All Tags
Accidents
Blogs
Camp News
Chabad News
Chanukah
Comics
Communal Matters
Crime
Crown Heights News
Farbrengens
Fires
General
Israel
Jewish News
Kinus Hashluchim
Letter and Spirit
Mazal Tov!
Merkos Shlichus
Mivtzoim
Monsey News
Notices
NYC News
Op-Ed
Photo Galleries
Picture of the Day
PSA
Real Estate
Rockland County News
Satire
Shlichus
Simcha Galleries
Something Jewish
Upstate News
Videos
Weekly Voice

Op-Ed: Mumbai: Deadly Media Euphemisms

Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman – NY Daily News

The international media have already morphed the horrific slaughter in Mumbai into the murky realm of euphemism and apologetics.

Al Jazeera and The Guardian label the terrorists “gunmen”; CNN calls them “militants.” Some analysts identified the underlying cause as the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. Psychological guru Deepak Chopra called it the result of “collateral damage” from the US war on terrorism and the Iraq war.

General
12
Premium Post
InfoDeals Daily Deal – 77% OFF Fly Trap – Bug Zapper for Indoors

Grab this perfect InfoDeal!

Fly Trap – Bug Zapper for Indoors

with 10 PCS Refills BK

DEAL PRICE: $29.99 (77% OFF)

ORIGINAL PRICE: $129.99

Grab The Deal Through Amazon: Click Here

Mazal Tov's View More
New Engagement!

Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!

Yungerman Hit Crossing Eastern Pkwy

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At about 9 O’Clock this morning a yungerman crossing Eastern Pkwy was hit by a car. The Yungerman was leaving Chovevei Torah on Eastern Pkwy, between Albany and Troy Ave, and crossed in middle of the road. The car was driving westbound and hit the Yungerman in the left turning lane.

More pictures in the Extended Article

Accidents
10

Chabad: Vengeance Through Kindness

Matt Wagner – J Post

KFAR CHABAD, Israel — The message from the funeral at Kfar Chabad on Tuesday was one of revenge – but not through violence. Rather, revenge that answers brutal, pointless Islamic terrorism with the light of loving-kindness.

Full Gallery in the Extended Article (lubavitch.com)

Chabad News
9
By Toby Axelrod

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the mikvah at the Rohr Chabad Center in Berlin on Nov. 30, 2008. (Toby Axelrod)

BERLIN, Germany [JTA]-- The dedication of a new mikvah at the Chabad center here was tinged with sadness as participants remembered two Chabad emissaries killed last week in the Mumbai terror attacks.

A memorial service for Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg is planned here for Dec. 2, Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, the director of the Rohr Chabad Center, said on Sunday.

Celebration, Sadness at Opening of Berlin Mikvah

By Toby Axelrod

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the mikvah at the Rohr Chabad Center in Berlin on Nov. 30, 2008. (Toby Axelrod)

BERLIN, Germany [JTA]– The dedication of a new mikvah at the Chabad center here was tinged with sadness as participants remembered two Chabad emissaries killed last week in the Mumbai terror attacks.

A memorial service for Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg is planned here for Dec. 2, Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal, the director of the Rohr Chabad Center, said on Sunday.

Shlichus
In light of the recent tragic events. We invite you to partake in a live video conference given jointly by Rabbi Mannis Friedman, world-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, with Dr. Norman Blumenthal, a renown child psychologist and a director of Chai Lifeline.

Topic: “How to talk to your children about tragic events”

The live broadcast will take place tonight, Tuesday at 8:30pm EST Questions and Answers to follow.

To join this live video broadcast, please Click Here

Live Conference: “How to Talk to your Children About Tragic Events”

In light of the recent tragic events. We invite you to partake in a live video conference given jointly by Rabbi Mannis Friedman, world-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, with Dr. Norman Blumenthal, a renown child psychologist and a director of Chai Lifeline.

Topic: “How to talk to your children about tragic events”

The live broadcast will take place tonight, Tuesday at 8:30pm EST Questions and Answers to follow.

To join this live video broadcast, please Click Here

PSA
by Dennis Prager - Town Hall

Dennis Prager, inset right, and the Chabad House (Shturem).

It was obvious to observers around the world that one of the designated targets of the Pakistani Islamist terrorists was the Mumbai Chabad House, the one Jewish center in Mumbai. The 10 Islamic terrorists who came from Pakistan to India chose their targets with great care.

If one assumes that the terrorists primary goals were to destabilize India, weaken growing Indian-Pakistani cooperation in fighting terrorism, and greatly increase Indian-Pakistani tension, hopefully to the point of military war between the two countries, every one of the targets made strategic sense. Slaughtering as many people as possible in Indias major economic center, including as many foreign tourists as possible at Mumbais finest hotels, also made sense.

Op-Ed: The Rabbi and the Terrorists

by Dennis Prager – Town Hall

Dennis Prager, inset right, and the Chabad House (Shturem).

It was obvious to observers around the world that one of the designated targets of the Pakistani Islamist terrorists was the Mumbai Chabad House, the one Jewish center in Mumbai. The 10 Islamic terrorists who came from Pakistan to India chose their targets with great care.

If one assumes that the terrorists primary goals were to destabilize India, weaken growing Indian-Pakistani cooperation in fighting terrorism, and greatly increase Indian-Pakistani tension, hopefully to the point of military war between the two countries, every one of the targets made strategic sense. Slaughtering as many people as possible in Indias major economic center, including as many foreign tourists as possible at Mumbais finest hotels, also made sense.

General
2
Haaretz
KFAR CHABAD, Israel — “They killed three people, not two,” said Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, the father of Rivka Holtzberg, during her funeral, indicating that she had been pregnant, Army Radio reported Tuesday.

Rivka and her husband Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg were both killed during a terror attack at the Chabad house in Mumbai last week.

Father of Mumbai Victim: Rivka was Five Months Pregnant

Haaretz

KFAR CHABAD, Israel — “They killed three people, not two,” said Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, the father of Rivka Holtzberg, during her funeral, indicating that she had been pregnant, Army Radio reported Tuesday.

Rivka and her husband Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg were both killed during a terror attack at the Chabad house in Mumbai last week.

Chabad News
3
Dave DeWitte - The Gazette

NEW YORK, NY — An emergency advance from a St. Louis bank that foreclosed on Agriprocessors will allow the company to resume operations this week in Postville, according to a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee.

Judge Okays Agriprocessors Restart

Dave DeWitte – The Gazette

NEW YORK, NY — An emergency advance from a St. Louis bank that foreclosed on Agriprocessors will allow the company to resume operations this week in Postville, according to a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee.

Jewish News
1

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush extend their condolences to those suffering from the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, upon their arrival to the White House Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, in Washington DC. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — U.S. President George Bush has sent a letter of condolences to the funeral of slain Mumbai Chabad Rabbi Gavriel and Mrs. Rivkah Holtzberg in Israel, today, via Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Washington director of American Friends of Lubavitch. The letter was read at the funeral by his father Rabbi Avraham Shemtov, Chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad umbrella group.

Full text of the letter in the Extended Article.

President Bush’s Letter of Condolences to Chabad

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush extend their condolences to those suffering from the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, upon their arrival to the White House Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, in Washington DC. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — U.S. President George Bush has sent a letter of condolences to the funeral of slain Mumbai Chabad Rabbi Gavriel and Mrs. Rivkah Holtzberg in Israel, today, via Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Washington director of American Friends of Lubavitch. The letter was read at the funeral by his father Rabbi Avraham Shemtov, Chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad umbrella group.

Full text of the letter in the Extended Article.

Chabad News
3

Mayor Bloomberg signs the bill into law as Councilman Felder (L) and Weprin look on.

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Mayor Bloomberg signed Councilman Felder’s parking meter bill into law yesterday. The new law will clarify the rules for parking at a broken parking meter. Currently, New York City traffic rules create a confusing scheme where drivers can park at a missing meter up to the amount of time normally allowed at that parking zone, but caps the allowed time at one hour if the parking meter is broken. Nearly 40,000 tickets were given last year for parking for more than one-hour at a broken parking meter. The new law, which will take effect March 1st, allows motorists to park at a broken meter for the full length of time otherwise allowed in the parking zone. If the broken meter is in a 2-, 4-, or 6- hour parking zone, then motorists can park at the broken parking meter for two, four, or six hours.

New “Broken Parking Meter” Bill Signed into Law

Mayor Bloomberg signs the bill into law as Councilman Felder (L) and Weprin look on.

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Mayor Bloomberg signed Councilman Felder’s parking meter bill into law yesterday. The new law will clarify the rules for parking at a broken parking meter. Currently, New York City traffic rules create a confusing scheme where drivers can park at a missing meter up to the amount of time normally allowed at that parking zone, but caps the allowed time at one hour if the parking meter is broken. Nearly 40,000 tickets were given last year for parking for more than one-hour at a broken parking meter. The new law, which will take effect March 1st, allows motorists to park at a broken meter for the full length of time otherwise allowed in the parking zone. If the broken meter is in a 2-, 4-, or 6- hour parking zone, then motorists can park at the broken parking meter for two, four, or six hours.

NYC News

Bris. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While people around the world were participating and watching the funeral of Mumbai Shluchim, a Bris took place in Bais Shmuel Shul. The parents Levi and Rivky Wilhelm gave their child the name Gavriel Noach Chaim. The newborn will be the first to be named after slain Rabbi, Gavriel Noach Holtzberg HYD, who was murdered in India last week.

Boy Named After Shliach

Bris. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While people around the world were participating and watching the funeral of Mumbai Shluchim, a Bris took place in Bais Shmuel Shul. The parents Levi and Rivky Wilhelm gave their child the name Gavriel Noach Chaim. The newborn will be the first to be named after slain Rabbi, Gavriel Noach Holtzberg HYD, who was murdered in India last week.

Chabad News
6

Indian police officers guarding the area around Mubai's seafront landmark Taj Mahal Hotel discuss as they read the morning newspapers Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

MUMBAI, India [AP] — India received a warning from the United States before last week's attacks in Mumbai that militants were plotting a waterborne assault on the city, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday as domestic intelligence officials said they were aware of a Pakistan-based plot.

US Official: India Knew of Plot on Mumbai’s Coast

Indian police officers guarding the area around Mubai’s seafront landmark Taj Mahal Hotel discuss as they read the morning newspapers Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

MUMBAI, India [AP] — India received a warning from the United States before last week’s attacks in Mumbai that militants were plotting a waterborne assault on the city, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday as domestic intelligence officials said they were aware of a Pakistan-based plot.

General

At 6am (NY Time) Tuesday morning, a live video feed of the levaya of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Hotzberg, HY”D, will be available on Chabad.org at http://www.chabad.org/778264 thanks to the generous support of Rabbi Shalom Laine.

A screen will be set up at Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street (Albany Ave. entrance) where the public is welcome to participate.

Live Broadcast from the Levaya of the Holtzbergs HYD

At 6am (NY Time) Tuesday morning, a live video feed of the levaya of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Hotzberg, HY”D, will be available on Chabad.org at http://www.chabad.org/778264 thanks to the generous support of Rabbi Shalom Laine.

A screen will be set up at Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street (Albany Ave. entrance) where the public is welcome to participate.

PSA
3