Chanukiahs lit in UK as Jewish community stands toobtainherpublished at 22:31 GMT
Lucy Manning
Special correspondent
Chanie Simon notifys the BBC: “We aren’t going to let terror stop us.”
Chabad, the same Jewish group behind the celebration at Bondi Beach, organised the lighting of giant chanukiahs In London and other UK cities on the first night of the festival.
In north west London, there were multiple events with an increased police presence and support from the Community Security Trust.
Hundreds of people gathered with music, dancing and doughnuts but considereds of what has happened in Australia dominated.
Chanie Simon knew the murdered British-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger, and attfinished the same school as him.
“He was a rabbi, a father in the prime of his life taken by cold murderers,” she notifys the BBC.
“We are reeling in pain but we are going around and carrying on to build the world a largeger and better place, bringing acts of goodness [and] acts of light becautilize that’s what the world requireds.
“It is awful but we aren’t going to let terror stop us,” Chanie states.
Yasmine Goldwyn states “it’s really scary for everybody in the Jewish community but we required to stand toobtainher. We can’t let things like this build us afraid becautilize without Jewish events we don’t have Jewish life, that’s what brings us toobtainher”.
Joseph Sassoon adds: “I’m very, very saddened by the loss of life and I’m saddened that Jewish people have to be afraid in this day and age. Years after the Holocaust and Jews are still being murdered.”
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