The plague of anti-Jewish hatred

After the Manchester synagogue attack, no one can deny that this ancient prejudice has surged back into public life.

‘I was looking out of the window in the door at the man trying to get in. And I saw evil. And I saw hate.’ These were the words of Rabbi Daniel Walker, one of those who barricaded the doors of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, the Manchester synagogue that was attacked on Thursday leaving two dead and three injured.

The choice of the date was not coi…