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Heaton Park synagogue is ‘thriving’ despite ‘living through our worst nightmare’

‘Terrorism tried to close our synagogue, but instead it filled it’

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'Synagogue attendances actually increased' in the wake of the atrocity, said Marc Levy, chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council of Greater Manchester

Speakers and participants at the KeshetUK event at Manchester Jewish Museum (Photo: KeshetUK)

First LGBT+ Jewish event held in Manchester in several decades

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Gorton and Denton by-election winner Hannah Spencer, of the Greens, takes a selfie with party leader Zack Polanski (Photo: Getty)

Greens win by-election dominated by ‘sectarian’ campaign that urged voters to ‘punish’ Labour for Gaza

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

On the dance floor: Michael Sluckis and Jay Schlesinger

Rochdale makes a little LGBT history

By Simon Rocker

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The Green Party leaflet posted to households in Gorton and Denton (Image: Tom Jones/X).

Gorton and Denton by-election: Labour fear getting ‘hammered’ by Greens over Gaza focus

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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The Green Party leaflet posted to households in Gorton and Denton (Image: Tom Jones/X).

Green Party posts ‘sectarian’ Urdu leaflets in Gorton and Denton calling on voters to ‘punish Labour for Gaza’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Jailed: Walid Saadaoui, left, and Amar Hussein (Photo: CPS)

Inside the failed Isis–inspired plot to murder Manchester Jews

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

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Manchester Jewish leaders tell Pep Guardiola to ‘focus on football’ after latest Gaza outburst

The Manchester City manager publicly opined on the war in the Strip twice in the space of a week

By Daniel Ben-David

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February 9, 2026 16:09

Pep Guardiola (Image: X)

Bury newspaper pulls social media posts because of flood of antisemitic comments

Comments that included Holocaust denial followed stories on a new mikvah and Shoah education

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January 25, 2026 12:29

Bury newspaper pulls social media posts because of flood of antisemitic comments

Stories from Holocaust survivors and refugees to be told in Manchester schools

The initiative comes following the antisemitic terrorist attack on Heaton Park Synagogue

By Daniel Ben-David

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January 22, 2026 15:38

(l-r) Raphi Bloom, the Fed My Voice director, Tom Stannard, CEO of Manchester Council, Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines, Cllr Bev Craig, leader of Manchester Council, Bernie Yaffe, chair of trustees at the

’Jewish Citizens Advice’ opens Manchester office

Paperweight is seeing growing demand from those in personal and financial crises

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January 16, 2026 11:04

Hannah Gerson is the new regional director of Paperweight in Manchester (Photo: Paperweight)

New rabbinic couple appointed to Sephardic Congregation of South Manchester

Rabbi Yair and Rabbanit Ilana will now lead the UK’s second-largest Sephardi community

By Daniel Ben-David

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December 30, 2025 15:40

Rabbi Yair and Rabbanit Ilana Fries

Angela Epstein

By Angela Epstein

Manchester’s Jews stand strong against those who plan to harm us

Yes, we’re vigilant and even fearful. But the Jews of north Manchester are steadfast and resilient.

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December 24, 2025 15:11

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 20: Rabbi Daniel Walker and King Charles III view floral tributes during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on October 20, 2025 in Manchester, England. The King is visiting Manchester to show his support for the Jewish community in the city, following the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on October 02. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Resilience, relief and deep concern among Manchester’s Jews in wake of terror plot convictions

Police said that had the attack not been foiled it could have been the ‘deadliest in UK history’

By Jamie Shapiro

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December 24, 2025 12:52

Walid Saadaoui (left) and Amar Hussein (right) arranged for guns to be brought into the UK

Manchester terror plotters ‘same as Nazis’, says head of CST

It could have been the worst terrorist act in British history, says Mark Gardner

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December 23, 2025 16:11

Walid Saadaoui, left, and his brother Bilel have both received convictions. Credit: Greater Manchester Police

Two men convicted of plotting Isis-inspired gun attack on hundreds of Jews

Police chiefs said the attack could have been Britain’s deadliest terrorist incident

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December 23, 2025 15:50

Walid Saadaoui (left) and Amar Hussein (right) arranged for guns to be brought into the UK

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