Manchester

Tu B'Av love story: How two Jerusalem retirees found love after a lifetime apart

Barry Halpern, 90, and Rica Cuperman, 80, were not looking for romance when a chance dinner changed their lives and proved that love can arrive at any age.

|ByGIL LEWINSKY
Barry Halpern & Rica Cuperman: Once upon a community coffee bar...
ARMED POLICE officers stand outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester following the attack there on Yom Kippur.

Associate of Manchester synagogue attacker jailed over terror reconnaissance

Mohammad Asim Bashir was sentenced to life in prison after conducting hostile reconnaissance at a UK military base with the Manchester synagogue attacker.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
People attend a rally organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, opposite Downing Street in central London on May 10, 2026.

Jewish man, son attacked in London, BB gun fired at Jews in Manchester in separate attack

Two people have been arrested after a BB gun was fired at a group of Jewish community members in Manchester, weeks after a father and son were assaulted in an antisemitic incident in London.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
The earliest surviving example of Homer’s Odyssey, July 21, 2026.

Oldest copy of Homer’s Odyssey in book form joins Christopher Nolan's film press tour

The Manchester Odyssey dates back to the third century BCE  in Egypt, around the time scrolls went out of fashion and “bound” books became more popular. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

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.

Sharren Haskel: 'Disappointed in British gov't' for letting antisemitism 'go unchecked' - exclusive

Haskel spoke to the Post from the UK, having travelled to London and Manchester as part of a "solidarity" trip with the Jewish community.

OCTOBER 6, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel at rally commemorating the October 7 massacre in Manchester.

When the shoe is on the other foot: Trying to reach my mother when terror hits UK - comment

The Manchester attack did not happen in a vacuum - it came after years of apathy and incitement.

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A counter-protester holds an anti-Hamas banner, as protesters attend a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Manchester, Britain, October 4, 2025

Manchester Jews rally to remember October 7 in wake of synagogue attack

"We are not Jews with trembling knees. Stand with us!" reads the promotional poster for the event, which is expected to have an even larger turnout following the synagogue terror attack.

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
OCTOBER 11: Members of the Jewish community attend a vigil for the victims of the recent attacks in Israel at Central Library, St Peter's Square, on October 11, 2023 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

'I'm scared to go to the synagogue,' Manchester synagogue terror attack survivors speak to NYT

Survivors of the Yom Kippur terror attack in Manchester describe fear, grief, and rising antisemitism as police tighten security across the city.

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People gather near the scene, after an attack in which a car was driven at pedestrians and stabbings were reported near a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025.

Nearly 500 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for supporting terror org., PM calls for sensitivity

UK PM Keir Starmer called for pro-Palestinian protesters to be sensitive to Jewish grief after the Manchester synagogue attack and ahead of the anniversary of October 7.

OCTOBER 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Police officers surround a pro-Israel supporter during a protest in London in July 2025.

Three more arrested in Manchester synagogue terror attack

A man and two women aged between 18 and mid-40s were detained after the deadly Yom Kippur attack.

OCTOBER 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People attend a vigil organised by the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region to honour the victims of the Manchester synagogue attack, in Manchester, Britain, October 3, 2025.

What I saw as a British rabbi after the Manchester synagogue attack punctured Yom Kippur - opinion

After attacks on Jewish shops, schools and synagogues across Europe, it felt like a matter of time before something would come to our shores in the United Kingdom.

OCTOBER 4, 2025ByRABBI MIRIAM LORIE/JTA
People gather near the scene, after a report of an incident in which a car was driven at pedestrians and a stabbing attack, near a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025.