Embed from Getty Images A few days later, I am still pinching myself. Did this really happen in my city? I’m a journalist, born and raised in Manchester and now based in Israel. I’m used to covering unbearable news here — not there. When I was growing up, people would sometimes fake-sneeze at me, saying “aaah-Jew.” I never imagined that so-called “activists” would one day exploit that same ancient hatred — or that actual antisemitic murder would happen in my home city.