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‘We are family’: Chief Rabbi honours Manchester victims
Manchester's Jewish community held a vigil and urged government action after two deaths in an attack amid rising antisemitism, with extra security now deployed, officials said.
- On Thursday worshippers at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue were attacked, with Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz killed after Jihad Al-Shamie drove into a group and stabbed a man.
- Rabbi Bergson, of St Annes Hebrew Congregation, said Jewish people were `shocked, but not surprised` by violence after two years of mounting antisemitism since October 7 and described a `groundswell of anger` in the Jewish community.
- On Saturday the police reported one victim was shot as officers opened fire and three men remain in hospital with serious injuries, including a security guard and a Community Security Trust worker.
- Extra security was deployed across Manchester and synagogues across the nation, while Lancashire Police assured protection though St Annes Hebrew Congregation members remain anxious.
- Hundreds joined a `Manchester stands with Israel` rally on Sunday, a Friday vigil heckled Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy with shouts of `shame on you`, Israel's deputy minister Sharron Haskel said she `does not feel safe`, and suspects were held on terrorism-related grounds.
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Britain's Jews resort to ever-tougher security measures after Manchester attack
LONDON - With the Jewish holiday of Sukkot approaching on Monday night, Rabbi Ben Kurzer wishes he did not need high security for his congregants to say their prayers after last week's attack at a synagogue in Manchester left two Jewish worshippers dead. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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perspectivemedia.comFuneral held for synagogue terror attack victim Melvin Cravitz
The 66-year-old from Crumpsall has been described by his family as a man ‘would do anything to help anyone’.
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