Epping residents are seeing the area’s first giant menorah, a symbol of the success of the fledgling local Chabad centre.
Rabbi Yossi Posen, who established the centre around Rosh Hashanah last year, hailed the menorah as a “sign of us being established and being here for good — that there is a Jewish community and we have made our presence known in such a beautiful way”.
Earlier this year, Rabbi Posen told the JC that he was in contact with 150 Jews in the area. One encounter was sparked when a passer-by spotted a menorah on his car last Chanukah.
Now the centre has the details of well over 200 people and is growing its youth provision to cater to the young families living in the area.
