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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Charedi entrepreneur mentorship programme raises £46m

More than 90 per cent of the businesses opened through the scheme lasted beyond their first year

1 min read

Haredi men for illustration (Image: Getty Images)

A pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 2024 (for illustrative purposes only - no colleges or universities were named in the report) (Image: Getty Images)

‘Hitler was a hero’: New survey reveals shocking scale of antisemitism in Candian universities

1 min read

Jewish producer Amy Pascal says new James Bond could be revealed this year

1 min read

Photo of attack in Kyiv (Image: Julia Goldenberg)

‘People hid wherever they could’ – World Jewish Relief Kyiv partner speaks of terror after Russian attack

2 min read

Orthodox filmmaker takes bright yellow ‘Mitzvah truck’ across all 50 US states to connect isolated Jews

Orthodox journalist Shloime Zionce came up with the idea after spending time with Chabad in Australia

1 min read

August 5, 2026 16:52

Shloime Zionce and his Mitzvah truck (image: Facebook/ Ellin Bessner)

Heart of ‘Jewish cathedral’ unearthed in Vilnius 69 years after synagogue was torn down

The Great Synagogue of Vilna stood for three centuries before it was ransacked by the Nazis and destroyed under Soviet rule

2 min read

August 5, 2026 16:10

Archaeologists have uncovered the Great Synagogue of Vilna. (Rytis Tamulynas, Vilna Great Synagogue and Shulhoyf Research Project, and Israel Antiquities Authority)

Trump launches nationwide crackdown on antisemitism

‘I’m coming with a full arsenal of people,’ says Task Force Chairman Leo Terrell

1 min read

August 4, 2026 16:29

Leo Terrell, Chair of the US Department of Justice Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, speaks during the funeral of hostage Ran Gvili in the southern Israeli town of Meitar on January 28, 2026. (Getty Images)

Latest negotiations are Iran’s ‘last chance’, Trump warns

Tehran, meanwhile, has denied that talks to end the conflict are taking place

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August 4, 2026 12:36

US President Donald Trump (Image: Getty Images)

BBC upholds complaint over Lord Walney appearance for its failure to disclose Israel links

The former government advisor, who appeared on BBC News to discuss the proscription of Palestine Action, told the JC he is proud of his connections to the Jewish state

1 min read

July 31, 2026 15:38

John Woodcock, Lord Walney (Image: House of Lords)

Iconic white suit from ‘Saturday Night Fever’ owned by Jewish film critic goes up for auction

Experts expect the suit, which was worn by John Travolta in the 1977 classic, could fetch as much as £300,000

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July 31, 2026 12:27

John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever, 1977 (Alamy)

‘No sign’ of EU sanctions on settlement goods, says Irish foreign minister

Helen McEntee insisted there was ‘no way’ measures against Israelis in the West Bank would ‘drop off the agenda’

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July 30, 2026 16:52

Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee (Getty Images)

Amy Winehouse’s father ordered to pay nearly £1m in legal costs to friends who auctioned off her belongings

A judge ruled that Mitch Winehouse ‘deliberately’ made ‘serious and unfounded allegations’ which he ‘pursued relentlessly’ against the two women

1 min read

July 30, 2026 14:33

Mitch Winehouse poses as a statue of the late Amy Winehouse is unveiled in Camden Town on September 14, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

New York legal coalition complain to Mamdani as ‘representative’ committee has no Jews on it

The mayor originally promised that the judiciary committee would be ‘reflective’ of the city’s make up

1 min read

July 29, 2026 15:29

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Image: Getty Images)

German postal service allows Star of David stamp after U-turn

Deutsche Post originally said the design ‘didn’t meet the guidelines’ as it was too political

1 min read

July 29, 2026 14:21

A Deutsche Post delivery rider (Getty Images)

Waste firm pays £27k compensation to campaign group after destroying 40-metre ‘Israel genocide’ banner

Led By Donkeys said its claim was ‘not about money’ but ‘defending space to protest Israel’s war crimes’

1 min read

July 29, 2026 11:55

The banner in Parliament Square (Image: YouTube/ Led By Donkeys)

‘MP calling for Golders Green Union Jacks to be pulled down does not speak for me’

Local shopkeeper who put up flags insists Sarah Sackman is wrong to say they are ‘intimidating’

3 min read

July 28, 2026 18:30

Raising the Union Jack in Golders Green (Image: Jack Miller)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Charedi entrepreneur mentorship programme raises £46m

‘Hitler was a hero’: New survey reveals shocking scale of antisemitism in Candian universities

Jewish producer Amy Pascal says new James Bond could be revealed this year

‘People hid wherever they could’ – World Jewish Relief Kyiv partner speaks of terror after Russian attack

More from Jamie Shapiro

Orthodox filmmaker takes bright yellow ‘Mitzvah truck’ across all 50 US states to connect isolated Jews

Heart of ‘Jewish cathedral’ unearthed in Vilnius 69 years after synagogue was torn down

Trump launches nationwide crackdown on antisemitism

Latest negotiations are Iran’s ‘last chance’, Trump warns

BBC upholds complaint over Lord Walney appearance for its failure to disclose Israel links

Iconic white suit from ‘Saturday Night Fever’ owned by Jewish film critic goes up for auction

‘No sign’ of EU sanctions on settlement goods, says Irish foreign minister

Amy Winehouse’s father ordered to pay nearly £1m in legal costs to friends who auctioned off her belongings

New York legal coalition complain to Mamdani as ‘representative’ committee has no Jews on it

German postal service allows Star of David stamp after U-turn

Waste firm pays £27k compensation to campaign group after destroying 40-metre ‘Israel genocide’ banner

‘MP calling for Golders Green Union Jacks to be pulled down does not speak for me’