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Lamplighters Podcast: Chabad’s Return To Mumbai

In Episode 55 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Israel and Rebbetzin Chaya Kozlovsky, shluchim to Mumbai, India. After the murders of Rabbi Gabi and Rebbetzin Rivky Holtzberg, the Kozlovskys sprang to action to continue Jewish outreach there …and to take it even further. 

The Woman Sat Near the Rebbes

It was during the difficult times of World War I in Europe that Rabbi Yisroel Friedman (1854–1934), leader of the Chortkov Chassidic court, fled to Vienna, Austria. At the time, the city was outside the combat zone and considered a safe haven.