Though they happened a world away, the terrorist attacks that killed more than 150 people in Mumbai, India, have jarred and saddened Indian and Jewish members of the Greenwich community....
.....the Orthodox Jewish Chabad Lubavitch congregation of Greenwich over the death of three members of a Chabad Lubavitch community in Brooklyn. They were killed when terrorists took the Nariman House in Mumbai, where they were living.
Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah Holtzberg, leave behind a 2-year-old son, who survived the attack.
Rabbi Yossi Deren of Greenwich Chabad Lubavitch and his family lit candles in memory of the Holtzbergs during a Shabbat service at his Maher Avenue home Friday evening.
"This young couple paid the ultimate sacrifice," he said, expressing thanks to the Greenwich Jewish community for its support and prayer over the last few days.
"We've taken it upon ourselves to spread the light and do the work through good deeds and kindness," Deren continued. "Going forward, if every Jewish home in Greenwich lights the light tonight and every Friday night - and not just these lights but light through good deeds - there will be warmth and brightness in this dark world." .....
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APMUMBAI, India (AP) - 9:21 p.m. Wednesday Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Two young men walk casually through Mumbai's main railway station, a worn Victorian hulk bustling with late commuters heading home, scurrying past small food stands and juice bars and vendors selling newspapers.
APMUMBAI, India (AP) - 9:21 p.m. Wednesday Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Two young men walk casually through Mumbai's main railway station, a worn Victorian hulk bustling with late commuters heading home, scurrying past small food stands and juice bars and vendors selling newspapers.
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