Moshe in Mumbai: India's boy-who-lived returns to unveil 26/11 memorial
Not a baby anymore, Moshe Holtzberg has returned to Mumbai after nine years since his parents were killed in the 26/11 terror attack in 2008.
Last UpdatedJan 16, 2018 12:20 IST 
Published byA little over nine years ago, a recently orphaned Moshe Holtzberg left India in the arms of nanny Sandra Samuel to go live with his maternal grandparents in Israel.
That toddler-suvivor of the 26/11 attack is not a baby anymore. Moshe is now all of 11, but to Indians who remember the face of the crying Jewish baby who survived the attack on Nariman Point, he is our very own boy-who-lived.
Today, an all-grown-up Moshe is back in Mumbai after nine years since his parents were killed in the 26/11 terror attack in 2008.
"It's a very special day. Thank God that Moshe could come again. Mumbai is a lot more safe now," an ANI report quotes Moshe's grandfather, Rabbi Holztberg Nachman, who is accompanying him in this trip.
Moshe Holtzberg's bond with India mirrors that of Harry Potter's with Godric's Hollow: a place where they lost their parents as babies, and narrowly escaped death themselves.
Much like Harry, an older Moshe is now home-bound to visit the Nariman House in Mumbai, where he'd once lived and where his parents were killed during the 26/11 terror attack in 2008.
Moshe, alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will also be inaugurating a 26/11 memorial project in Mumbai on January 18.
"We are very excited about this programme. This visit for Moshe is very emotional and sensitive as he lost his parents here. We will need the cooperation of the media and we will provide a press release at the end," said Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky, director of Chabad-run Jewish centre at Nariman House.
"We hope Moshe will remember that as a very special moment," he said.
The memorial project is expected to be at least partly completed by the 10th anniversary of the Mumbai attack, which would be on November 26 this year.
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