Elisa Bray
@Elisabray
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Former Rock & Pop Editor at The Independent, now feature writer for @jewishchron @theipaper @EveningStandard
London
Joined March 2009
✍️ 'Jewish primary schools are having to prepare their pupils for what to do if they face a racist shooter threatening their lives' | Writes @Elisabray Read the column ⬇️ https://t.co/GCKBJXFr6r
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Bristol venue accepts ‘mistake’ in Oi Va Voi cancellation https://t.co/Z0lfVUBGx8
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The British band welcomed the Bristol venue’s statement
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Oi Va Voi were wonderful at Islington Assembly Hall last night. The incredible musicianship, the klezmer-fuelled melodies, the very special atmosphere in the room… Just spellbinding @oivavoimusic
https://t.co/tRtit23YxS
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The band were cancelled by two venues due to pressure from activists back in May
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“The swastika is all over the history of rock ’n’ roll, and continues to be. That is shocking.” On rock and pop music’s enduring problematic history with Nazism @JewishChron
https://t.co/EoPz8tuum3
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Bowie, the Sex Pistols, John Lennon: all flirted with Nazi imagery. Elisa Bray speaks to the author of a new book which examines the rock world’s fixation on fascism
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‘Nearly every Jewish client I’ve had since October 7 has had the same anxiety about antisemitism in hospitals: are they going to be treated the same way as everyone else, will they be treated badly?’ https://t.co/3SaZXIL6fL
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Mothers-to-be are employing the services of Jewish doulas for the birth of their babies ‘to have someone on their side’ amid a wave of reports about antisemitic NHS staff
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My exclusive on Jewish mothers hiring doulas to protect them and their babies from antisemitism. For @JewishChron
https://t.co/3SaZXIKyqd
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Mothers-to-be are employing the services of Jewish doulas for the birth of their babies ‘to have someone on their side’ amid a wave of reports about antisemitic NHS staff
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Nearly two years on from October 7, families told me about their loss and grief that never fade - for @JewishChron
https://t.co/ZeXu6qp01P
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Relatives of loved ones murdered by Hamas and hostages still held captive in Gaza tell Elisa Bray their agonising stories
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In which I’m told Jewish doctors are afraid to display their names on their badges. Had no shortage of interviewees for it either https://t.co/yGnuPLivM1
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Medics also say they are leaving their union, the BMA, over what they see as its extreme anti-Israel bias
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“I wouldn’t have slept with you if I knew you were Jewish,” Alice was told after a seemingly lovely date. My piece on what online dating has become for many Jews in 2025 https://t.co/cFJ3NFTWpd
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Elisa Bray speaks to Jews navigating watermelon emojis, Palestinian flags and ‘no Zionist’ statements on dating sites
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Whataboutery is not a defence. Death chants and antisemitic rants at Glastonbury are not OK My piece for @JewishChron
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The ugly chants and political posturing at this year’s festival feel like a betrayal of its harmonious past
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Exclusive: Bob Vylan dropped by management and agent after Glastonbury ‘death to the IDF’ chant @JewishChron
https://t.co/z4tu2poePZ
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One half of the British punk-rap duo led the chant during their set on Saturday afternoon
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‘Waking up every night and hearing explosions close by is beginning to feel quite a lot’ https://t.co/5bf3OMRtj9
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“I can't sleep until the first siren goes because I'm waiting for it,”
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“Nothing makes it easy for mothers. A baby came out of a hole in my body, I had this huge rupture to my identity. I couldn’t fit into my clothes. My husband disappointed me. Of course I was depressed.” My chat with Sarah Hoover @JewishChron
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Sarah Hoover on her new memoir detailing a terrifying year of postpartum depression
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I couldn’t get an event cancelled in Brighton with artists who CELEBRATED the October 7 massacre. But a Jewish klezmer band just got cancelled for one of their members having artwork of them collecting watermelons. The world is MAD.
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And now a British Jewish band, Oi Va Voi, who sing about humanity and compassion and have worked with the Arab Orchestra of Nazareth, have had a gig cancelled. How can we allow this? @oivavoimusic
https://t.co/VAd4H8hZgP
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Oi Va Voi, a British band formed in 2000, claimed that ‘the Jews are being singled out’ by the BDS movement.
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“I used to make konafa a la crème with my mother and it was bonding time together.” Claudia Roden, Felicity Kendal, David Draiman, Louisa Clein and Rob Rinder tell @JewishChron their favourite dish made by their mother @davidmdraiman @LouisaClein
https://t.co/zsLXcRN2wu
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It’s Mother’s Day this Sunday. To mark the date which is a national event, if not a strictly Jewish one, celebrities share their favourite childhood dish made by the woman who brought them into the...
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“…Somebody saying something awful to a student, because they’re wearing a Star of David. We can’t live in that society. We’ve got to say that’s not good enough.” I talked to Felicity Kendal about antisemitism @JewishChron
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“…Somebody saying something awful to a student, because they’re wearing a Star of David. We can’t live in that society. We’ve got to say that’s not good enough.” I talked to Felicity Kendal about antisemitism. Depressing subject aside, one of my favourite interviews @JewishChron
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