CHABAD LUBAVITCH BUCKHURST HILL - Key Persons
Hannah joined Chabad Buckhurst Hill in September 2017. She has lots of office management experience, having worked for a number of departments within the medical school at Queen Mary University of London. Having been brought up in the local area, Hannah is now happily bringing up her own three children within the community and have attended Chabad Camp, Ckids and Cteen activities for a number of years. Hannah is now delighted to be putting her office skills to good use in ensuring the smooth running of the office, and working as part of a team that serves the community.
Henny Brandman, was born and raised in Chicago, USA. After receiving her High School diploma in Chicago she went on to receive a diploma in education from the Teachers Seminary of Tzfas, Israel. Her remarkable and gentle upbeat manner drove her to run youth summer programs all over the USA. After completing her schooling years, she took up a post in Las Vegas working with one of her uncles in his Chabad Centre where her responsibilities included weekly Hebrew classes, Shabbos programs and one on one teaching.
Rabbi Odom Brandman, was born and raised in Essex where he attended IJPS for his primary school education and then Hasmonean High School where he completed his GCSEs and A-Levels. Rabbi Brandman then continued his studies in Talmudical and Rabbinical colleges in Gateshead England, Montreal Canada and Sydney Australia, he received his Rabbinical Ordination from the Rabbinical College of Sydney after a total of 5 years intensive study. During these years, he was also involved in many aspects of outreach with experiences including twice running Pesach Sedorim in the Ukraine, leading youth summer camps in Canada and New York and directing extra-curricular programs in various schools in Australia.
After completing his Rabbinic studies he undertook a six month posting in Las Vegas working within the Jewish community there. His responsibilities involved hospital chaplaincy, prison chaplaincy, running services, teaching, youth programming and other aspects of communal service. Being introduced to Henny in Las Vegas, Rabbi Odom & Henny married in Chicago and then lived in New York for a year where they settled down together and were involved in teaching and mentoring younger students while making their plans for the future.