April 19, 2010 / 5 Iyar 5770 

IN MEMORY OF JEWISH VICTIMS OF TERROR ABROAD

Photo caption: Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky looks on as Jean Goldi Orta, daughter of the late Norma Shvarzblat Rabinovich who was murdered in the terror attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, lights a torch at a ceremony to honor the memory of Diaspora Jews murdered in terrorist and anti-Semitic attacks abroad on Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers in Jerusalem Monday (April 19).

The Jewish Agency for Israel held a special ceremony on Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers Monday (April 19) in Jerusalem to honor the memory of Diaspora Jews murdered in terrorist and anti-Semitic attacks abroad, as well as Jewish Agency emissaries killed while serving abroad.

Lighting this year’s torch in memory of the fallen was Jean Goldi Orta, daughter of the late Norma Shvarzblat Rabinovich, who was murdered in the terror attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai in November 2008. Rabinovich, a Mexican citizen who had been traveling in India, had applied with the Jewish Agency representative in Mumbai to immigrate to Israel, where she planned to join her daughter.

“Both we and our enemies know that our strength comes from the Israel Defense Forces -- and from the entire Jewish people who identify with the State of Israel,” said Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky at the ceremony. “In the war against the State of Israel and the Jewish People there are no boundaries. Our enemies attack us not just in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, but in Argentina, France, Britain and Mumbai.”

In all, some 200 Diaspora Jews were murdered in anti-Semitic attacks abroad since the founding of the State.

Photo credit: Sasson Tiram/Jewish Agency for Israel

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