{"id":19929,"date":"2026-01-18T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=19929"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:16:15","slug":"manchester-muslims-and-jews-stick-together-rather-than-demonize-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/19929\/manchester-muslims-and-jews-stick-together-rather-than-demonize-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Muslims and Jews: stick together rather than demonize each other"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following a deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue on October 2 of last year, that killed two worshipers, and a rise in reported hate crimes, Jews and Muslims are trying to do what feels increasingly difficult: get to know each other and find common ground amid fear.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We’ve always been aware that there could always be trouble at any point. But this really made it so much more real\u2019, – said Joyce Kilner about Synagogue attack. That day Joyce and her family were getting ready to leave for Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation to celebrate holiest Jewish holiday Yom Kipur, the same synagogue where the terrorist attack happened, when a Muslim man rammed the gates and attacked worshipers with a knife, killing two of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018They weren’t like the ordinary Muslims that I would have come across in my working day. These were terrorists\u2019, – she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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