21 h. ago Volunteers on patrol, security cameras and plans to flee the country: Life for Jewish families in Fortress Golders Green

After the horrifying scenes on Bondi Beach last week and the attack outside a Manchester synagogue in October, many now feel Britain is no longer safe for Jews.

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65 h. ago At the dark end of a brutal year, I’m grateful to these heroes for showing us the light | Jonathan Freedland

From Palestinians standing up to Hamas to the Bondi beach rescuers, great acts of courage offer hope even in the bleakest timesSome traditions are getting harder to maintain. Among them, my own custom of devoting the last column before Christmas to reasons to be hopeful. In recent years, amid war and bloodshed, that task has been especially challenging – and this week was no exception.It began with the news from Bondi beach, where 15 people were gunned down and dozens more injured, most of them Jews celebrating the festival of Hanukah. That came just two-and-a-half months after the deadly attack on Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur. To be a Jew at the end of 2025 is to fear that to gather together, whether at moments of joy or sorrow, is to take a mortal risk. That even to do relatively ordinary things together has become a matter of life and death.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist and the author of The Traitors Circl...

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7 d. ago 'Grief and trauma' as Manchester's Jewish community responds to Bondi Beach terror attack

The Sydney attack comes just over two months since the Manchester synagogue attack on October 2, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur

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2 w. ago Man charged with assisting Manchester synagogue attacker with reconnaissance

Mohammad Bashir, 31, from Manchester, was charged with four terrorism offences

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2 w. ago ‘God chose to save me’ says Manchester synagogue attack survivor

Yoni Finlay is believed to have been hit by a police bullet at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall in October

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2 w. ago Ofcom probing how social media firms remove illegal hate and terror content

MPs raised concerns over the volume of antisemitic content on X after the Manchester synagogue attack.

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue attack hero speaks of moment he was shot while barricading doors

Yoni Finlay, 39, has opened up about his 'survivors' guilt'

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3 w. ago ‘In the presence of evil’: Manchester synagogue attack survivor on the day that shook British Jews

Exclusive: Shot as he barricaded the synagogue, Yoni Finlay describes the assault – and the climate that allowed it to happenIt was just after 6am and Yoni Finlay woke early with nerves. It was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and the 39-year-old Mancunian was due to sing the dawn prayer, Shacharis, before hundreds of worshippers later that morning.After practising his verse, Finlay buttoned up his white robes and headed to Heaton Park shul in north Manchester. He greeted familiar faces – exchanging a cheery hello with Bernard Agyemang, the security guard – then took a seat on the stage, the bimah, and said prayers. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue hero who was shot by police as he barricaded doors may 'move children to Israel' as he no longer feels safe in the UK

Yoni Finlay, 39, was among several worshippers who barricaded the doors of a synagogue, in Manchester, when Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, went on the rampage with a knife in October.

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue attack cops granted extra time to question man

Greater Manchester Police have been granted more time to question a man in relation to the Heaton Park synagogue attack.

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3 w. ago All you need to know about synagogue attack arrest as police issue update

It's the latest arrest in the ongoing investigation

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3 w. ago Police issue update on man arrested at Manchester Airport in synagogue attack probe

He is the seventh person to be arrested in the investigation

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3 w. ago MIKE KATZ: 'Nigel Farage peddles conspiracy theories and jibes at minorities'

'Jews feel a real sense of fear in the wake of the synagogue attack in Manchester and it's irresponsible to be careless with language', the former chair of Jewish Labour Lord Katz writes

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3 w. ago Man arrested on suspicion of involvement in attack at a Manchester synagogue that killed 2

British police have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a deadly attack outside a synagogue last month

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3 w. ago Man arriving on flight into UK arrested over Manchester synagogue terror attack

Greater Manchester Police said a 31-year-old male was detained on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism

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3 w. ago Man, 31, is arrested at Manchester Airport on terrorism charges in connection with Heaton Park synagogue attack that left two people dead

The suspect arrived on an inbound flight at Manchester Airport today, Greater Manchester Police said.

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3 w. ago Man arrested at Manchester Airport in latest terror probe into Heaton Park synagogue attack

The 31-year-old was arrested at Manchester Airport on Thursday, police said.

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3 w. ago Man arrested at Manchester Airport over terror attack at synagogue

Greater Manchester Police said a 31-year-old man was detained on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism after arriving on an inbound flight.

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue attack arrest made as police swoop at airport

A man has been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism linked to the Manchester synagogue attack last month - this is a breaking story

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3 w. ago Police probing synagogue terror attack arrest man at Manchester Airport

Counter terror cops swooped at Manchester Airport today

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