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| Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg with his son Moshe, now two years old |
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NORTH AMERICA
South Asians Among Mourners at Jewish Services
Sitting among the government officials and rabbinical leaders who came to the Israeli village of Kfar Chabad to pay their respects to the fallen directors of Mumbai, India’s Chabad-Lubavitch center, the presence of Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna testified that last week’s slaughter of more than 190 people over the course of 60 hours touched the world in ways unseen. |
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Communities Resolve to Increase Light
From Jewish community centers to synagogues to high-school auditoriums, hundreds of memorial services throughout the world concluded that the best response to the darkness of terrorism is the shining light of a groundswell of good deeds. |
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President Elect Barack Obama Sends Condolences
"In running the Chabad House in Mumbai, Gavriel and Rivka provided a home away from home for so many Jewish travelers, carrying out in their corner of the world Chabad Lubavitch's mission of service to the Jewish community." |
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Israeli Grandmother Was a Noble Woman
For days, Yocheved Orpaz’s family prayed that she wasn’t among the hostages at the Chabad house, but an e-mail left them fearing the worst. |
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Mexican Woman Helped Out Mumbai Chabad House
Friends and family remembered Norma Shvartzblat Rabinovich, whose life was cut short by terrorists’ bullets at the age of 50, as an idealistic, adventurous and thoughtful woman. |
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ISRAEL
Israeli Communities Bury Mumbai Victims
Beneath a starlit sky, throngs of weeping mourners returned the bodies of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg to the earth at Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives ceremony within view of the Temple Mount. |
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No Stranger to Hardship
How Rivky, amidst dealing with her personal tragedy, running a Chabad house, teaching classes, caring for Moshe, and cooking meals for dozens of people daily, had extra hours available for talking is a mystery. |
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