Donate

Ellie Grant

Reporter

Latest from Ellie Grant

Arsenal

Arsenal first with Kosher for Pesach pre-match meal

Jewish Gooners organises lunch for 55 travelling fans in advance of triumphant win

By Ellie Grant

1 min read

Arsenal Jewish Gooners at Bet Chabad during Pesach in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle for Arsenal F.C. via Getty Images)

Sir Stephen Fry is set to appear in the celebrity edition of The Traitors later this year (Image: Getty)

Sir Stephen Fry to appear on celebrity Traitors

1 min read

Gary Lineker looks on during the Premier League Hall of Fame 2024 Inductions event (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images for Premier League)

Gary Lineker accuses BBC of ‘capitulating to lobbying’ over Gaza documentary withdrawal

2 min read

Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Gur hassidic sect dance at the wedding (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Chasidic sect offers cash boost to solve ‘matchmaking crisis’

1 min read

More from Ellie Grant

Ellie’s chutzpah is Bake Off’s sweetest ingredient

Ellie Goldstein on how she shattered stereotypes about people with disabilities during her time in the famous tent

2 min read

||

April 18, 2025 10:52

A light that lives on: UK family of hostage fundraise to build foundation in his memory

Almog was murdered by Hamas in a tunnel along with five other hostages last September

3 min read

||

April 17, 2025 15:04

Almog Sarusi, the 27-year-old Israeli abducted from the Nova music festival who was later murdered while in Hamas captivity

Fitness influencer to run London Marathon as Batman in memory of Bibas family

This will be the influencer’s second marathon this month

2 min read

||

April 17, 2025 14:20

The Jewish Fitness Coach Yoel Levy will run the London Marathon as Batman

From generation to generation, Eva’s story continues to be told

Following the death of one of the last surviving Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, her family has pledged to keep teaching others about the Holocaust

2 min read

||

April 16, 2025 13:04

Eva Schapira with a photo of herself as a young lady (Photo: AJR/Bea Lewkowicz)

Israeli researchers develop blood test for early detection of Parkinson’s

The PCR test could allow the neurodegenerative disease to be detected before symptoms appear, potentially improving treatment outcomes

2 min read

||

April 16, 2025 10:22

Laboratory samples ready to be tested (Image: Getty Images)

Board of Deputies members publish open letter against war in Gaza

36 deputies out of 300 on the Board criticised Israeli government's policy on the war

3 min read

||

April 16, 2025 09:12

Demonstrators light up smoke flares and hold up signs during an anti-government protest calling for action (Image: Getty)

Jewish tourists in France flock to taxi app with Israel-friendly drivers

The platform connects passengers with drivers who can speak Hebrew and understand Jewish culture

3 min read

||

April 15, 2025 14:33

Taxi drivers take part in a 'snail operation' after parking their cars on the Trocadero square in Paris (Image: Getty)

Netanyahu tells parents of Israeli hostage that new deal could free 10 captives

Israeli hostage families press for unified release as negotiations with Hamas continue

2 min read

||

April 14, 2025 19:17

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements (Image: Getty)

David Sassoon, Jewish designer who dressed Princess Diana, dies aged 92

Designer whose Iraqi-Jewish roots shaped a five-decade career at the pinnacle of British fashion

3 min read

||

April 14, 2025 11:25

David Sassoon, who passed away this week, pictured at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London (Alamy)

Man tries to burn down Jewish governor Josh Shapiro’s house on first night of Pesach

A man has been charged with terrorism and attempted murder following the fire at the Shapiro’s official residence

2 min read

||

April 14, 2025 09:00

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference outside of the Governor's Mansion (Image: Getty)

UK athletes shine in Jerusalem marathon

Runners represented charities including Shalva and The Jerusalem Foundation

2 min read

||

April 10, 2025 16:38

(L-R) Richard Starr, Andrew Raphaely (Shalva UK Trustee) and Lewis Bloch (CEO, Shalva UK)

Former hostage Liri Albag condemns online abuse following Netanyahu criticism

Liri Albag, who endured 15 months in Hamas captivity, said that pro-Netanyahu commenters ‘reminded her of the terrorists’ that held her in Gaza after being subjected to a torrent of hateful posts

2 min read

||

April 10, 2025 10:17

Former hostage Liri Albag speaks during a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza (Image: Flash90)