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

Jewish teen found hanged in Manchester

The school reported her missing to police at 9:25 a.m. on Monday morning, and her body was found by a family member about 20 minutes later.

JANUARY 30, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
A MEMBER of the Jewish community walks in north London in 2015 as police officials stand watch.