Daniel Ben-David

1 week ago | thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David

“Had we been, we would have organised some opposition, we would have expressed our view that we don’t want to be twinned with a hotbed of anti-Jewish terrorism. In what world would I, a gay Jewish atheist, be welcome there? “Would my Hindu and Christian neighbours?

1 week ago | thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David

After being stranded in Israel for several days amid escalating conflict with Iran, thousands of young Birthright participants danced and partied aboard the cruise ship chartered to evacuate them to Cyprus Under the close protection of the Israeli Navy, which escorted the vessel across the Mediterranean, more than 1,500 young people, mostly Americans, were transported on Tuesday aboard the Crown Iris, an Israeli cruise ship, on the 13-hour journey from Ashdod to Larnaca, Cyprus.

1 week ago | thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David |Imogen Garfinkel

“[My friends and I] have spent some hours on the roof of my apartment building over the last few nights recording what we see on our phones. We have seen rockets land, and it has been terrifying. No one wants to see their country bombed. I wish there was another way. “But it’s not anger [I have about the airstrikes], it’s apprehension; it’s anxiety. We have been speaking about change in my country for all my life, and now we [are on the cusp] of it.

1 week ago | thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David

In an email sent out to supporters, Maccabi GB, the British affiliate of the global Maccabi movement, said it understood “how disappointing” this news would be for everyone involved but that it was hopeful British athletes would be able to participate next year instead. “We know how much hard work, energy and excitement has gone into reaching this point,” Jonathan Prevezer, chairman of Maccabi GB, said.

2 weeks ago | thejc.com | Daniel Ben-David

Her recent production of The Merchant of Venice 1936 is “driven by a commitment to Holocaust education and challenging antisemitism through storytelling,” she said. Manfred Goldberg, 95, a survivor of several concentration camps who has gone on to become one of the most recognised and prolific Holocaust educators in the country, was awarded an MBE for his services to Holocaust remembrance and education.