A ‘Local Chanukah Miracle’ Occurs as a London Borough Reverses Itself and Agrees To Permit a Public Menorah To Be Lit

The Havering Council feared terrorist violence or vandalism and canceled the event until a group of rabbis made the case for permitting the event to go forward.

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Mayor Sadiq Khan at Trafalgar Square, London, on December 10, 2020, for the lighting of a menorah on the first night of Chanukah. Chabad Lubavitch via Wikimedia Commons CC2.0

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Dec 1, 2023, 09:19 AM ET

The cancellation of the Chanukah celebration at the borough of Havering at East London, England, a topic of controversy, has been reversed, the Sun has learned, after a meeting between borough leaders and key rabbis.

A ‘Local Chanukah Miracle’ Occurs as a London Borough Reverses Itself and Agrees To Permit a Public Menorah To Be Lit

A ‘Local Chanukah Miracle’ Occurs as a London Borough Reverses Itself and Agrees To Permit a Public Menorah To Be Lit

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