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Jewish community in harder position than immediately after synagogue attack, says rabbi
Rabbi Daniel Walker said the sense of vulnerability had grown within the Jewish community
The Jewish community at a synagogue where two men were killed in 2025 feels less safe now than it did immediately after the attack, its rabbi has said almost one year on.
Rabbi Daniel Walker said rising antisemitism, combined with a lack of action to "deal with core problems", had left many members of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester – and British Jews more widely – feeling increasingly vulnerable as the anniversary of the attack approaches.
"I think we're actually almost in a harder position than we were even immediately after the attack," he said ahead of a memorial service for the victims and survivors which will take place later today.
"I think the sense of vulnerability has grown. It hasn't diminished."
Two men, Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, were killed and three others were injured as they tried to defend their synagogue from attacker Jihad al-Shamie on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, on 2 October 2025.
A wave of worldwide attacks followed over subsequent months.
In Sydney, Australia, 15 people were killed in a shooting at a celebration for the festival of Chanukah on Bondi Beach.
In London, Jewish people and property were targeted in arson attacks, including in March on ambulances belonging to the Hatzola emergency medical service.
In April, two orthodox Jewish men were stabbed as they left morning prayers in Golders Green.