Postgraduate Tragedy Mumbai, India Jews "prone"

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No suspect that the perpetrators of the attacks in the city of Mumbai a few days ago, made the buildings owned by Chabad Lubavitch Jewish community as one target of their attacks. As a result of the attack, six Jews killed, including Rabbi Gavriel Hotlzberg and his wife, Rivkah. Meanwhile, their children Moshe, who on 29 Novemeber yesterday even aged two years, survived.

Building to attack the Jewish community center in Mumbai, opening the eyes of the world that India has become a center for the Jewish community. Chabad Lubavitch is the orthodox Jewish organization based in New York. Is this activity Jewish community in India and the extent to which the Mumbai tragedy will affect the long lunge this group?

Flying to Israel

Monday morning yesterday, held the event in prayer Keneseth Eliyahoo, a green painted synagogues that age is 124 years old. The event was attended by the prayers of the Jewish community in Mumbai, as a last tribute to the six Jews who died in the tragedy bloody weekend in the city of Mumbai yesterday.

When the prayer together, Moshe seen crying in the lap-called grandfather and his mother call. Moshe is the son of Rabbi Holtzberg who died in the incident Mumbai. Moshe saved by nanny named Sandra Samuel and cook family Holtzberg, Zakir Husain.

"All the people crying. This is a difficult time for our community. We have never experienced a case such as this," said Reena, a Jewish Mumbai.

Six Jews, including citizens of Israel who died was killed to Israel with a special flight on Monday night. The religious Jews in Israel has prepared a special ceremony for their funeral on Tuesday.

According to the story of Sandra Samuel nurse-Moshe, he hides in a toilet on the floor below when a group of armed people burst building Chabad Lubavitch Wednesday, a weekend yesterday. He then heard a voice cry Moshe from the floor above. Samuel immediately ascend to the top floor and find he comes Moshe blood, while both parents have not lifeless and two other Jews.

Holtzber rabbi and his wife, Rivka is the manager of building a Jewish community center that the current four. Couples that moved from Brooklyn, New York to India in 2003. They offer accommodation form of lodging and food for Jews who came to India.