fineleg Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 open letter in Times of india... My heart went out to you when I saw you on television, as your Indian nanny carried you out of Nariman House or Chabad House or shall we say Sabbath House, as it was almost the Sabbath, the day of your liberation. It was hard to figure out as to what was going on, as there were so many people around you. You looked visibly frightened. You did not understand what was going on and clung to your nanny, although your eyes were searching for your parents' comforting presence. At such a young age, you were already a captive, maybe a tiny hostage in last week's madness. You must have seen so much, maybe then you were in your mother's lap and she must have tried to keep you quiet, whispering comforting words in your ears, so that you would not start crying and annoy the terrorists. At that moment you were just a baby not a Jew, as that is how the terrorists had held your family captive, just because they were Jewish. They had tracked down your family's identity and overnight made you into an orphan. Wonder what made them release you? Did they soften or think that you were a harmless baby or did they want to separate you from your parents, or did they want you to live, so that you would always remember those horrifying days. What a heart-wrenching scene it must have been, to tear you apart from your mother's bosom. Maybe your parents must have let you go as they wanted to save you from the claws of sure death. Then there was the passage of time when you left Chabad House with your nanny leaving your parents behind. Till they died, they must have never known if you were alive or dead as there was no way of knowing the truth. Your father was a rabbi, well versed in the Hebrew prayers of life and death, and he must have asked the Lord to protect you from such terrifying violence. They say, the death of your parents was a message to the Jews of the Diaspora. But then, Jews as a race have always faced violence throughout history. Little Moshe, as you leave India with your grandparents to live in Israel, you will again come face to face with bloodshed and violence. Wonder if you will avenge your parents' death or will you work for peace? Your parents named you Moshe, meaning Moses, and your story is similar to the one in the Bible, where Moses was left to drift in the river Nile, to save him from the Pharaoh's sword and how he became the prince of Egypt and led the Jewish people to freedom. Maybe, you will also choose the path of freedom and peace. Because, you survived in India, the only country in the world where Jews were never persecuted and with your survival, I experience an iota of hope in this terrifying medley of hate, violence and death. You are just two years old and maybe all you have learnt to say so far, is shalom peace be with you' .
Indus_Army Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 I was posting this in the sticky. Maybe this'll get merged after a while.. ________________________________ I saw this earlier today.. I haven't been able to get my mind off little Moshe all day...guess I can't for a long long time to come..:((:(( Heart-wrenching stuff. Here's the story about the saving of Moshe. Poor kid was stained with blood and next to his dead parents. http://www.momlogic.com/2008/12/mumbai_nanny_saves_toddlers_li.php Kudos to the brave nanny. She'll have to play his mother's role for the foreseeable future. Anyways, I hope Moshe has a healthy and peaceful life. I wish the people who are behind these attacks and the ones who support them face hell before they eventually get there.
milkman Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 :(( Two-year-old Moshe Holtzberg (left) cried "Ima, Ima," which means "Mama, Mama," in Hebrew, at a memorial service for his parents, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29 and Rivka, 28. The boy was orphaned last week when the Holtzbergs' Chabad House, a mixed educational center, synagogue and social hall, became a target in a series of bloody coordinated attacks at locations in and around Mumbai.
satishg Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 really really sad :(( its situations like these that i do let go off my atheistic thoughts and hope that a god existed and changed the events..stupid retards if only these mofos understood that thier so called fight is meaningless..
Guest dada_rocks Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 AAnsu bacha ke rakho bhai log barbaad na karo .. Shedding tears prepares us for chalta hai attitude of days to come.. Can someone post that kavita of Prashun Joshi
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