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Capital Chabad Centers and
the Shabbos House Chabad Jewish Student Center held a
Memorial for the Mumbai Chabad House Tragedy
for Rabbi Gavriel & Rivky Holzberg and their
guests of blessed memory, among the victims of the terrorist attacks in
Mumbai, India on Thanksgiving Weekend 2008
Tuesday, 12/2/08 7:30-8:30pm at Shabbos House for Students and Community |
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Mr. Louis-Jack Posner
represented the United Jewish Federation of Northeastern NY, and read a
letter by Shari Mandell, who lost her own young son to terror in Israel |
Rabbi Israel Rubin,
regional director of Capital Chabad spoke about the great tragedy as well as
the Rebbe's responses to terror by moving forward, by increasing...
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Rabbi Nachman Simon of
Delmar Chabad led the assembled in reciting Psalm 20 printed in Hebrew and
transliteration on back of the program booklets |
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Avik, student president of
A.S.I.A. Albany State Indian Alliance spoke about the tragedy and the need
to join forces and come together |
Dr. Jerry O'Brien recalls
his youth in Mumbai (Bombay) 74-76 and his Bar-Mitzvah there, as well as his
subsequent visit in 2002. |
The Memorial Candle lit in
memory of the victims. |
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The event was emceed by Raizy Rubin, you can see
her introductory remarks here
in PDF. Also in attendance were Rabbi Moshe Bomzer, Rabbi Moshe Mirsky and
Rabbi Paul Silton.
A highlight of the program was the
moving 18-minute video produced by JEMedia titled "Mission of Love".
You can view it here online as well. In addition, all participants received
"Mitzvah Pledge Cards" in memory of the victims and to perpetuate their
spiritual legacy. |
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Mumbai Memorial at Shabbos
House Program Booklet
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MItzvah Pledge Cards
(8-up double-sided in PDF format) distributed at the event |
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First Person "Sharing Memories" of the Mumbai Chabad House
Experience (chabad.org) |
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Chabad.org's pages on the terror and tragedy at the Mumbai Chabad House
for stories and first-person accounts
about the Holzberg's, browse a photo-gallery, support the rebuilding of
Mumbai Chabad, and Jewish perspectives on dealing with terror.
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