Gavriel Holtzberg
Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg גבריאל נח הולצברג | |
|---|---|
Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | June 9, 1979 Kiryat Malakhi, Israel |
| Died | 26 November 2008 (aged 29) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Buried | 2 December 2008 Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
| Nationality | American and Israeli |
| Spouse |
Rivka Rosenberg (m. 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Rabbi of Mumbai Chabad House |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Residence | Mumbai, India |
Gavriel Noach Holtzberg (Hebrew: גבריאל נח הולצברג; June 9, 1979 – November 26, 2008) was an Israeli American Orthodox rabbi and the Chabad emissary to Mumbai, India, where he and his wife Rivka ran the Mumbai Chabad House. He was also a religious leader and community builder for the local Jewish Indian community, and led the Friday-night Shabbat services at the Knesset Eliyahoo synagogue. Holtzberg and his wife were murdered during the 2008 Mumbai attacks perpetrated by the Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.