{"id":7447,"date":"2008-11-28T09:44:13","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T17:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7447"},"modified":"2008-11-28T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T17:45:27","slug":"rabbi-and-his-wife-killed-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=7447","title":{"rendered":"Rabbi and His Wife Killed In Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/news\/article_cdo\/aid\/773691\/jewish\/Mumbai-Jewish-Family-Killed.htm\">From Chabad.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, the beloved directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai, were killed during one of the worst terrorist attacks to strike India in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p>Jewish communities around the world reacted with shock to the loss of the couple, who were killed Thursday at their Chabad House during an apparent standoff between Indian military forces and terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Their toddler son, Moshe, managed to escape with his nanny some hours before Indian commandos stormed their building, known as the Nariman House, in the popular touristy neighborhood of Colaba. 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