in Golders Green on April 29, 2026 (Image: Getty Images)

Golders Green suspect charged with attempted murder after stabbing attack

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Angry crowd gathers in Golders Green chanting ‘enough is enough’

Jews and non-Jews gathered in an emotional protest following the terror attack

4 min read

April 30, 2026 15:56

Max Royston from Stop The Hate (Image: Elliott Franks)

Neo-Nazi convicted of ‘race traitor’ attack plot after MI5 sting

The court heard that Alfie Coleman, 21, had spent lockdown immersing himself in the ‘extreme far-right’

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April 30, 2026 15:47

Alfie Coleman (Image: Metropolitan Police)

Israeli chef Eyal Shani closes Berlin restaurant following pro-Palestine threats

It comes after demonstrators targeted the London branch of Miznon, another of the celebrity chef’s properties

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April 30, 2026 14:35

‘He had hate in his eyes’ – Shomrim volunteers subdued Golders Green attacker

Ben Grossnass, who was on the scene for Shomrim, told reporters how the stabbing spree unfolded

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April 29, 2026 12:55

A police cordon in the Golders Green neighbourhood following a stabbing attack on April 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

The superhuman and compassionate gravediggers of Bushey Jewish Cemetery

Jamie Shapiro finds out what it takes to work in the UK’s largest Jewish burial ground

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April 28, 2026 14:59

JC reporter Jamie Shapiro helps out at Bushey Jewish Cemetery

Holocaust survivor and acclaimed psychologist Edith Eger dies aged 98

Her mission in life, in her own words, was to help others ‘heal and thrive’

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April 28, 2026 14:12

Counter Terror Police investigating ‘arson attack’ on Golders Green memorial wall

The display, which remembers slain Iranian dissidents, stands approximately 100 metres from where the Hatzola ambulance arson attack happened in March

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April 28, 2026 12:45

Metropolitan Police (Image: Getty Images)

Iranian embassy in London calls on diaspora to ‘sacrifice their lives’ for regime

A Telegram post by the embassy, encouraging sign-ups to a ‘martyrdom’ scheme, read: ‘Let us all, to a man, give our bodies to be slain; for it is better than giving our country to the enemy’

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April 28, 2026 12:09

Iranian embassy in London with police outside (Image: Getty Images)

German state looks to make denial of Israel’s right to exist illegal

The State of Hesse also wants to criminalise anti-Israeli slogans such as ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’

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April 28, 2026 10:47

Pro-Palestine protest in Berlin (Image: Getty Images)

London gallery cancels ‘antisemitic’ art exhibition

Matthew Collings’ Drawings Against Genocide feature offensive imagery, including swastikas paired with the Star of David, British politicians being paid by Israel, and smiling IDF soldiers standing over pools of blood and skulls.

2 min read

April 27, 2026 15:38

One of Mathew Colling's graphic drawings showing a Sotheby's auctioneer eating a baby (Image: Zoe Strimpel)

Palestinian teen and three Israeli children saved in hospital’s ‘organ transplant marathon’

The JC speaks to the doctors who made the remarkable feat possible, as well as the teenager’s grateful father

2 min read

April 27, 2026 13:18

Noor Qaray (Image: Courtesy of the family)

‘It changed my understanding of the trials’ – Natalie Livingstone tells the story behind The Nuremberg Women at JC event

The author told guests at Hampstead Synagogue how a visit to the Imperial War Museum inspired her fascinating new book on history’s most famous trials

1 min read

April 27, 2026 10:37

Natalie Livingstone talking to Simon Sebag Montefiore at JC event at Hampstead Synagogue

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

‘I wanted to save a life’, says Iranian-born hero who blocked Golders Green attacker

Amid eerie calm after Golders Green stabbings, it felt like everyone knew this was coming

Pro-Palestine protests could be banned in wake of Golders Green attack

Golders Green suspect charged with attempted murder after stabbing attack

More from Jamie Shapiro

Angry crowd gathers in Golders Green chanting ‘enough is enough’

Neo-Nazi convicted of ‘race traitor’ attack plot after MI5 sting

Israeli chef Eyal Shani closes Berlin restaurant following pro-Palestine threats

‘He had hate in his eyes’ – Shomrim volunteers subdued Golders Green attacker

The superhuman and compassionate gravediggers of Bushey Jewish Cemetery

Holocaust survivor and acclaimed psychologist Edith Eger dies aged 98

Counter Terror Police investigating ‘arson attack’ on Golders Green memorial wall

Iranian embassy in London calls on diaspora to ‘sacrifice their lives’ for regime

German state looks to make denial of Israel’s right to exist illegal

London gallery cancels ‘antisemitic’ art exhibition

Palestinian teen and three Israeli children saved in hospital’s ‘organ transplant marathon’

‘It changed my understanding of the trials’ – Natalie Livingstone tells the story behind The Nuremberg Women at JC event