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Fast Forward Ailing Son of Slain Mumbai Emissaries Dies
Dov Holtzberg, the 4-year-old son of Chabad emissaries Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, overnight of a genetic disease. He was buried Tuesday next to his parents and older brother, who also died of the same disease two years ago. Dov had been living in a long-term care facility in Jerusalem. Thursday marks a month since the…
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News In Gaza Campaign, Israel Seeks To Change the Rules of the Game
Jerusalem — Israel’s retaliation against persistent Hamas mortar and rocket attacks on civilians in southern Israel was far more ferocious than anyone, including Hamas, expected. The first three days of intensive Israel Air Force bombing in Gaza reduced hundreds of Hamas government buildings, military compounds, laboratories, metal workshops and supply tunnels to rubble and left…
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Fast Forward Jews Mourn in Mumbai
Jerusalem — A memorial service for the Jewish victims of the Mumbai terrorist attack was held in the Indian city. About 100 people gathered Monday in the Knesset Eliyahu synagogue to mourn the deaths of the six Jews killed when terrorists took over the Chabad center on Nov. 26. Among those killed in the siege…
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Fast Forward Chabad Grieves for Emissaries Killed in Mumbai
New York — Until confirmation finally came Friday that the Chabad emissaries in Mumbai were among the victims killed in this week’s terrorist attacks in India, Chabad Chasidim and emissaries the world over prayed for the best while fearing for the worst. But by Friday morning, the hostage standoff at Mumbai’s Chabad House was over….
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Fast Forward Chabad Emissaries, Israelis Confirmed Among Dead in Mumbai Attacks
A Chabad rabbi and his wife were among the dead after Indian forces retook a Jewish center in Mumbai, India from terrorist gunmen. The deaths of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka, the Chabad emissaries in Mumbai, were confirmed Friday by the director of American Friends of Lubavitch, Rabbi Levi Shemtov. Earlier Friday, CNN…
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Fast Forward Fates of Those in Mumbai Chabad House Uncertain
SEE UPDATE HERE A rabbi and his wife held hostage by terrorists who struck in Mumbai this week are feared dead. Conflicting reports following the takeover of Mumbai’s Chabad-Lubavitch house in the terrorist attacks in India, which left more than 120 dead, prompted confusion and anxiety surrounding the fate of the house’s occupants, including Rabbi…
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Fast Forward Rally at U.N. Tells Ahmadinejad: ‘Go Home’
New York — Thousands of protesters filled Dag Hammarskjold Plaza opposite the United Nations for a rally against Iran’s president, who came to town to address the General Assembly. “The message to him is please go home,” Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel said at Monday’s demonstration. “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, go home and stay home. We don’t want…
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Fast Forward Following Narrow Victory in Kadima Primary, Livni Has a Full Plate
Jerusalem — With her narrow victory in the Kadima Party primary, Tzipi Livni’s next major task will be assembling a coalition government so she can become prime minister. Then all she’ll have on her plate is figuring out how to arrest the threat to Israel from Iran, resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a historic peace…
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