MUMBAI — During the week of March 2, a series of meetings were held in Mumbai, India, to lay the groundwork for the future of Chabad-Lubavitch activities in the city.
Joining in the meetings, which included a tour of the Chabad House overtaken by terrorists last November, was Australian philanthropist Rabbi Joseph Gutnick, who pledged to help rebuild Chabad of Mumbai “to be even grander than before”; Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg, father of murdered Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg; and Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor of Thailand, who also oversees Chabad-Lubavitch in India.
Gutnick Discusses Future of Mumbai Chabad House
MUMBAI — During the week of March 2, a series of meetings were held in Mumbai, India, to lay the groundwork for the future of Chabad-Lubavitch activities in the city.
Joining in the meetings, which included a tour of the Chabad House overtaken by terrorists last November, was Australian philanthropist Rabbi Joseph Gutnick, who pledged to help rebuild Chabad of Mumbai “to be even grander than before”; Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg, father of murdered Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg; and Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor of Thailand, who also oversees Chabad-Lubavitch in India.
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, the vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, participated via conference call from New York.
The meetings followed a trip to Australia Nachman and Freida Holtzberg took last month with Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz, director of the Chabad Mumbai Relief Fund, to garner communal support for the fund, which is working to rebuild the Chabad House and ensure lifetime support for Moshe Holtzberg, the orphaned son of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg.
