Jane Prinsley

Jane Prinsley is the Investigations Correspondent at the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach her at jprinsley@thejc.com

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Walk-out at Leicester Holocaust Memorial Day after speaker accuses Israel of genocide

High school student drew parallels between Gaza and Holocaust at Leicester HMD event

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The grandson of Holocaust survivors was devasted when a student speaker at an HMD event in Leicester accused Israel of "genocide" in Gaza (Photo: Getty)

Released hostage Emily Damari and her mother Mandy spoke to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Friday morning (Photo: Emily Cohen)

Freed British hostage Emily Damari says she was held in Unrwa facilities

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Mayor of Lowestoft, Councillor Nasima Begum, laid a wreath for HMD at Lowestoft Station. Local Jewish residents have complained that there was no Jewish representation at the ceremony (Photo: Lowestoft Town Council)

Jews excluded from Lowestoft Holocaust Memorial Day wreath-laying

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An Owen Jones YouTube video about 'Palestinian hostages' featured a picture of Palestinian knife attacker, Sara Abdullah, who stabbed an Israeli woman at a checkpoint in June 2023 (Photo: X)

Owen Jones dubs knife attacker who ‘hunted Jews at checkpoint’ as ‘hostage’

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Revealed: ‘Jihadi lioness’ has been hosted by more London charities

Syeda Umme Farwa runs her own Islamic charity – located minutes from a synagogue – where she reportedly memorialised Iranian terrors leader as ‘martyrs’

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January 29, 2025 11:45

Syeda Umme Farwa, who runs the UK-registered charity Labaik Ya Zahra (LYZ), appeared on a list of “jihadi lionesses” compiled by an Iranian outlet (Photo: Facebook)

Keeping up with the Cohens: Would you spend £250,000 on a simchah?

Inside the hidden costs of bnei mitzvot and weddings –and hear from those who have no regrets about paying for them

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January 29, 2025 07:21

Keeping up with the Cohens: Would you spend £250,000 on a simchah?

Brains behind HMD boycott is ally of Iran regime’s street thugs

Pro-regime chair of IHRC has spoken at numerous events in Iran organised by the Basij Resistance Force

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January 27, 2025 17:03

Massoud Shadjareh, who chairs a group leading the calls to boycott Holocaust Memorial Day, has ties to Iran's Basij street thugs, the JC can reveal

Dalston Jewish cemetery to be restored following National Lottery grant

Historic Reform burial ground, described as a ‘vital community asset’, to be transformed

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January 26, 2025 12:59

Balls Pond Road, the oldest Reform cemetery in Britain, is set to benefit from major improvements thanks to a £190k grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (Photo: Islington Council)

Virgin flight from London to New York gets an unexpected Hebrew twist

‘Trippy’ Virgin Atlantic safety video with Hebrew subtitles baffles travellers

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January 26, 2025 12:15

Hebrew subtitles appeared on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Heathrow to JFK on Sunday morning

Musk urges German far-right to move beyond ‘past guilt’ in AfD campaign appearance

Tech billionaire tells German crowd: ‘It's good to be proud of German culture, German values’

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January 26, 2025 11:37

Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during a speech by Alice Weidel, chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Barnet FC drops Amnesty appeal after backlash from fans

The National League club said it wanted to ‘avoid any political stance that could cause offence’

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January 26, 2025 11:15

Barnet FC has dropped a planned collection for Amnesty International at its game against Maidenhead United after fan backlash over the charity's anti-Israel stance. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Bibas family ‘nightmare’ as children and mother left off hostage list for another week

‘World came crashing down’ when Shiri, Kfir and Ariel’s names were left off list of captives to be released

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January 26, 2025 11:07

The nine-month-old was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz alongside his parents and brother during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks (Picture: Getty)

Holocaust Education Trust Ireland accused of adopting a ‘hostile’ relationship to Israel

Row over Shoah memorial event continues following announcement of President Higgins as keynote speaker

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January 23, 2025 12:54

President Michael D Higgins will deliver the keynote address at a national Shoah memorial in Dublin - but Israel's ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich has not been invited for the first time in ten years (Image: Israeli embassy in Dublin)

London transfer and national tour for Fiddler on the Roof

The beloved production is set to take on London’s Barbican before heading across the UK and Ireland

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January 21, 2025 14:29

Adam Dannheisser as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof

Auschwitz commandant’s home from Zone of Interest reclaimed for anti-extremism project

SS commandant’s home used in Oscar-winning film will be transformed into anti-hate hub

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January 21, 2025 14:21

A guest of the Counter Extremism Project looks out at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum from the top floor of House 88, former home of the former Commandant of Auschwitz in September 2024. (Photo by Adam Trzcionka/Counter Extremism Project)

Pro-Hezbollah teacher in London vows to make children holy warriors

Children are taught to venerate the Ayatollah at Islamic school near a south London synagogue

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January 16, 2025 13:59

Pro-Hezbollah teacher in London vows to make children holy warriors

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Jane Prinsley

Latest from Jane Prinsley

Walk-out at Leicester Holocaust Memorial Day after speaker accuses Israel of genocide

Freed British hostage Emily Damari says she was held in Unrwa facilities

Jews excluded from Lowestoft Holocaust Memorial Day wreath-laying

Owen Jones dubs knife attacker who ‘hunted Jews at checkpoint’ as ‘hostage’

More from Jane Prinsley

Revealed: ‘Jihadi lioness’ has been hosted by more London charities

Keeping up with the Cohens: Would you spend £250,000 on a simchah?

Brains behind HMD boycott is ally of Iran regime’s street thugs

Dalston Jewish cemetery to be restored following National Lottery grant

Virgin flight from London to New York gets an unexpected Hebrew twist

Musk urges German far-right to move beyond ‘past guilt’ in AfD campaign appearance

Barnet FC drops Amnesty appeal after backlash from fans

Bibas family ‘nightmare’ as children and mother left off hostage list for another week

Holocaust Education Trust Ireland accused of adopting a ‘hostile’ relationship to Israel

London transfer and national tour for Fiddler on the Roof

Auschwitz commandant’s home from Zone of Interest reclaimed for anti-extremism project

Pro-Hezbollah teacher in London vows to make children holy warriors