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What I saw as a British rabbi after the Manchester synagogue attack punctured Yom Kippur

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Miriam Lorie reflects on the shocking attack on a Manchester synagogue during Yom Kippur, highlighting the emotional and communal impact of violence entering a sacred space at such a sacred time. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yom KippurJewish CommunityViolenceInterfaith RelationsSafetyManchesterSynagogue AttackSecurityRabbi Miriam LorieUk Jewry

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Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
"I was leading services as a rabbi at my synagogue in Borehamwood, in the London suburbs."
Manchester, United Kingdom
"There had been an attack in Manchester, and all synagogues were asked to lock their doors."

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