Sandra Samuel is the well known nanny who saved 2 year old Moshe Holtzberg from the massacre that took place at the Mumbai Jewish center. Sandra, a Christian Indian woman, took Moshe from the arms of the motionless body of his pregnant mother, Rivkah. Now Sandra is living in Israel taking care of Moshe, and [...]
This week I am not putting up a “blog” post. This is a video from Aish HaTorah about responding to terrorism and the attacks in Mumbai. If you enjoy this response, pass it on to others.
From Anthony Reich Following the dramatic events of the past few days in Mumbai and the arrival home of the Jewish victims of the Nariman House siege, I am forced to write a sequel to my earlier blog “Black Friday in Mumbai”. I write this sequel with a heavy heart, but feel that there are [...]
Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rivka Holtzberg were buried in Jerusalem today after a memorial in Kfar Chabad near Tel Aviv. The two were murdered in the India terrorist attacks last week in Mumbai. Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidim gathered to pay respects to the family, who were killed while living in Mumbai as part of Chabad’s [...]
This post, again by new Israel Situation blogger Anthony, discusses the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed my Chabad Rabbi’s friend and hundreds of others. To tell you a bit more about Anthony, he is a finance professional originally from South Africa. He now resides in Israel. I hope he takes an opportunity to introduce [...]
The Israeli military offered to help the Indian police forces in ending the terrorist siege in Mumbai, but were “politely” turned down. In the end nearly 200 are dead (current count) and hundreds more and wounded. The Chabad Rabbi and his wife were killed along with two Israelis and an American in the Jewish Center. [...]
The Jewish Center in Mumbai, home to Chabad and other Jewish groups, was stormed by Indian special forces. A shootout followed inside the building. No news on those inside. I fear the worst with no news of what has happened. UPDATE: 5 hostages are dead in the Jewish center.
The latest numbers show over 120 dead and indicate that many Jews were included. The terrorists took control of multiple hotels and other large buildings. Included was the home of Chabad. Israelis and Jews were specifically targeted. The carnage is widespread. There are still hostages at Chabad at this moment according to Fox News. I [...]
Jordan inked a deal with China yesterday to work together to build a civilian nuclear power plant in the Muslim country to Israel’s East. Jordan has been completely open and transparent regarding its intention to create nuclear power, and is not under international scrutiny. It was just revealed that a bombed nuclear site in Syria [...]
Categories: Asia, Nuclear Weapons
A shipment from North Korea to Iran was denied entrance into Indian airspace after pressure from the US. The flight was though to have advanced weapons technologies on board. It is good to see India on the US/Israel side of things. India is the closest thing Israel has to an ally in the region around [...]
Categories: Asia, United States of America
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