Jonathan Kalmus

My Fair Sadie proves to be a box-office sensation

A “women’s only” religious musical comedy has been the hottest ticket for Manchester Jewry.

Shrubs is set to grow through diversifying

Coroners Bill favours scan over the knife

A dramatic fall in the number of invasive post-mortems carried out on Jewish people against their families’ wishes could be on the horizon, according to new legislation proposed in parliament this week.

Meeting Miliband

Concern over rising antisemitism since the Gaza conflict was voiced by Manchester Jewish leaders in a meeting with David Miliband during the Foreign Secretary’s visit to the city last Thursday.

Bury MP Ivan Lewis kicks off for United

Bury South MP Ivan Lewis kicked-off Manchester’s HMD programme by starting a football friendly on Sunday between Manchester Maccabi and FC United.

Tesco’s biggest kosher section

Masked gang attack father with hammer

A young father was beaten with a hammer in front of his heavily pregnant wife in an armed robbery on their home.

Swastika daubed outside shul

Two large swastikas were daubed in Broughton Park in the early hours of Saturday morning.

US moves to cut burial transfer costs

People moving from city to city will face a lesser financial burden to change their burial arrangements if the United Synagogue’s national burial fee transfer scheme is implemented.

‘Support our heritage sites’

As Culture Secretary Andy Burnham launched a £1.5 million scheme to part-fund heritage officers for historic places of worship, a warning was sounded over the Jewish community’s failure to support its many heritage sites.

Anger over missionary leaflet drive

Evangelical Christian missionaries have been targeting Manchester’s Jewish community with leaflets.

Congestion charge ‘no’ brings relief

Manchester communal groups have expressed relief at the overwhelming no vote against a proposed local congestion charge.