Chart: The Economist This was the first terror attack against Jews on British soil in three decades, going back to the 1994 attack on the Israeli embassy in London. Yet sadly it did not come as a surprise.

A Rabbi said worshippers were "shocked and upset" to hear of the Manchester synagogue attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Two members of the Jewish community were killed and four injured in the attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Thursday.

In the hours after an attack, a blanket of fear and grief fell over synagogues and Jewish community centers across the country.

Six minutes of terror followed, ending with two people dead at the hands of a suspected Islamist terrorist who was shot by police. The rampage began when a black Kia Picanto car, driven at speed along the busy Middleton Road, ploughed into people standing outside the synagogue at 9.31am.

Police in the English city of Manchester say a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue left at least four members of the public wounded.

Evangelical Christians under the age of 35 are less likely than their elders to believe that the Jews are God s chosen people, according to a recently released survey

For decades, the large communities of both Jews and Muslims in the suburb of Crumpsall have lived side by side in peace in the diverse Manchester neighbourhood.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has told the BBC she was "disappointed" pro-Palestinian protests went ahead on Thursday after the terror attack that killed two men outside a synagogue in Manchester. The home secretary also called for demonstrators to "step back" from plans to hold marches in coming days.

Ashkenazi Jews believe their relatives came from Germany and Eastern Europe, which misses the earlier journey from Israel.

Roberta Sloan started Jewish Theatre of Oklahoma in part to help stem the rising tide of antisemitism using resonant and relatable storytelling.

It’s a day that changed being Jewish in America, shattering the community’s sense of safety and escalating incidents of antisemitism worldwide.