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Manchester’s Jewish Community Feels Abandoned by Britain Following Violent Synagogue Incident

    Manchester's Jewish community feels let down by Britain after deadly synagogue attack
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    MANCHESTER – Despite poor weather conditions, a large crowd gathered Friday to hold a vigil filled with both grief and resilience, honoring two men who lost their lives when a knife-wielding attacker struck their synagogue in Manchester, England.

    Positioned behind the police barricade that still cordons off the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, mourners shared their feelings of neglect by a society where antisemitism has gone unchecked in the U.K. over the past two years.

    Politicians and other leaders have failed to reject anti-Jewish speech or protect Jews from hate crimes, they said.

    “We are Jewish, yet we are also English. For 150 years, we’ve called Manchester our home,” stated Simon Burton, a sales professional, speaking to The Associated Press. “As a community, we often feel unheard and abandoned.”

    On the day of the attack, as worshippers congregated for Yom Kippur, the holiest date in the Jewish faith, the assailant drove his car into people outside the synagogue and fatally stabbed one individual. Another man, unfortunately, was accidentally shot by police during their response, according to police reports on Friday. Three others sustained serious injuries.

    Assault was declared an act of terrorism

    Officials have labeled the incident a terrorist act, although they are still probing the motivations behind it. The attacker, a naturalized British citizen from Syria, was shot dead by police.

    “Our hearts are broken right now,” commented Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis on Friday. “The tragic events we feared have come to pass due to the escalating tensions that led to this attack.”

    As evidence of the climate of intolerance that has been allowed to fester in Britain, some people pointed to pro-Palestinian protests in London that went ahead Wednesday night, even as Jews around the country grieved over the deaths in Manchester.

    Police in London urged organizers to call off a demonstration planned for Saturday to oppose the government’s decision to ban the group Palestine Action, which was labeled a terrorist organization after its members attacked Israeli defense contractors and Royal Air Force aircraft over support for the war in Gaza.

    Organizers rejected the request.

    “Canceling peaceful protests lets terror win,” the group said in a statement.

    Protests and counter-protests have gripped cities across Britain since the Hamas-led attack on Israel almost two years ago.

    Pro-Palestinian marches have become louder and angrier amid criticism of Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Some Jews say they feel threatened by chants such as “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” The protests have been largely peaceful.

    The Israeli prime minister and his supporters have frequently accused critics of Israel or its conduct of the war in Gaza of antisemitism. Israel’s detractors see it as an attempt to stifle even legitimate criticism.

    Number of antisemitic incidents has soared

    The number of antisemitic incidents reported across the U.K. has soared since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel, according to the Community Security Trust, which works to protect the Jewish community. The group recorded 1,521 antisemitic incidents in the first half of this year, up from 965 in the same period of 2023.

    But in Crumpsall, neighbors of all faiths banded together Friday to support one another, focused on their mutual disgust at the violence inflicted on their multicultural community during seven minutes on Thursday morning.

    “There’s no room for this,” said Sham Raja, a local businessman. “The Jewish community, obviously, they are very upset at what’s happened, and there’s no room for the antisemitic. And also as a British Muslim, I fully support the Jewish community and work with them shoulder to shoulder.”

    Josh Aronson, a Jewish man who lives near the synagogue, said people of all faiths turned out to show their solidarity.

    “Yesterday I had a story that … one of my neighbors who’s Muslim and another neighbor who’s Christian, and myself, we hugged together and it’s like so they can be in this community,” he said.

    But the air of solidarity was shattered during Friday’s vigil, when Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was introduced to the crowd. Lammy was Britain’s foreign secretary until a few weeks ago and is seen as the architect of the government’s decision to criticize the Israeli offensive in Gaza and recognize a Palestinian state.

    Lammy was greeted with shouts of “not today” and “shame on you.”

    Mark Adlestone, chair of the Jewish Representative Council in Greater Manchester, eventually quieted the crowd, saying, “All right, we’ve heard enough. We know how you feel.”

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who visited the synagogue Friday, said the attack was designed to “inflict fear” on the Jewish community.

    Jews in Manchester seem determined to carry on. Orthodox Jews hurried to do their shopping ahead of the Sabbath, all but tripping over the journalists seeking their views. Were they afraid? Did they see this coming?

    Yes, there was grief for those that were lost. Yes, there was fear of rising antisemitism. But there was also defiance.

    “We’re not going to cower away,” Issaac Friedlander said. “We’re not going to hide. … We’re going to carry on with our lives.”

    Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

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