Yom Kippur

Police

Two Iranians charged over suspected Yom Kippur terror plot targeting Manchester Jewish community

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed that both men arrived in the UK by small boat ‘several years ago’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

A Greater Manchester Police van in Manchester city centre (Getty Images)

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

By Keren David

Terror won’t scare us away from Jewish life – we’re too stubborn, resilient and contrary for that

3 min read

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (Image: X)

By Stephen Pollard

Ed Miliband’s show of Jewish pride: Kicking Israel on Yom Kippur

3 min read

Mahmoud Khalil attends a vigil and protest for Palestine outside Columbia University in New York City on October 7, 2025 (Getty Images)

Yom Kippur

Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil calls on God to ‘hold Israel accountable’ during left-wing Yom Kippur event

By Hayley Cregor

2 min read

Andy Burnham

Burnham pledges to ‘stand with’ British Jews in Yom Kippur message

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

Canada

Chief Rabbi ‘salutes courage’ of Ontario police officer injured in Yom Kippur synagogue shooting

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

Leeds

Leeds lights up blue for Yom Kippur

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

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Chief Rabbi issues memorial prayer for Heaton Park victims

Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz will be remembered on the first anniversary of the Yom Kippur attack

By JC Reporter

1 min read

September 18, 2026 17:18

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

A mental reset: the therapy of Yom Kippur

The High Holy Days can help us to take more control of our own minds, writes Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

3 min read

September 18, 2026 14:28

A mental reset: the therapy of Yom Kippur

By The JC Leader

A Yom Kippur unlike any in living memory

Heaton Park showed British Jewry at its best: courage, solidarity and defiance. The attacker sought to terrorise Jews out of public life – he failed

3 min read

September 18, 2026 12:42

Yom Kippur in my beloved Manchester, one year on

Twelve months after the terrorist attack on Heaton Park synagogue, Angela Epstein reflects on marking the Day of Atonement in her home city

By Angela Epstein

6 min read

September 18, 2026 12:20

Resilience: Heaton Park Synagogue with insets of Rabbi Daniel Walker and police officers outside the shul in October 2025, and floral tributes laid for Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby

By Alex Hearn

A year after Heaton Park, I’m not so sure this government has the backs of British Jews

They may be building us higher walls but there is no electoral motivation for any politician to deal with what our community has to face

3 min read

September 18, 2026 07:35

Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband (Image: Parliament TV)

Former Shin Bet commander urges gun-owning Israelis to take firearms to shul on Yom Kippur

Arik Barbing suggested it would be ‘impossible to provide airtight security for every synagogue’

By Hayley Cregor

1 min read

September 17, 2026 16:34

People walk with rifles at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, December 20, 2025 (Flash90)

The big break fast: five foodies share their go-to Yom Kippur meals

From bagel bars to fish stews, Siam Goorwich discovers the Yom Kippur traditions loved by the experts

By Siam Goorwich

4 min read

September 17, 2026 13:43

Fast forward: (left to right) Natalie Preston's break fast spread, Sophia Baruch's Iraqi brewed tea and ka'kat, Mark Jankel's family fish stew in a pita from his food truck Shuk (Photo: Natalie Preston, Giora Hirsch, The Gaztronome Photography)

Recipe

Timmen ahmar plao b’gig: Iraqi red rice with chicken

This is one of the dishes we would always eat to prepare for our Yom Kippur fast

By Sophia Baruch

September 17, 2026 10:24

Cook time: 25 mins

Sophia Baruch's Iraqi red rice with chicken (Photo: Giora Hirsch)

By Ashley Hirst

In the Temple, they blew the shofar on Shabbat – come see and hear it

Scroll & Stone, the site I created to tell the story of the Jewish people through 750 pieces, from the Merneptah Stele to Bevis Marks, has a new room: a reconstruction of the Beit Hamikdash in 50 CE

4 min read

September 11, 2026 09:34

The Scroll & Stone reconstruction of Herod’s Temple Mount and the city round it in the year 50 CE

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Yom Kippur

Two Iranians charged over suspected Yom Kippur terror plot targeting Manchester Jewish community

Terror won’t scare us away from Jewish life – we’re too stubborn, resilient and contrary for that

Ed Miliband’s show of Jewish pride: Kicking Israel on Yom Kippur

Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil calls on God to ‘hold Israel accountable’ during left-wing Yom Kippur event

Burnham pledges to ‘stand with’ British Jews in Yom Kippur message

Chief Rabbi ‘salutes courage’ of Ontario police officer injured in Yom Kippur synagogue shooting

Leeds lights up blue for Yom Kippur

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Chief Rabbi issues memorial prayer for Heaton Park victims

A mental reset: the therapy of Yom Kippur

A Yom Kippur unlike any in living memory

Yom Kippur in my beloved Manchester, one year on

A year after Heaton Park, I’m not so sure this government has the backs of British Jews

Former Shin Bet commander urges gun-owning Israelis to take firearms to shul on Yom Kippur

The big break fast: five foodies share their go-to Yom Kippur meals

Timmen ahmar plao b’gig: Iraqi red rice with chicken

In the Temple, they blew the shofar on Shabbat – come see and hear it