Jerusalem - Among the murdered in the appalling terror attack on Chabad of Mumbai were Rabbi Benzion Kroman, of Bat Yam Israel, may G-d avenge his blood. Bentzion, who survived an earthquake in China earlier this year, was killed in the Mumbai Chabad House where he had stopped briefly on Wednesday for the afternoon minhah prayer. A Zaka rescue and recovery organization spokesman told The...

New York - My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families touched by these acts of terror in Mumbai. We still do not know the full measure of this tragedy, which has taken the lives of Indian citizens, Americans, and others who had traveled to Mumbai from around the world. Two New Yorkers, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and Rivka Holtzberg of Brooklyn are among those who have died, leaving...

New York - After two days of streams of prayers and high hopes throughout the world, the bitter news hit just before the onset of Shabbos in Israel, shocking and melting every heart, that the entire group held in the Mumbai Chabad center were all murdered al kidush Hashem. Among the group were Rabbi Aryeh Leibush Teitelbaum, may G-d avenge his blood, 38. Rabbi Teitelbaum's father is the...

Israel - Two Israelis who were holed up at the Oberoi Trident Hotel in Mumbai during the terrorist attacks returned to Israel unharmed and recounted their 36-hour ordeal. Yossi Weingarten and Ephraim Zamir were staying in separate rooms at the hotel when it was shaken by a blast. "There was a huge explosion, gunfire and then quiet," Zamir said after he arrived at Ben Gurion Airport. "I...

Mumbai - This is Moshel'e Holtzberg, the orphan of the Mumbai massacre. He is the son of the rabbi at the city's Jewish centre. Moshe, who turned two this week, is in the care of his mother's parents after his nanny, Sandra Samuel, rushed him to safety while militants roamed the Jewish centre where the family lived and worked. "When the baby emerged with the nanny, he had bloodstains on him,"...

Mumbai - Bloodstained prayer books, upturned tables and chairs, and blown-up walls serve as a silent testament to the horror at the Chabad House in Mumbai – the site of a terror attack that left at least eight Jews dead. The bodies of Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and kashrus inspector Aryeh Leibish Teitelbaum, were found in the Mumbai Chabad House library, with holy...

Mumbai, India - The sole terrorist who survived the Mumbai attacks told police that the attack on Chabad House was part of the squads' original plan. The terrorists planned to take hostages from the hotels and Chabad House and then use them to bargain for safe passage out of Mumbai. Azam Amir Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist nabbed alive, has revealed names and addresses of at least five...