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Rabbi, Wife Slain in Mumbai Jewish Center

Other US victims were Virginia man and his teenage daughter

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2008 2:32 PM CST

(Newser) – The massacre in Mumbai has left at least four Americans dead: A Brooklyn-raised rabbi and his wife, and a Virginia man and his teenage daughter. Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and Rivka Holtzberg, 28, were slain at a Jewish center they helped run. Family and friends... Read full story »

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