Response to Mumbai Terror

As Israel and other Jewish communities mourn the loss of Jewish and Israeli victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, who have been laid to rest in their communities, we are sombrely reminded that these innocent people were the focus of targeted terrorism and deliberate murder, where western and Jewish citizens of different sovereign countries were singled out and heartlessly slaughtered.

We wish here to express our horror and sorrow at the terrible massacre,
to reach out to their families with our condolences
and pay tribute to their memory.

The End of Dreams: Norma Schwarzblatt Rabinowitz z"l from Mexico was among those murdered in Mumbai. She was planning to come on Aliyah to Israel via Mumbai on 1st December, to join Jean and Manuel, two of her children living in Israel, and be with her son on his birthday.
Obituary: Goodbye, Norma in Jeans, Gil Zohar

The Jewish Agency resolves to use its Special Fund for Terror Victims to help families of the Mumbai Terror Attacks. Read More

The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs brings updates on www.mfa.gov.il

Chabad-Lubavitch pays tribute to Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg z"l.
Insights into the courage of the Holtzbergs at Chabad in Mumbai: Why Israelis love Chabad,
by Yossi Klein Halevi (The New Republic)

Jerusalem Post
Israel condemns Mumbai terror attacks - Israel's Ambassador to the USA
Background: A rich history now stained with blood, by Dr Shalva Weil
Goa: Possible caution for Israeli backpackers

Haaretz
Article here, Sunday 30th November
Mumbai Jewish community on edge (AP)
Between Mumbai and Tel Aviv, Ari Shavit
IsraAid sends Post-Trauma team to Mumbai (AJC/Toronto Jewish Federation)

Ynet update here - please note that photographs are not suitable for young readers.

Mumbai doctors at hospital horrified: "Israeli victims were tortured..." (Rediff)
Exposé: Newscasts in the UK deliberately whitewashing the nature of the act, the intentions of the perpetrators and selection of victims: If this isn't terrorism, what is?, Tom Gross (Wall Street Journal)

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee JCC in Mumbai operates throughout emergency.

Further Reading