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Mexican Woman Killed in Mumbai was to Immigrate to Israel this Week
 John Milner - EJP
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| | Picture of Norma Shvartzblat Rabinovich. She contacted the Jewish Agency office in Mumbai and was to fly to Israel Monday for the 18th birthday of her son Manuel who had made aliyah several months ago. (Courtesy of Jewish Agency) | |
Jerusalem - Among the people killed in the terror attack in Mumbai's Chabad House was Norma Shvarzblat Rabinovich, a Jewish woman from Mexico, who was scheduled to make aliyah or immigrate to Israel on Monday and join two of her children there.
The funeral of the woman took place Tuesday at Jerusalem`s Har Hamenuchot Cemetery in Givat Shaul.
In recent months, Norma, who was 50 years old when she was killed by the Islamic terrorists, was travelling in India before making aliyah at the end of her trip.
She contacted the Jewish Agency office in Mumbai and was to fly to Israel Monday for the 18th birthday of her son Manuel who had made aliyah several months ago.
She was a divorcée with three children: Jean, 24, a student living in Tel Aviv, Manuel, age 18, who is studying at the "Hadarat Melech" yeshiva in B'nai Brak, and another daughter, Orly, age 21, who is living with her father in Mexico.
Zeev Bielski, chairman of the Jewish Agency, the Israeli body in charge with aliyah, expressed deep sorrow upon the death of Norma Shvarzblat Rabinovich who was shot down by the terrorists while she was visiting Mumbai's Chabad House.
The Jewish Agency has decided to provide support for the families of those killed in the Mumbai attack from the Fund for the Victims of Terror. Support will be transferred immediately to families of the Jews and Israelis killed in the attack, the Agency announced.
These funds, raised by the United Jewish Communities, Jewish Federations and Keren Hayesod, are intended to express the mutual responsibility of the Jewish People as well as the Jewish Agency's support of Jews who fall victim to terror attacks aimed at Israeli targets.
The Fund was set up in the year 2000 and since then has provided support to thousands of victims of terror attacks and their families. |
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