Hundreds gathered to mark two years since the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and remember members of their own community murdered just this week
By Daniel Ben-David
Lord John Mann told the JC the attack on Heaton Park Synagogue marked the first antisemitic murders in this country in over half a century
Yesterday’s terrorist attack comes following a surge in antisemitism over the past two years. The CEO of JNF UK calls on the government to do more
By Elan Gorji
Faraj Al-Shamie said the Hamas fighters who stormed Israel were ‘men of God’
By Orlando Radice
It will take place in north Manchester
By Gaby Wine
Board President Phil Rosenberg asks Palestine protesters to ‘fall back’ in wake of Yom Kippur tragedy
By Jane Prinsley
Three people remain in hospital following the attack
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By Simon Sebag Montefiore
The attack at Heaton Park was entirely predictable and probably preventable, but for too long Jews have been ignored, shamed and gaslit
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The victim sustained a gunshot wound and the attacker, Jihad Al Shamie, was not believed to be in possession of a firearm.
By Jamie Shapiro
By Josh Aronson
Diaspora Jews always knew this was possible, but nothing prepares you for the moment when your synagogue, your street, your neighbourhood become the scene of a terror attack
‘This is the day we hoped we would never see, but which deep down, we knew would come,’ Sir Ephraim Mirvis said
By Katie Grant
‘This attack was sadly something we feared was coming’ the Board of Deputies and JLC said in a joint statement
‘Such acts of violence have no place in our city,’ the Bishop of Manchester said
This morning’s attack was against ‘Jews because they are Jews’, Starmer said
The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police said their actions, combined with the police’s fast response, stopped the terrorist gaining entry to the building
Two people have been arrested in connection with the Yom Kippur attack which has left two people dead