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Local Chabad leaders mourn, then vow to move on
By Arlene Fine
Senior Staff Reporter
Even talking about the brutal murders of Rabbi and Rebbetzin Holtzberg in Mumbai’s Chabad House fills him with a “flood of emotions,” says Rabbi Yossi Marozov, executive director of Chabad of Cleveland’s Friendship Circle, a group of teens working with children with disabilities.
“I thought something like this could never happen to my family – the Chabad community.”
The terrorist brutality in Mumbai only reinforces the Chabad mission, says Marozov. It comes as no surprise to him that Chabad members from around the world are eager to continue the work of the Holtzbergs.
“All 3,300 Chabad Houses will make it their personal mission to expand and increase their programs to counteract this dark and terrible evil, and Cleveland will join in these efforts.”
The outpouring of support and profound condolences that Marozov and the Chabad community have received from every stream of Judaism in the greater Cleveland community “is testament to the tremendous heart and strength of our entire Jewish community,” he says.
The tragedy in Mumbai hit close to home for Rabbi Zushe Greenberg of Chabad Jewish Center of Solon. Rebbetzin Rivkah Holtzberg was his sister-in-law’s niece. “I know her family well, and they are very nice people,” says Greenberg. “I hope her father will be able to survive these murders because he has a heart condition. ”
This terrorist attack proves that there is no safe place left in this world, contends Greenberg. “Who would think that an Israeli girl would be killed by terrorists, not in Israel, but in India?”
the terrorists might have killed the messengers but they have not killed the message,” Greenberg says. “We will be more cautious, but the attack is not going to stop us; it will make us
On Nov. 29, with police guarding the building, Solon Chabad held a memorial service that attracted 200 people. “This is what the Jewish people do,” says Greenberg. “We gather together to give each other strength to move on.”
Rabbi Leibel Alevsky of Chabad of Cleveland and his wife Devorah have children working in Chabad Houses in China, Argentina and Israel. Commenting on the Mumbai tragedy, Devorah says, “We will never give up our efforts to spread Judaism around the world. We know that a little bit of light will dispel the darkness, and we will not give in to darkness.”
There will be a memorial service for victims of the Mumbai terrorist attack at the Waxman Chabad Center on Sun., Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. Call 216-382-1878.
afine@cjn.org
“I thought something like this could never happen to my family – the Chabad community.”
The terrorist brutality in Mumbai only reinforces the Chabad mission, says Marozov. It comes as no surprise to him that Chabad members from around the world are eager to continue the work of the Holtzbergs.
“All 3,300 Chabad Houses will make it their personal mission to expand and increase their programs to counteract this dark and terrible evil, and Cleveland will join in these efforts.”
The outpouring of support and profound condolences that Marozov and the Chabad community have received from every stream of Judaism in the greater Cleveland community “is testament to the tremendous heart and strength of our entire Jewish community,” he says.
The tragedy in Mumbai hit close to home for Rabbi Zushe Greenberg of Chabad Jewish Center of Solon. Rebbetzin Rivkah Holtzberg was his sister-in-law’s niece. “I know her family well, and they are very nice people,” says Greenberg. “I hope her father will be able to survive these murders because he has a heart condition. ”
This terrorist attack proves that there is no safe place left in this world, contends Greenberg. “Who would think that an Israeli girl would be killed by terrorists, not in Israel, but in India?”
the terrorists might have killed the messengers but they have not killed the message,” Greenberg says. “We will be more cautious, but the attack is not going to stop us; it will make us
On Nov. 29, with police guarding the building, Solon Chabad held a memorial service that attracted 200 people. “This is what the Jewish people do,” says Greenberg. “We gather together to give each other strength to move on.”
Rabbi Leibel Alevsky of Chabad of Cleveland and his wife Devorah have children working in Chabad Houses in China, Argentina and Israel. Commenting on the Mumbai tragedy, Devorah says, “We will never give up our efforts to spread Judaism around the world. We know that a little bit of light will dispel the darkness, and we will not give in to darkness.”
There will be a memorial service for victims of the Mumbai terrorist attack at the Waxman Chabad Center on Sun., Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. Call 216-382-1878.
afine@cjn.org
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