On any other day, he would turn on the news and check local community groups on social media. He – and most of his community in Crumpsall and the surrounding areas in northern Manchester – had no idea what was happening. While the majority of British Jews live in London, Manchester is home to the country’s second largest Jewish community, counting some 30,000 people. People say all the time that our time here is finished, and everyone should go live in Israel,” Leob said. The Heaton Park synagogue sits a bit away from the heart of the Jewish community.