Larah Bross, proprietor of Bross Bagels, told the Edinburgh News late last week that she has had to close her five Edinburgh shops and furlough 39 members of her 47-person staff.
Joshua Cohen had worked at his family’s Beigel Bake bakery in Brick Lane, in the east end of London, but stopped after he could not get along with customers.
The Jewish owner said he called in the police because they felt threatened, especially in light of the attack last week on a synagogue in Poway, California.