Heaton park synagogue attack

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer: Sadiq Khan is wrong, ‘from the river to the sea’ is an antisemitic chant

The prime minister and the home secretary visited CST in North London

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Shabana Mahmood (3L) and Mark Gardner (R) listen as Keir Starmer speaks to members of the Jewish community at the Community Security Trust (Photo by Carlos Jasso - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Imam Sejad Mekic with Beth Shalom members Peninnah (left) and Aga (right) (Photo: Beth Shalom Synagogue)

Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue

Muslim leaders show solidarity with Reform shul in Cambridge after Yom Kippur attack

By Gaby Wine

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Members of the public and congregants seen as Police and other emergency responders attend the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue after a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By Jonathan Goldstein

Fighting antisemitism is also about saving Britain’s soul

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Lisa Nandy

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy plans crackdown on extremist preachers

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Armed Police and emergency responders gather near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue following the terror attack on Yom Kippur, on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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Manchester Jewish day centre evacuated after ‘suspicious substance’ found

By JC Reporter

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Armed police officers stand with their weapons inside a Police cordon near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025 (Photo by PAUL CURRIE/AFP via Getty Images)

Counter-terrorism

UK urged to take tougher line on confronting jihadist radicalisation

By Jane Prinsley

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Miatta Fahnbulleh MP and President of the Board of Deputies Phil Rosenberg (centre) with other members of the Optimistic Alliance (Photo: Board of Deputies)

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Board of Deputies hosts interfaith solidarity event in wake of terror attack

By Daniel Ben-David

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Education Secretary makes solidarity visit to Jewish school following Manchester attack

Bridget Phillipson says stopping antisemitism in education ‘a priority’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

October 10, 2025 14:57

Bridget Phillipson at Yavneh College (photo: Department for Education)

EXCLUSIVE: Study reveals flood of blood-curdling Jew-hate following Manchester attack

The Centre for Countering Digital Hate analysed social media posts following last week’s atrocity

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

October 10, 2025 13:41

Congregants of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation comfort each other in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

Peter Hitchens claims Manchester synagogue attack was ‘not antisemitism’

The outspoken columnist advanced a bizarre alternative theory as to what motivated Jihad al-Shamie to target Jews on Yom Kippur

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

October 10, 2025 11:22

Peter Hitchens (Image: YouTube/The Spectator)

Heaton Park attack victim ‘no longer feels safe in this country’

A fundraiser for another victim, Andrew Franks, has also passed £65,000

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

October 9, 2025 14:57

Yonni Finlay is one of three victims of the attack who were hospitalised (Image: Instagram/ Naz_Hashem)

Manchester synagogue attacker had three wives and pledged allegiance to ISIS in 999 call

Jihad al-Shamie is accused of raping one of his partners multiple times over the course of three years and forcing another to watch extremist videos

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

October 9, 2025 12:02

Jihad Al-Shamie launched a terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester last Thursday (Image: X/ David Atherton)

My father-in-law came face-to-face with evil at Heaton Park, Grant Shapps tells JC

The former cabinet minister only found out his relative was safe when he saw images of him on the news

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

October 9, 2025 10:44

Former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC

Letters to the Editor, October 10 2025

Readers – many non-Jewish – react to the attack on Heaton Park Synagogue on Yom Kippur

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October 9, 2025 08:21

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Players of Manchester United take part in a minute's silence for the victims of the Manchester synagogue attack prior to the Premier League match between Manchester United and Sunderland at Old Trafford on October 04, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Nigel Farage: Antisemitism has infected the institutions of our country

Reform UK’s leader writes for the JC on the anniversary of October 7

By Nigel Farage

2 min read

October 7, 2025 05:03

By Robin Simcox

UK must dismantle Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood at home to protect the nation and its Jews

From banning hate preachers and extremist charities to ending engagement with radicals and putting antisemitism at the centre of counter-extremism, here are five steps the government must take after the Manchester terror attack

6 min read

October 6, 2025 18:27

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Heaton park synagogue attack

Starmer: Sadiq Khan is wrong, ‘from the river to the sea’ is an antisemitic chant

Muslim leaders show solidarity with Reform shul in Cambridge after Yom Kippur attack

Fighting antisemitism is also about saving Britain’s soul

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy plans crackdown on extremist preachers

Manchester Jewish day centre evacuated after ‘suspicious substance’ found

UK urged to take tougher line on confronting jihadist radicalisation

Board of Deputies hosts interfaith solidarity event in wake of terror attack

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