When I turned my phone on and saw news of a car and knife attack at a Synagogue in Manchester my heart sank…I know that Synagogue, I’m friends with people who worship there. “We have to pay for security at every Jewish school and synagogue. One of my old school friends works in the NHS - he won’t even tell his colleagues he’s Jewish because he’s worried about discrimination. There is a sense among members of the Manchester Jewish community who I spoke to today that their warnings have not been listened to. One of my friends said this to me this morning: “Why haven’t the police or politicians listened to the Jewish community?