A Manchester Rabbi has said there is a ‘groundswell of anger’ among the Jewish community after the synagogue terror attack in the city.
Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died after Jihad Al-Shamie drove into a group of people and stabbed a man at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue.
Rabbi Danny Bergson, who went to school with ‘hero’ Rabbi David Walker, was among the hundreds to attend Melvin’s funeral today.
Many braved the rain to stand outside the prayer hall to listen to the proceedings and the eulogy over loudspeakers. Speaking to Metro following the ‘heartbreaking’ funeral, Raibbi Bergson said Jewish people were ‘shocked, but not surprised’ at the violence that took place on Thursday, after two years of mounting antisemitism since October 7.
He said: ‘There is