Foto Friday – Chabad in India

November 28, 2008 - 3:30 PM by

There isn’t that much to say. Chabad Houses are known stops for Israeli backpackers on their post-army service trips. Whether in Katmandu, Bangkok or Mumbai, these are places where travelers can drop in, get a hot meal, perhaps even celebrate Passover or Sukkot with friends from home. Whatever animosity secular Israelis may hold towards the local haredi community all but vanishes when it comes to parents wanting a safe haven for their kids as they wander the big wide world. Now that sense of security has been irrevocably shattered. Here are a few images of Chabad in India from quieter times, taken from Chabad.org.
Chabad House sign in Goa, India
A sign in English and Hebrew points the way to Goa, India’s Chabad House. (Photo: Meir Alfasi)

Mumbai Chabad House exterior
School children run outside the Chabad House in the Colaba Market area of Bombay, India. (Photo: Menachem Gansbourg)

Israeli lays tfillin in Goa
One of Goa’s many Jewish visitors prays while wearing tefillin. (Photo: Meir Alfasi)

Chabadnik helps Israeli lay tfillin before days end
A Jewish man puts on tefillin in the last minutes before sunset. (Photo: Meir Alfasi)

Israelis will doubtless continue their love affair with all things Indian, and Israel’s strategic relationship with India will undoubtedly be strengthened. Chabad-Lubavitch will continue to grow. But the greater ramifications of this traumatic event — an attack on Israel and Jews, Americans, Britons, and, by extension, Western civilization — are as yet unknown.
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4 Comments on Foto Friday – Chabad in India

  1. David-Joe on Sun, Nov 30th 2008 2:42 AM

    2. I have no idea what the fascination with India is. It is not the world’s shining example. Be that as it may…..

    The ramifications of this attack are already known – in reverse.

    The reason they pick these sorts of easy targets is because the United States led by CIC Prez. Bush has been every effective in targetting the Islamic enemy and keeping America secure.

    The Indian attack illustrates just how vigilant and agile security forces have to be. It was a failure by India, correctly analyzed by the terrorists, that this all happened.

    India must now understand and act accordingly.

  2. Rachel on Mon, Dec 1st 2008 1:01 PM

    3. Recommended article by Sue Fishkoff, author of “The Rebbe’s Army”:
    http://jta.org/news/article/2008/11/30/1001259/what-keeps-the-rebbes-army-going

  3. Marilyn Stein on Mon, Dec 1st 2008 2:07 PM

    4. The photo above by Meir Alfasi: Where and when in india was this photo taken? and mainly Who is the person ‘placing’ the T’fillian on this young man?

  4. Rachel Barkaie on Mon, Dec 1st 2008 8:46 PM

    5. There are many other places in the world to go and visit, have fun and stay other than India. Human life is too sacred to loose it just to go to India.
    I am not surprised, again, that the international media has ignored the fact that Israelis and Jews were targeted specifically and specially. I have seen this, here, in the Canadian media.

    For all of the victims of the TERRORIST attack in Beit Chabad in Mombai, may they rest in peace.

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