Manchester‘Kind, caring’ Melvin Cravitz died from multiple stab wounds inflicted during synagogue terror attack, inquest hearsThe inquests into the deaths of the two worshippers killed at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Yom Kippur opened todayBy Jane Prinsley5 min read
Heaton park synagogue attackThe Manchester community holds its breath – and hold on onto each otherNaomi Frankel spent Succot in the heart of the Bury community and witnessed the way grief and love live side by side on these streetsBy Naomi Frankel4 min read
ManchesterBob Vylan’s Manchester gig postponedJewish groups and local MPs called for the gig to be cancelled following the Heaton Park Synagogue attackBy Siam Goorwich1 min read
ManchesterEx-wife of Manchester terrorist reveals that he raped herElizabeth Davis says Jihad Al-Shamie became increasingly violent and controllingBy Siam Goorwich3 min read
Heaton park synagogue attackHeaton Park fundraiser launched to help families of victims and injuredThe money will also go towards counselling and support groups for congregantsBy Gaby Wine2 min read
Heaton park synagogue attackManchester Jewish day centre evacuated after ‘suspicious substance’ foundIncident eventually found to be a false alarm – but community remains on high alertBy JC Reporter1 min read
Yom Kippur murdersThe Manchester attack won’t weaken our community, of that I am sureAfter the fear, I felt pride – proud that our communal grit and defiance mean that Jewish life will go on, as it always doesBy Naomi Greenaway4 min read
Manchester synagogue attacker had three wives and pledged allegiance to ISIS in 999 callJihad al-Shamie is accused of raping one of his partners multiple times over the course of three years and forcing another to watch extremist videosBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read||October 9, 2025 12:02
Neighbours allegedly reported Heaton Park attacker to police years before he carried out the terror attack in ManchesterThe revelations call into question whether al-Shamie was known to police before he carried out the terrorist attack against Heaton Park Synagogue last weekBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||October 6, 2025 15:03
Fundraiser launched for injured victim of Manchester shul attackAndrew Franks was seriously injured while protecting other congregants from the terroristBy Gaby Wine1 min read||October 6, 2025 14:32
Keir Starmer’s ‘lamentation’ of Manchester attack is a ‘depraved opportunity for PR'Author and former JC editor Jake Wallis Simons condemned the government for ‘hammering Israel’ for the past two years.By Jamie Shapiro1 min read||October 6, 2025 14:04
MPs back Jewish group’s plea to call off Bob Vylan Manchester gigManchester Academy has not even responded to the request, despite Thursday’s attack the JRC saidBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read||October 6, 2025 11:11
Manchester’s Jewish community rallies for October 7 vigil days after synagogue terror attackHundreds gathered to mark two years since the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and remember members of their own community murdered just this weekBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||October 5, 2025 11:33
David Lammy booed and heckled with chants of ‘shame’ as he addresses distraught Manchester Jewish communityLord John Mann told the JC the attack on Heaton Park Synagogue marked the first antisemitic murders in this country in over half a centuryBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read||October 5, 2025 09:58
Does our community really have a future in this country?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 moreBy Elan Gorji2 min read||October 3, 2025 16:46
EXCLUSIVE: Father of Manchester shul attacker posted gushing praise for Hamas terrorists on October 7Faraj Al-Shamie said the Hamas fighters who stormed Israel were ‘men of God’By Orlando Radice1 min read||October 3, 2025 14:15