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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

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Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky, the director of Nariman Chabad House, gestures at shrapnel marks left from the 2008 terror attacks, during a media visit on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the attacks in Mumbai on November 25, 2018 (PUNIT PARANJPE / AFP)
July 31, 2023, 11:52 am
India terror suspects said to have plotted attack on Mumbai Chabad House
Two men linked to local Islamist group behind efforts to kill Hindu leaders; Israeli intelligence said involved in probe, security stepped up at Jewish sites
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Moshe Moskowitz lights the first Hanukkah candle in Kharkiv, Ukraine, December 18, 2022. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyi / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images via JTA)
December 22, 2022, 8:25 am
2 Lego menorahs, candle lighting under war: Hanukkah celebrated around the world
From Ukraine to Taiwan, from Sao Paulo to Denver, menorahs light up Jewish communities as they celebrate the Festival of Lights
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a person to test for COVID-19 as others wait for their turn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)
May 7, 2021, 3:47 am
Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try to stay safe while helping neighbors
Local Jewish groups are working to funnel assistance coming from international Jewish organizations, but also dealing with increased requests for assistance from within community
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Bene Israel women perform kirtans at AJDC program in Mumbai, 2016 (Surabhi Sharma)
February 26, 2021, 6:06 am
Jewish Indian women elders spearhead revival of Purim musical tradition
COVID-19 restrictions prevent holiday synagogue performance in Mumbai, but members of India’s largest Jewish community Bene Israel are still passing on the Hindu-inspired art form
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Hafiz Saeed, founder of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, addresses an anti-Indian rally in Lahore, Pakistan, October 26, 2018. (K.M. Chaudary/AP)
July 17, 2019, 3:52 pm
Pakistan arrests US-wanted terror suspect in Mumbai attacks
Hafiz Saeed founded group blamed for coordinated assault that killed 166 people, including six at local Chabad house
By AP and ToI Staff
Mumbai's Chabad House, where Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his 28-year-old wife Rivka, were killed by Islamist terrorists attack, seen here on December 25 2008. (Serge Attal/ Flash90)
November 27, 2018, 1:40 pm
Israel calls on Pakistan to bring terrorists behind Mumbai attack to justice
At 10-year commemoration hosted by India’s Tel Aviv embassy, grandfather of orphaned Moshe Holtzberg says November 2008 massacre was attack ‘against all of us’
By Raphael Ahren
Pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel burns in Mumbai, India, Thursday, November 27, 2008. (AP/Gautam Singh)
November 26, 2018, 3:12 am
US offers new $5 million reward for capture of Mumbai attackers
Ten years after deadly assault left 166 dead, including several Israelis at Chabad house, secretary of state urges Pakistan to bring planners to justice
By AFP
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet with Moshe Holtzberg and his nanny Sandra Samuel in Kfar Chabad, Israel on July 5, 2017. (Atef Safadi/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 20, 2018, 4:01 am
Decade after Mumbai massacre, murdered Chabad couple’s son flourishes in Israel
Living with his grandparents in Afula, ‘Baby Moshe’ Holtzberg regularly sees Sandra Samuel, who whisked him to safety, and plans to have his upcoming bar mitzvah at his old home
By Marcy Oster
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the PM's office in Jerusalem, on March 25, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
March 25, 2018, 3:31 pm
Netanyahu eyes Mumbai flights after Saudi Arabia opens airspace
Days after Air India begins more direct route from Delhi to Israel, PM calls for expanding flights to second Indian city
By AFP
Illustrative: Air India planes parked on the tarmac at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, on May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
March 16, 2018, 7:57 pm
Air India confirms its Israel flights over Saudi Arabia will start next week
Thrice-weekly flights starting March 22 will take seven hours, shaving nearly 2 hours off journey; El Al is demanding approval as well
By AFP and Sue Surkes
An Air India aircraft seen parked on the tarmac at Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
March 7, 2018, 4:26 pm
In historic first, Air India cleared for Israel flights over Saudi Arabia
Tickets go on sale for thrice-weekly flights, starting March 22 and expected to shave nearly 2 hours off journey; El Al demands approval as well
By Sue Surkes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, uses a spinning wheel as his wife Sara Netanyahu, center, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi look on during a visit to Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad on January 17, 2018. AFP/SAM PANTHAKY)
January 21, 2018, 2:41 pm
In weaving India and Israel together, challenges loom
Officials see plenty of potential for closer ties both in trade and on the strategic front, but getting there may be more complex than Netanyahu’s whirlwind tour of India suggests
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend a gathering of Bollywood stars in Mumbai, India, on January 18, 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
January 18, 2018, 11:03 pm
Bibi pitches Bollywood to turn popcorn into plane tickets
Mumbai gala capping Netanyahu visit focuses on boosting tourism by bringing an Indian film production to Israeli shores
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (r) and his wife Sara board a plane to fly to Latin America for a 10-day state trip on September 10, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
January 14, 2018, 6:34 am
Netanyahu departs for India with diatribe against ‘hostile press’
PM predicts Israeli media will under-cover his week-long trip, says he was shocked by ‘sanctimonious and hypocritical’ criticism of his son
By Raoul Wootliff
Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90)
January 13, 2018, 11:11 pm
Amid strip joint scandal, Yair Netanyahu left out of PM’s India delegation
Netanyahu’s son was set to accompany his parents on high-profile trip; PMO won’t say if change of plans is connected to recordings aired this week
By ToI Staff
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