Grandfather of Moshe Holtzberg, who arrived in Mumbai nine years after he lost his parents during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, on Tuesday said that Mumbai is a lot safer now.
Calling it a special day, Rabbi Holztberg Nachman, Grandfather of Moshe Holtzberg said, “This is a very special day. Thank God that Moshe could come again. Mumbai is a lot safer now.”
He also said that Moshe is happy to be in Mumbai, but tired to talk at the moment.
Moshe is all set to return to Nariman House- his home and one of the sites that terrorists chose for a bloodbath.
He was only two when terrorists killed his parents at Mumbai’s Jewish house. Then ‘Baby Moshe’ became a face of the innocent victims of ruthless terrorism.
Moshe’s parents had moved to Mumbai seven years before the attack to work at the Chabad House. After the attack, Moshe’s maternal grandparents took him to Afula, a city in Israel for his safety and comfort.
Addressing the media here earlier, Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky, Director of Chabad-run Jewish center at Nariman House had said that Moshe will be accompanying Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 18 for the inauguration of a memorial project dedicated to those killed in the 26/11 carnage.
Kozlovsky noted, “We are very excited about this upcoming visit of Moshe Holtzberg with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We are heartened to see him here again in the Nariman House, the very place where his life was miraculously saved by his nanny, Sandra Samuel. Prime Minister Netanyahu will be coming here on January 18 to unveil the memorial project which will be dedicated to remember and commemorate all the victims of 26/11 attack”.