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U. Rabbi mourns friends slain in Chabad House

Written by Doug Eshleman, Senior Writer
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2008

Chabad Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka, both good friends of University Chabad chaplain Rabbi Eitan Webb, were killed late last week in a terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.

The couple had moved from Brooklyn to Mumbai about five ...

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  • 10:16 a.m. on Dec. 1st, 2008
    Posted by
    Mark

    The terrorist attack in Mumbai is a terrible tragedy and my heart goes out to the families of all of the victims.

    I have met Chabad couples at several different Chabad houses in the last several years and while I did not know the Holtzbergs personally, I feel as if I did know them through the Chabad families I have met in the U.S. These young people commit themselves to a life in a new community -- this couple did so in an entirely different continent -- to serve the Jewish people. They were murdered for it. This is a tragedy that becomes very personal.

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