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Synagogue in Manchester, England Hit by Antisemitic ‘Zoombombing,’ Disrupting Virtual Prayer Service With Swastikas

Synagogue in Manchester, England Hit by Antisemitic ‘Zoombombing,’ Disrupting Virtual Prayer Service With Swastikas

From: Algemeiner

A synagogue in Manchester, England suffered a cyber incident Friday evening in which antisemites interrupted a virtual prayer service with swastikas and other hateful imagery.

Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen of the Manchester Reform Synagogue told the BBC, “Halfway through the service, during some prayers, they unmuted, started to shout, and put on the screen a swastika and some other awful racist images.”

“They were kicked out straightaway, but it was clear through the service that they were trying to get in,” she said.

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