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Eliana Jordan

Eliana Jordan

Junior Feature Writer

Eliana Jordan is a feature writer for the Jewish Chronicle. You can reach her at ejordan@thejc.com.

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Nova festival ‘surprised’ Hamas, former Negev police commander says

Eyal Azoulai made the claim during an unofficial October 7 probe

By Eliana Jordan

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Former Negev police commander Eyal Azoulai speaks during a meeting of the unofficial October 7 civilian investigation committee. (Photo: screenshot via YouTube)

Hamas threatens to release ‘last messages’ of the six slain hostages

Hamas threatens to release ‘last messages’ of the six slain hostages

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Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip carry pictures of Hersh Goldberg-Polin (L), Almog Sarusi (C) and Alexander Lobanov as they protest outside the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on 1 September, 2024, after Israel announced its troops had found six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel, including Goldberg-Polin, Sarusi and Lobanov. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Who were the six hostages killed in Gaza?

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Asaf Yasur of Team Israel reacts during the Men's 58kg Quarterfinals contest of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Grand Palais on 29 August, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Israeli Paralympics athlete wins gold medal in taekwondo

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Campaigners project hostages’ faces onto iconic Brighton cliffs

Activists with the Yellow Ribbon Campaign staged their latest demonstration to draw attention to the plight of the remaining 107 hostages in Gaza

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August 30, 2024 11:25

A photo of hostage Tsachi Idan is projected onto the Brighton cliffs by the Yellow Ribbon Campaign. (Photo: Nikki Greco)

Nova survivors ‘horrified’ by fake viral suicide letter

An anonymous suicide letter purportedly by a Nova festival survivor was revealed as fake after being shared by many on social media

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August 29, 2024 16:31

A suicide letter by a Nova festival survivor was revealed to be fake on Wednesday, eliciting criticism from the Nova community. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Israeli player abused online after signing for Leeds United

Manor Solomon, previously signed by Tottenham Hotspur, has been the target of anti-Israel and antisemitic abuse online

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August 28, 2024 12:44

Leeds United FC announced the signing of Israeli footballer Manor Solomon on Tuesday. (Photo: LUFC via X)

Students at California university stage fake Israeli army checkpoints on campus as part of Gaza protests

As the new school year begins, Gaza protests return to US campuses – but some universities have new protest regulations

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August 27, 2024 12:05

Pro-Palestine demonstrators protest as police clear an encampment at a California university in May 2024. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

NYU says activists can’t swap ‘Jews’ for Zionists to avoid antisemitism charges

New policy will condemn use of the word ‘Zionist’ as code for ‘Jew’

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August 26, 2024 12:02

New York University students participate in a protest against Israel's war in Gaza on 23 April, 2024 in New York City. NYU students were among a large number of students at colleges around the country calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and for their schools to divest from Israel. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Israeli defence minister calls Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount statements ‘dangerous, unnecessary and irresponsible’

Yoav Gallant said the security minister’s insistence on Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount threatens Israeli national security

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August 26, 2024 11:55

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on 5 June, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, that commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

American intelligence is secretly helping Israel find Yahya Sinwar

According to a report by The New York Times, the intelligence-sharing arrangement between Israel and US has not yielded success in finding the Hamas commander

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August 26, 2024 11:03

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar holds the child of an Al-Qassam Brigades fighter. Sinwar has been on the run since October 7 and has not been found despite Israeli and American intelligence efforts. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Filming a Jewish nonprofit workplace comedy

Film student Elizabeth Leff wrote and directed the comedy short Nonprofit based on her experience working for a Jewish nonprofit in Washington DC

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August 23, 2024 14:15

Elizabeth (second from left) poses for a photo with the cast and crew of Nonprofit (Jason Mataz)

Gunshot wounds found on bodies of all six recovered hostages despite reports that IDF strike killed them

After initial reports claimed most of the hostages were killed in a fire started by the IDF, latest autopsy findings indicate another potential cause of death

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August 22, 2024 14:30

TOPSHOT - Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Avraham Munder, who died in captivity after being taken hostage during the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, at kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on August 21, 2024. The Israeli military said it had retrieved the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Gaza's southern area of Khan Yunis after a battle with Palestinian militants. Their families had been informed following intelligence analysis, the military said in a statement, later adding that the bodies were found on August 19 night in the tunnel. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Parents of American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin plead for his release in emotional DNC speech

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg urged a ceasefire deal that includes the release of the hostages, including their son Hersh Goldberg-Polin

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August 22, 2024 13:41

Jon Polin (L) and Rachel Goldberg, parents of slain US hostage Hersh Goldberg Polin will attend Trump's inauguration (Photo: Getty Images)

Shining brightly: Jewish schools enjoy another impressive GCSE year

Immanuel College’s top grade haul was triple the national average, while other schools earned more than double

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August 22, 2024 11:29

Students from Yavneh College celebrate the release of their GCSE results.

NYC bookstore owner blames staffer for cancelling Jewish book event over ‘Zionist’ rabbi

PowerHouse Books in Brooklyn cancelled the launch of Joshua Leifer’s book Tablets Shattered, claiming they ‘would not permit a Zionist on the premises’

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August 21, 2024 16:59

Author Joshua Leifer, centre, stands outside the powerHouse Books shop in Dumbo, Brooklyn NYC following the cancellation of his book launch with Rabbi Andy Bachman, right. (Photo: Joni Kletter via X)

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