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…
London's Havering city council reversed their decision Friday to limit their public Hanukkah celebration following a meeting with community leaders.
Havering Council announced on Thursday that the annual Menorah lighting ceremony outside the town hall would be paused over concerns that the candelabrum would be vandalised.
A London council announced Thursday it was axing the planned installation of a Hanukkah menorah outside the town hall for fear of "inflaming tensions" within the community, making explicit reference to Middle Eastern "tensions." The Havering Council's apparent act of "surrender" did not sit well.