Fight the Darkness of Mumbai: Keep Rivka’s Flame Alive

LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — Amid the destruction and horror of the recent tragedies in Mumbai, FridayLight.org has initiated a worldwide campaign to transform the darkness into light. In honor of Rebbetzin Rivka Holtzberg, our dear Shlucha whose life was senselessly destroyed in Mumbai, along with the many innocent others, FridayLight calls on all women and girls worldwide to “Keep Rivka’s Flame Alive” through the power of lighting the Shabbat candles.

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Inside Hero Nanny’s Dash to Save Young Boy During Mumbai Massacre

MUMBAI, India [NYDN] — The little boy’s voice echoed down the staircase from the second floor, steady and insistent.

“Sanda! Sanda! Sanda!” cried Moshe Holtzberg, just three days short of his second birthday. The beloved boy’s parents – former Brooklynites Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah – were unconscious nearby.