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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Emily Damari

Emily Damari proposes to girlfriend at party celebrating first anniversary of her release

The former hostage got down on one knee and popped the question to her partner, Danielle Amit

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Emily Damari and Danielle Amit (Image: X)

Tom Sas and Lori Dardikman, founders of Boker Tov (Image: Boker Tov)

Exclusive: ‘They brought us to our knees’ – how anti-Israel activists closed down thriving Jewish restaurant chain

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Police outside Erev in Notting Hill as the protest took place on January 9 (Image: X)

Metropolitan Police apologise for ‘fear’ caused by Notting Hill protest outside Israeli restaurant

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The food at Erev in Notting Hill (Image: Erev)

Extremists eat humble pie as diners flock to Israeli restaurant in Notting Hill

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Fewer than 200,000 Shoah survivors left as world prepares for 81st Holocaust Memorial Day

Out of the 196,000 still alive, around half live in Israel, while 17 per cent call Western Europe home and 16 per cent live in the US

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January 21, 2026 13:08

A badge use to identified Jews prisoners in the Nazi's concentration camps at the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem (Photo by PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images)

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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January 20, 2026 13:38

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

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

Under Reza Pahlavi, a ‘free Iran’ would ‘pursue the expansion of the Abraham Accords’

2 min read

January 19, 2026 13:54

Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (Image: Getty Images)

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

Simon Foster has said he will ‘follow the process’ and resisted calls to immediately fire West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford over the scandal

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January 16, 2026 15:20

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

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

The house is where the songwriter created some of his timeless hits

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January 16, 2026 15:08

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

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

2 min read

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)

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Jamie Shapiro

Latest from Jamie Shapiro

Emily Damari proposes to girlfriend at party celebrating first anniversary of her release

Exclusive: ‘They brought us to our knees’ – how anti-Israel activists closed down thriving Jewish restaurant chain

Metropolitan Police apologise for ‘fear’ caused by Notting Hill protest outside Israeli restaurant

Extremists eat humble pie as diners flock to Israeli restaurant in Notting Hill

More from Jamie Shapiro

Fewer than 200,000 Shoah survivors left as world prepares for 81st Holocaust Memorial Day

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

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