The rabbi who gave a reading at Tuesday’s memorial service to the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena bombing said the day had been “highly-charged and emotional”.
Rabbi Warren Elf, formerly of Manchester Reform Synagogue, recited Yizkor – the memorial prayer for the departed – in English at the Manchester Cathedral ceremony marking the anniversary of the atrocity.
He was chosen to participate in his capacity as the community development officer of the Faith Network for Manchester. Leaders from other major faith groups also delivered readings, as did a representative of Manchester’s Humanist community.
The memorial service was followed by a mass sing-along Albert Square and at 10.31 in the evening, bells across the city rang to mark the time of the attack.
