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Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David

Daniel Ben-David is a reporter and community correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach him at dbendavid@thejc.com

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Historic moment for Anglo-Jewry as Chief Rabbi receives a knighthood

Board President Marie van der Zyl, Ukraine envoy Melinda Simmons and TV presenter Rachel Riley also named in New Year Honours list

By Daniel Ben-David

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Britain's King Charles III meets Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis during a reception with faith leaders at Buckingham Palace in London on September 16, 2022, following the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on September 8. - Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state until 0530 GMT on September 19, a few hours before her funeral, with huge queues expected to file past her coffin to pay their respects. (Photo by Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP) (Photo by AARON CHOWN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

President of the Conference of European Rabbis, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt (R) and Rabbi Avichai Apel address a press conference in Berlin on July 12, 2012. Jewish and Muslim groups issued a joint call for German lawmakers to protect the right to circumcise boys after a court ruling against the rite sent shockwaves through their communities. Several Jewish and Islamic organisations said in a statement that they had met with legal and medical experts and European Parliament deputies in Brussels this week to discuss the court's decision. AFP PHOTO / DAVID GANNON (Photo credit should read DAVID GANNON/AFP/GettyImages)

Exiled Moscow rabbi says Jews will become Russia’s scapegoats

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Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard listen to a speech in parliament in Tehran on October 7, 2018, over the a bill to counter terrorist financing. - The bill, one of four put forward by the government to meet demands set by the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF), was passed by 143 votes to 120, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Call for Britain to ban Tehran’s brutal Revolutionary Guards in 2023

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An Iranian woman looks at Taer-2 missile during a street exhibition by Iran's army and paramilitary Revolutionary Guard celebrating " Defence Week" marking the 39th anniversary of the start of 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, at the Baharestan Square in Tehran, on September 26, 2019. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

UK confirms sanctions against ‘entire’ Iran Revolutionary Guards

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A fire broke out this afternoon at Nu Nosh

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December 23, 2022 16:39

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Moving new pictures of King Charles’ visit to JW3

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Convicted paedophile Grynhaus sent back to prison for violating his parole

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December 22, 2022 15:13

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Shoah survivors: Help kindle our hopes this Chanukah

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December 22, 2022 13:18

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Texas man arrested after Nazi symbols carved in public menorah in LA

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December 20, 2022 11:26

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Conviction of Jewish death row inmate overturned due to judge's antisemitism

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December 16, 2022 10:44

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