Manchester attack

Heaton Park survivor one year after synagogue attack: “The community doesn’t feel any safer”

Yoni Finlay, who was shot while protecting his Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, says meeting Holocaust survivors through March of the Living strengthened his determination to live proudly as a Jew

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING
Yoni Finlay, shot while protecting his Manchester synagogue
Members of the community gather for a vigil and one miniute silence at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue on October 09, 2025 in Manchester, England.

Manchester synagogue community gathers to commemorate anniversary of deadly Yom Kippur attack

The assault claimed the lives of Melvin Cravitz, who was fatally stabbed, and Adrian Daulby, who was shot while armed police responded.

|ByALEX CARSON
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer visit the site of the Manchester synagogue attack, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur in what police have declared a terrorist incident, in north Manchester, Britain, October 3, 2025.

Manchester man pleads guilty to planning attack on UK defense facility with Heaton Park terrorist

The suspect is not directly linked to the Yom Kippur attack, but "conducted hostile reconnaissance alongside a man who would later commit a terrorist attack," a counterterror police officer said.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
A forensic technician and police officers work at the scene after a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, according to the British police, in north Manchester, Brita

Manchester police foiled 'deadliest terror attack' targeted at Jewish community, CST explains how

The plot, if successful, would have been “one of the deadliest terrorist attacks to ever take place on UK soil,” according to GMP Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

From chants to gunfire: How antisemitism was allowed to grow - opinion

Antisemitism was dismissed as rhetoric. Now Jews are being violently targeted because the world pretended that words don’t matter.

DECEMBER 22, 2025ByHILLARY GOLDBERG
An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

Suspect linked to Heaton Park synagogue terror attack held at Manchester Airport

A 31-year-old man was arrested at Manchester Airport in the ongoing probe into the Heaton Park synagogue attack that killed two worshippers.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
ARMED POLICE officers stand outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester following the attack there on Yom Kippur.

Restaurant owner sold business to purchase guns for attack on UK Jewry, court told

Inspired by ISIS, Saadoui had reportedly planned to purchase four AK-47 rifles, two handguns and 1,200 rounds of ammunition to carry out a mass shooting on Jewish targets in the city. 

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A forensic technician and police officers work at the scene after a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, according to the British police, in north Manchester, Brita

Netanyahu has ‘Jewish blood on his hands’ over Manchester attack, TV star Bushra Shaikh claims

In a video statement published on X, Shaikh claimed there was a “direct link” between Israel’s “crimes” in the war on Hamas in Gaza and the “atrocity” against British Jewry.

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A person crouches next to floral tributes left near the Manchester synagogue, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur, in what police have declared a terrorist incident, in north Manchester, Britain, October 4, 2025.

Abuse, rape and manipulation: Second wife of Manchester synagogue terrorist speaks out

The second of three of Jihad al-Shamie's wives told British media that he emotionally abused her, lied about being unmarried and raped her.

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jihad al-Shamie

Terrorism suspect related to Manchester synagogue attack rearrested in airport

The suspect was rearrested under suspicion of failing to disclose information that could have stopped the Yom Kippur terror attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation.

OCTOBER 13, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer visit the site of the Manchester synagogue attack, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur in what police have declared a terrorist incident, in north Manchester, Britain, October 3, 2025.

UK gov. ministers set to launch antisemitism crackdown

In the wake of the Manchester antisemitic attack, new measures are being put in place in the academic and medical fields

OCTOBER 12, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
A VIGIL, organized by the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region, is held to honor victims of the synagogue attack last week. Two years after the October 7 massacre in Israel, the same hatred has claimed lives in Europe, the writer laments.

How the media's slander of Netanyahu leads to the slaughter of Diaspora Jews - opinion

The attack on Yom Kippur should surprise no one, but it should terrify us all.

OCTOBER 12, 2025ByHAYIM LEITER
JOHN OLIVER and Kate Norley attend the HBO and Max post-Emmy reception in Hollywood last year. The question that remains is whether figures like Oliver will still champion hatred when those same forces come for them, says the writer.

Appeasement in real time: Britain’s costume drama of courage - opinion

Lawful protest is a jewel in the crown of British liberty, but a protest is not a permit to menace.

OCTOBER 8, 2025ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
PEOPLE DINE at Palestine House in London. Since October 7, 2023, there has been a creeping tolerance for placards and slogans that would, not long ago, have prompted a collective inhalation of horror, the writer maintains.

From October 7 to Manchester: Jewish blood is spilled again in Europe - opinion

Antisemitism does not begin with bullets; it begins with words.

OCTOBER 8, 2025ByMOSHE KANTOR
A VIGIL, organized by the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region, is held to honor victims of the synagogue attack last week. Two years after the October 7 massacre in Israel, the same hatred has claimed lives in Europe, the writer laments.