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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Crime

Appeal launched after two Torah scrolls stolen from Manchester synagogue

A £2,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can safely return the Sifrei Torah to the shul in Salford

1 min read

CCTV footage of the safe being stolen from Beis HaMedrash Torah Etz Chaim (Image: ITV News)

A huge fireball can be seen in the video as the Hezbollah command centre is destroyed (Image: YouTube/IDF)

Watch: IDF releases video of Hezbollah command centre destruction

1 min read

I thought I was doing alright, but manager Rachel's face says otherwise, and I guess she's the expert (Credit: United Synagogue)

I volunteered at the United Synagogue’s food bank and was blown away by colleagues’ kindness

4 min read

Artificial Intelligence platform ChatGPT (Image: Getty Images)

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

1 min read

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

The conflict distresses women more than men across all demographics, the research also found

1 min read

March 25, 2026 12:40

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

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

The deal with Israel’s Rafael could save over 2,000 jobs at VW’s Osnabrück plant in Germany

1 min read

March 25, 2026 12:14

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

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

The former children's minister suggested that Nick Timothy’s remarks demonstrated the same ‘kind of intolerance and divisiveness which is causing problems in the Jewish community’

2 min read

March 24, 2026 17:28

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)

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’

1 min read

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

3 min read

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

1 min read

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

1 min read

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

1 min read

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

1 min read

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)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Appeal launched after two Torah scrolls stolen from Manchester synagogue

Watch: IDF releases video of Hezbollah command centre destruction

I volunteered at the United Synagogue’s food bank and was blown away by colleagues’ kindness

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

More from Jamie Shapiro

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

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