Mumbai massacre: reflections

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The Rabbi Gabi Holtzman who was murdered last week was known by people here in Melbourne. Indeed the Holtzman's were, in the early part of their career given a choice between Melbourne and Mumbai. Now, Melbourne's Isaac Balbin who knew them well has written his recollections of them.To read the essay click on Mumbai massacre: reflections.

Isaac urges people not just to read his essay, but to undertake some act of goodness to honour the memory and lives of all the victims of the Mumbai massacre. The world needs a boost in its "goodness index" right now.

Ronit, Fran, Ralph

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Original piece is http://www.cosv.org.au/index.php

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I have sat in front of my key board wanting to write something, but not knowing what. How does one continue to comment on the actions of these Islamic murderers. Eventually these deceived evil followers of Islam will meet with HaShem and be given their eternal sentence. Until the return of HaMashiach we will continue to witness the manifestation of this evil "religion". As someone well said, "evil does not go away by itself".

Posted by Philip Hammond on 2008-12-02 22:21:19 GMT

also see http://jiw.blogspot.com/2008/11/gavriel-rivka-holtzberg-zl.html for another personal tribute

Posted by Steve Lieblich on 2008-12-02 06:01:26 GMT

Lubavitches need to remember that ... phrase deleted .. and good security cannot be replaced with hopes and prayers. I have no way to confirm the rumor that several terrorists were posing as so called students, renting rooms to stay or not, but the entire Lubavitch fanatsy that they can float on thin air, avoid the nasty real world outside is moronic and typical of the Hassidic existence in today"s world. May it be a lesson to all roaming, idealistic world hoppers, that just prayers will not do.

Posted by name witheld on 2008-12-01 21:19:43 GMT

As I sit in a hotel in London working, I reflected on my conversation this morning with 2 Indians who served me breakfast. When the conversation drifted toward the massacre in Mumbai, I reflected: "Who in the world wouldn"t see that acts like these create a deep and irrevocable hatred toward Muslims, by perpetrating horrendous crimes against humanity!" I was met with comments like, "One would imagine religious people would want to do good deeds, kind and useful acts, to impress us, that their religion, and their way was one to respect and admiration!" The Holtzman"s were known by many, and certainly in all chapters of Chabad. Their door was open to all. This was the reason hideous criminals could attack them from within. They were welcomed into their home! It leaves us all with disbelief, and a growing hatred of Islam. Every time I take a flight, and see the security controls, every time I hear of the quotient of youth crime, sexual assaults, the throwing of acid in the faces of women in Pakistan, the butchery of little girls having their clitoris removed, all the barbarous manners in which orthodox Muslims attempt to disseminate and "evangelize" their religious mission, I become sick and depressed. One doesn"t know what to say, or how to feel. It"s with disbelief that we see example after example of horribly misdirected young people, hardened by hate and brainwashed by clerics into believing that their religion would want the world to witness their ideology of death. And, all in the name of Islam.

Posted by Brian on 2008-12-01 14:05:54 GMT

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